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CDV of Commodore George Smith Blake USN. Commandant of the US
Naval Academy during the Civil War. (P 1/10)
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$150
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CDV of Edward Gardner of the US Revenue Cutter Service (precursor to
the Coast Guard). Rockwell NY frontmark. Ink signature on the back. "The
United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the
Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law
enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter
Service operated under the authority of the United States Department of
the Treasury. In 1915 the Service merged with the United States
Life-Saving Service to form the United States Coast Guard." Rare
topic.(5/09)
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$150
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CDV of Admiral Dahlgren, inventor and Admiral he commanded the Eastern
blockading fleet later in the War and tried to capture Charleston SC. His
son Ulric was killed on the Raid on Richmond with incriminating papers on
him advocating the assassination of Davis. Gurney NY BM.
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$100
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Rare CDV of Union Naval Gunner on the USS St Louis. Image is George P
Cushman and is signed on the back. He served in the Navy from 1861 to
1891. First image of this position I have ever seen.
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$350
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CDV by Anthony of Captain Winslow of the USS Kearsarge when she sunk
the CSS Alabama off France.
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$150
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Rare CDV of Commander John P Bankhead, Captain of the USS Monitor
and commander when the ship was lost in a storm off of Cape Hatteras NC
in December of 1862. Original Brady CDV.
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$350
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"William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 – 17 December 1874) was an
officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the Confederate
ironclad CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on October 27,
1864, a feat for which he received the Thanks of Congress. He was
expelled from the United States Naval Academy for pranks and poor
scholarship. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, however, he pled
his case to United States Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles himself, was
reinstated and went on to acquire a distinguished record, frequently
volunteering for the most hazardous missions. His heroism, good luck and
coolness under fire were legendary. Several biographers have referred to
Cushing as "Lincoln's commando" . He saw action during the Battle of
Hampton Roads and at Fort Fisher, among many others. Cushing was
promoted to lieutenant in 1862, and to commander in 1872, although many
historians believe he deserved even greater honors. Both of his brothers
died in uniform, one (Alonzo Cushing) in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863,
and another while fighting the Apaches in 1871. Anthony/Brady backmark.
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$550
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CDV of "Commodore Charles Morris, USN (1784 – 1856) was a United
States naval officer and administrator whose service extended through the
first half of the 19th century. Morris was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, 26 July
1784, and served in the Quasi-War with France, Barbary Wars, and War of 1812. He
served as a Navy Commissioner from 1823 to 1827, and as the Chief of the Bureau of
Construction, Equipment, and Repairs from 1844 to 1847. In 1812 Morris was
executive officer on the USS Constitution during her battle with the HMS Guerriere, in
which action he was severely wounded. In 1814 he commanded the USS Adams in
raiding expeditions against British commerce. Cornered in the Penobscot River in
Maine by a British squadron under Capt. Robert Barrie, Morris and his men went
ashore with their cannons and, assisted by local militia attempted to hold off the British
amphibeous force in the Battle of Hampden. The British regulars routed the Americans,
however, and Morris and his crew had to scuttle the ship and escape overland to
Portland, Maine. He died in Washington, D.C., 27 January 1856" Anthony Brady
backmark.
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$125
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Rear Admiral Joseph Smith. Entered the Navy in 1809, was wounded at
Lake Champlain in the War of 1812, was noted for action against the
Algerian Pirates in 1815. Commanded Frigates and Ships of the Line
before the War along with the Mediteranian Fleet in 1845. Commanded the
Bureau of Yards and Docks during the Civil War due to has advanced age
until retiring in 1869 after a career of 60 years. Original Brady Carte.
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$100
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Acting Lt Commander Edward Conroy USN by Anthony/Brady.
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$100
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CDV of Commodor Hiram Paulding. "The son of John Paulding, Paulding
was born in Cortland, New York. He was appointed Midshipman on
September 1, 1811. During the War of 1812, he served on Lakes Ontario and
Champlain, commanding the second division from Ticonderoga during the Battle of
Lake Champlain. After the war he served in Constellation, off the Algerian coast, and
in Independence, the brig Prometheus, and Macedonian. , Paulding took command
of the Home Squadron followed aboard the flagship Wabash. The squadron was
instrumental in foiling the expedition against Nicaragua underway by American,
William Walker, who had dreamed of uniting the nations of Central America into a
vast military empire led by himself. Through insurrection, Walker became president
of Nicaragua in 1856 only to have Cornelius Vanderbilt — who controlled the
country's shipping lifelines — shut off supplies and aid. A revolt toppled Walker from
power, and he was trying for a military comeback before he was captured in 1857 by
a landing of Home Squadron Marines. In 1861, Paulding was appointed by President
Abraham Lincoln to assist in building up a wartime fleet. He then took over the New
York Navy Yard. After the war Paulding served as Governor, Naval Asylum at
Philadelphia and as Post-Admiral at Boston. Paulding died at Huntington, Long Island,
New York, 20 October 1878. Anthony/Brady bm.
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$125
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CDV of Lt Commander George Morris who commanded the USS
Cumberland in her fateful battle with the CSS Virginia in 1862. As the ship
was sinking Morris from the Rigging exhorted his men to keep up the battle
though the cause was doomed. An early War Naval hero of the Union
effort. Anthony/Bradt bm.
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$150
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CDV of an Unknown Union Marine. Backmark by Miller Charlestown Mass.
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$500
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Commander Milton Haxton USN, appointed to the navy in 1841 serving on
the Brig Dolphin 1841-3, Frigate Congress of Brazil 1843-5, Brig
Bainbridge, was involved in the attack on Alvarado Mexico 1846, Naval
School, Attack and destruction of the Imperial Chinese Camp at Shanghai
in 1854 where 300 British and US Naval Personel and Marines defeated a
Chinese force of 2000 during the Boxer Rebellion, off Africa on the Mystic
1860-1, Attack on Fort Macon 1862, Lt Cmder USS Kineo 1863, Maratanza
1864, Mercedita 1864-5 Atlantic Blockading Squadron. retiring in 1869
after a very storied heroic career. Minty image by Anthony/ Brady.
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$200
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"Henry Augustus Wise (May 24, 1819 – April 3, 1869) author and U.S.
Naval Officer born in Brooklyn, New York, to George Stewart Wise and
Catherine Standsberry. The Wise family moved to Virginia and his Naval career
began in 1834 as a midshipman. Henry served in the U.S.-Mexican War as a Lieutenant
on board the razee Independence seeing action in the Gulf of California. He dedicated
his consequent naval service in becoming an expert in gunnery. When the American
Civil War broke out he considered serving with his home state of Virginia when they
left the Union but opted to stay in the U.S. Navy as a Captain. Promoted to
Commander of the Niagara in 1862 he was soon ordered to destroy the Gosport
Navy Yard, near his old home. In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln appointed Wise
chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and was promoted to Captain in
1866 he held the Ordnance position until his resignation in 1868. He died in Naples,
Italy, the following year. In 1850 he married Catherine Brooks Everett, daughter of
Edward Everett and Charlotte Gray Brooks". Anthony/Brady CDV
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$125
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"Garrett Jesse Pendergrast (5 December 1802 – 7 November 1862) was an officer in the United
States Navy during the American Civil War. A native of Kentucky, Pendergrast was married to Virginia
Barron, the daughter of James Barron. Upon the Secession, she reportedly refused to accompany her
husband in his allegiance to the United States and swore she would never live with him again. His
nephew was Lieutenant Commander Austin Pendergrast, who during the Civil War took command of
USS Congress when she was sunk by CSS Virginia. By 1832, Pendergrast had been promoted to
Lieutenant. He commanded Boston during the Mexican-American War in 1846. In 1856, he
commissioned Merrimack, the ship that would later become the Virginia. Subsequently, he held
command of both the Home Squadron and the West India Squadron. At the outbreak of war in
1861, Flag Officer Pendergrast was in command of the sloop USS Cumberland. At age 58, he was
one of the oldest officers in service. The first significant victory for the U.S. Navy during the early
phases of the Union blockade occurred on April 24, 1861, when Pendergrast and the Cumberland,
accompanied by a small flotilla of support ships, began seizing Confederate ships and privateers in
the vicinity of Fort Monroe off the Virginia coastline. Within the next two weeks, Pendergrast had
captured 16 enemy vessels, serving early notice to the Confederate War Department that the
blockade would be effective if extended. Promoted to Commodore on July 16, 1862, Pendergrast
was assigned to command the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and held that position when he died of a
paralytic stroke on November 7, 1862. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
CDV by Gurney NY,
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$100
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