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CDV of Lt Colonel Charles Mudgett of the 2nd Mass Volunteer Infantry. Killed in a suicidal charge at Gettysburg on July 3rd when ordered to charge across an open field by mistaken orders near Culps Hill. Whipple Boston bm and period pencil inscription the verso about his death. Light water stain seen at right (could be removed). Rare Gettysburg KIA.
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$1250
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Scarce view of Strong Vincent Colonel of the 83rd Pa Vols, killed during the battle of Gettysburg and made a General as of the day of his wounding by Lincoln. His heroic stand on Little Round Top saved the Union Left on July 2nd made famous by Chamberlain's charge. He was wounded during the battle and succumbed several days later. Photographer is Dolph Bros of Erie Pa but this image from life does not include their imprint which is quite common for these views. About half of the ones I have seen are the same. Very clean and important.
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$2500
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.Rare Brady CDV of Gettysburg hero Lucius Fairchild of the famed 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry of the Iron Brigade. "General Fairchild, as a Private in 1858, enlisted in a Wisconsin volunteer militia known as the "governor's guard". Under his guidance the militia was titled Company K, 1st Wisconsin volunteers and by 1861, was serving in the Civil War at Falling Waters against the "Stonewall Brigade" of General Thomas J. Jackson. In August 1861, Fairchild was appointed Captain of the 16th US Regulars as well as Major of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. During the prior month of July 1861, General William T. Sherman commanded the newly-formed regiment for the First Battle of Bull Run and due to its poor performance, all upper chain of command needed replacement. Electing to stay with the 2nd, Major Fairchild was soon commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and, with his regiment now apart of the famed Iron Brigade within the Army of the Potomac, participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run. One week thereafter, on September 8, 1862, was promoted to the rank of full Colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers. On February 27, 1863, the Iron Brigade, now under the command of Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith, was redesignated the "1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps". This gave Colonel Fairchild the distinction of being the ranking pointman for all commissioned officers within the I Corp of the Army of the Potomac during the Spring and Summer of 1863. Fairchild, and his WI 2nd Volunteers, distinguished themselves at The Battle of Antietam, then culminating at Battle of Gettysburg, at Seminary Ridge on July 1, 1863, being the first infantry regiment to make close contact with the CSA Army. While drawing first blood, at roughly 10:00, the WI 2nd Vols delivered a striking blow capturing very first Confederate General Officer of the war, Brig. Gen. James J. Archer. Almost immediately after this success, the regiment was ambushed from a northern flank to their right, and lost seventy-seven percent of their ranks, including most officers. Colonel Fairchild was shot in the upper arm, captured, tended to and released. While recovering from his amputated left arm, Lucius Fairchild was fully commissioned as Brigadier General of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers by U.S.A President Abraham Lincoln on October 19, 1863."
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$1500
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CDV of Lt. Colonel John W Phillips of the 18th Pa. Cavalry. Backmark from Harrisburg Pa. Phillips served from 11/62-7/65 rising in rank from Captain to Lt Colonel. Very active during the war he Wounded in Action at Gettysburg in Farnsworth's doomed charge, at Hanover Court House and again in March of 1865. In addition to be taken prisoner at Ceder Creek Va in 1864. Just wonderful history for this heroic cavalry commander.
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$475
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CDV of a Vermont Colonel Wounded at Gettyburg. Lyman E Knapp of the 16th and 17th Vermont Regiments of Stannard's Brigade. Rose from Captain to Lt Colonel and was wounded three times, at Gettysburg during Picketts Charge, Spottsylvania CH and at Petersburg. Burlington Vt backmark and revenue stamp on the verso.
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Sold
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CDV of Captain Thomas Fox of the 2nd Mass Vols who was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg along with many of his regiments men in a futile charge over an open field on July 3rd, 1863. Backmark by Whipple Boston. Scarce image.
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$1250
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Rare Gallery Card view of Lt Colonel George Arrowsmith of the 26th and 156 New York Volunteers. Arrowsmith was killed on July 1st during the debacle of the Union XI Corps on the Union Right at Gettysburg while exhorting his troops onwards. Rare and hard to find image in any size. No photagrapher imprint but period ink ID on the front.
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$550
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Large albumen on board of Gettysburg taken after the battle. View shows the back of McPherson's ridge where the first Day's battle took place. 11 by 14inch. Scarce view of this important town. Image is much sharper than the scan.
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$650
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Very rare subject, Colonel and later BBG Frank Hascall of the 36th Wisconsin Vols. On Gibbon's staff at Gettysburg, he wrote the definitive period history of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg being the in middle of it. Of course he embellished it a bit but its still one of the best first hand accounts of how he personally repulsed Pickett's charge and contains many interesting facts in the battle. Made Colonel of the 36th, he will killed at the head of his troops at Cold Harbor, one of the many Colonels sacrificed in this poorly run battle. First image of Hascall I have ever seen on the market. No cdv's have appeared that I am aware of. About 7 x 10 in.
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$475
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Anthony/Brady Stereoview of "Woods on the left wing, Battle of Gettysburg, in the Middle ground a dead soldier". Location is probably the Rose Woods and the soldier a dead Confederate of Longstreets Corps. Important image.
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$450
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Union ALS Document from KIA General Sam Zook killed at Gettysburg on July 2nd 1863. "to his Excellency Gov. E D Morgan Comd in Chief, Governor; Will you oblige by giving Dr. George H Leach an order to be mustered as Surgeon of my Regt. Very Respy, yr obdt servt S K Zook, Col 57th Regt NYV: all in Zook's hand. Zook was killed while leading his brigade in the Wheatfield. Autograph's are rare and prized.
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$2000
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Large albumen on board showing the aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg particluarlly the Devil's Den area showing civilians climbing around dead Union Soldiers in the large rocks. This is a staged photo after the battle but is quite interesting in their portrayal of what it looked like after the fighting. Rare and published.
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$850
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Wonderful outdoor view of Lt Colonel Langhorne Wister of the 150th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, one of the three Bucktail Regiments in the army of the Potomac. Full view shown with horse and sword. Wister would command the Regiment at Gettysburg where he would be shot in the face suffering a terrible scar. Rare and important Colonel.
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$1500
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