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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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