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Spectacular CDV of George Custer as a Brigadier General showing his long
uncut locks of hair. About as mint as they come. Anthony/Brady backmark.
Scarcer pose of the famous Cavalier.
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$2500
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Scarce Cabinet Card of Captain Thomas M McDougal of the 7th US Cavalry
and survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Son of a Union General,
McDougal was born in Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War as a staff officer
and commander of Colored Cavalry being wounded in the Vicksburg
campaign. During the Little Big Horn battle he was in command of the Pack
Train and hooked up with Reno's survivor's and Benteen on Reno hill.
Photographer imprint of Barry.
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$1000
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Rare Cabinet Card photograph of Little Big Horn Casualty Lt James C
Calhoun. Brother in Law to George Custer, Calhoun commanded C Troop at
the Battle of the Little Big Horn where he met his death. Imprint of Barry of
Wisc. Some emulsion loss on top of image from previous mounting. Little
Big Horn images are scarce and prized.
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$1100
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Wonderful original Mathew Brady view of the Boy General, George Custer
with his long hair. Known as K-20, taken October 8th, 1863, Great ink
inscription on the verso "General George Custer Wolverine Brigade 3rd
Division Cavalry Corps HQ". Custer' story is well known and taken in the
middle of his outstanding Civil War career. Brady front and backmarks.
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$1500
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Extremely Rare and Important Autographed CDV of Lt James Calhoun of the
famed 7th US Cavalry. Brother in Law to General George Custer from
marrying his sister. Calhoun served as one of Custer's Company
Commanders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn losing his life there along
with Custer and many others. View is from his service in the 32nd US
Infantry. Backmark by Gentile. Autographed Custer Little Big Horn images
are incredibly scarce, this being the second I have owned, the other George
Yates was sold a few years ago.
James Calhoun (August 24, 1845 – June 25, 1876) was a soldier in the
United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War.
He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed along
with Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Calhoun was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. When the American Civil War broke
out, he was travelling in Europe. Upon returning to the United States, he
enlisted in the Union Army in 1864. By the end of the war, he was a Sergeant.
After the war, he was appointed to Second Lieutenant in the infantry. He met
Margaret Custer in 1870, and they fell in love. His soon to be brother-in-law
George Armstrong Custer had him appointed to First Lieutenant in the U.S.
7th Cavalry Regiment, assigned to Company C.
Calhoun was known as "The Adonis of the Seventh" due to his handsome
features, but he was never a womanizer as he married Margaret in 1872. He
was part of the so-called "Custer Clan," which was a clique of close-knit
relatives and friends of the former Civil War general. Calhoun was also the
brother-in-law of fellow Clan member Myles Moylan. He often wrote letters to
his brother and to Margaret, or Maggie as she was called, and writing with
disdain of the Indian barbarianism. He often referred to them as "heathens"
and foresaw a day when civilization would wipe them out.
At the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory during the Black Hills
War, he was acting as temporary commander of L Company, whose
commander was on detached service as aide to General Philip H. Sheridan,
and killed along with most of the company. His remains were initially buried
on the battlefield, but were reinterred in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1877. A marble slab on the Little Bighorn
battlefield marks the place where his body was discovered and initially buried.
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$3400
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Matted and autographed on the mat photo of Lt General Nelson Miles taken
most likely during the turn of the Century around 1900. Probably framed at
one point, this would look very nice framed again.
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$475
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Scarce pose of George Armstrong Custer as a Brigadier General shown
holding his hat. Backmark Anthony/Brady.
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$2200
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Extremely Rare Autograph of Little Big Horn survivor Frederick Benteen of
the 7th Cavalry from a Civil War document. Rarely seen on the market
place. A critic of Custer's he commanded the left wing of the attack and
arrived to save Reno's battered battalion in the nick of time.
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$1500
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