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ROBERT ANDERSON In command of Fort Sumter the day the Civil War began. Carte de Visite Photograph signed: "Robert Anderson/Br.Genl. USA". Sepia, 2¼x4 overall, image 2x3¼ (two surfaces). Photographer's imprint at lower border: "Gurney & Son Photo NY" and on verso: "J. Gurney & Son/707/Broadway/N.Y.".Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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ROBERT ANDERSON Carte de visite, shown as a major general, signed on the front and also inscribed by him on verso on the Fourth of July Photograph inscribed and signed twice: "Robert Anderson/Major Gen. U.S.A." and on verso "For Mrs. Geo.Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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WILLIAM W. BELKNAP Shown in uniform on this 2½x4 carte de visite, signing as a brigadier general. Photograph signed: "Wm. W. Belknap/Brig. Genl. Vols.". Sepia, 2½x4 carte de visite. William W.Sale Price $1,487.50
$1,750.00
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CHARLES E. BROWN. Photograph Mount signed: "Chas. Brown". Sepiatone, 4¼x6½ overall, photo 4x5¼ (two surface). Photographer: C. M. Bell, Washington, D. C.Enlisting as a private in an Ohio volunteer regiment in 1861, Brown (1834-1904) rose to the rank of Major General in the Union Army.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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Vintage 8x5 sepia photo of Butterfield posing with General Joseph Hooker and several other Union officers, taken soon after the victory at Lookout Mountain. On verso, Butterfield has identified Hooker and three other officers in the picture, inscribing to the brother of one of them.Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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DANIEL BUTTERFIELD The Union general, later awarded the Medal of Honor, is pictured on a 2½x4 carte de visite. Photograph signed: "Danl Butterfield/U.S.A.". Sepia, 2½x4 carte de visite.Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JULIAN S. CARR. Photograph signed: "General Julian S. Carr C.S.A.". B/w, 4¼x6½ overall, image 4¼x5¾ (one surface). Julian S. Carr joined the Confederate Army when he was 15, serving as a private in the 3rd N.C. Cavalry from 1861-1865. This photograph, c.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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CIVIL WAR: UNION Carte de Visite of a Matthew Brady photo: a Civil War mascot Carte de Visite, unsigned. Sepia, 2¼x4. E & HT Anthony backstamp, New York, taken from a Matthew Brady negative. Image of a young boy in uniform, with sergeant's stripes, holding drumsticks and standing beside a drum.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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WILLIAM F. CODY: BUFFALO BILL 4¼x6½ cabinet card photo, signed both as W.F. Cody and as Buffalo Bill Cabinet Card Photograph signed: "W.F. Cody/'Buffalo Bill'". B/w, 4¼x6½. Superb portrait of William F. Cody with his desirable double signature. Photographer's imprint, "Gessford/238 Fifth Ave./N.Sale Price $4,080.00
$4,800.00
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WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY 6¾x9 black and white photograph mount with an exceptional quality image of the western icon, signed "W.F Cody, 'Buffalo Bill'" Inscribed Photograph Mount signed: "W.F Cody,/"Buffalo Bill"/To- W.S.Sale Price $3,400.00
$4,000.00
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WILLIAM F. CODY ("BUFFALO BILL") 4x5 photo of Cody, signed and signed on the 7x9 photo mount in 1903 as both W.F. Cody and Buffalo Bill Photograph Mount inscribed and signed: "W.F. Cody/'Buffalo Bill'/To Ormsby Trench/1903". B/w, 7x9 overall, image 3¾x5½ (two surfaces).Sale Price $2,800.00
$3,500.00
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JOHN A. DAHLGREN 2½x4 carte de visite of the US Navy's ordnance chief during the Civil War, shown in uniform Photograph signed: "R. Admiral Dahlgren/Chief of Bur. Of Ordnance/U.S. Navy/1868" . Sepia, 2½x4 carte de visite. John A.Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. Carte-de-Visite, unsigned. B/w, 2½x3¾ overall, image 2¼x3¼ (two surfaces). Captioned at lower margin of image: "Now therefore I JeffersonSale Price $360.00
$400.00
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VARINA HOWELL DAVIS. Photograph Mount, unsigned. Sepia, 2¼x3¼ overall, image 2½x3½ (two surfaces). Eighteen-year-old Varina Banks Howell (1826-1905) married 37-year old Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) in Natchez, Mississippi on February 26, 1845. Their union, which lasted 44 years, produced five children.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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GENERAL JOHN ADAMS DIXMatthew Brady 2¼x3½ carte de visite of the Civil War general and future New York governor, in dress uniform, with sabre Photograph Signed: "John A. Dix". Sepia, 2¼x3½ carte de visite, signed in lower margin.Sale Price $807.50
$950.00
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2¼x4 unsigned sepia-toned carte-de-visite bust photo by Sarony of New York of John Adams Dix. He was President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1861 and sent this famous order to an American boat less than three months before the American Civil War: "If any man attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot".Sale Price $135.00
$150.00
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ARTHUR C. DUCAT. Photograph Mount signed: "Arthur C Ducat/1862". B/w with brown hue, 2½x4½ overall, image 2¼x3¾ (two surfaces). Irish-born Arthur C. Ducat (1830-1896) joined the Union Army as a Second Lieutenant in May 1861.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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DAVID G. FARRAGUT 2½x4 carte de visite, seated in uniform Photograph signed: "D. G. Farragut". Sepia, 2½x4 carte de visite by J. Gurney & Son of New York. David G.Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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JAMES A. GARFIELD 4x6½ cabinet card photo, signed on the mount, matted and framed to 12¾x16 Photograph Mount signed: "J. A. Garfield". B/w, 4x6½. Harroun & Bierstadt artotype cabinet card, matted and framed to an overall size of 12¾x16.Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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JAMES A. GARFIELD. Photograph Mount, unsigned. Sepiatone, 2¼x4 overall, image 2x3¼ (two surfaces). Captioned at lower margin: "President James A. Garfield". No photographer's imprint on verso. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) served as 20th U.S.Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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JAMES A. GARFIELD. Photograph, unsigned. Sepiatone, 5¼x8¼ overall, oval image 4¾x6½ on 5x7½ sheet affixed to mount (two surfaces). Facsimile signature beneath image. Boudoir card published by the eminent studio of Abraham Bogardus, New York between 1890 and 1910.Sale Price $531.25
$625.00
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JAMES A. GARFIELD From photo by J.F. Ryder, Cleveland, 6¾x9¼ overall, image 3¾x4.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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JAMES Z. GEORGE. Gilt-edged Cabinet Card Photograph signed: "J.Z. George Mspi." Sepia, 4x6¼ overall, image 4x5¼, (two surfaces), signed on mount. Photographer's imprint at lower margin: "C.M. Bell Washington DC/463-465 Penna Ave." George served in the Confederate Army as Brigadier General of the state militia.Sale Price $414.00
$460.00
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ULYSSES S. GRANT Unsigned 2½x4 carte de visite, showing the future President as a 3-star general Photograph, unsigned. Sepia, 2½x4 carte de visite of Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant, captioned "Gen. Grant" in lower margin. No printing on verso. West Point graduate Ulysses S.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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AMHERST F. GRAVES Shown as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Union Army, he has signed with his unit designation on verso of this 2x3½ photo. Photograph signed: "A F. Graves/2nd Lt. Co. 'I'/12th Regt./Ill. Cavalry", on verso. Sepia, 2x3½ affixed to embellished card-two surfaces. Photographer: Geo. P. Hill, St.Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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GEORGE P. HARRISON 4x6 vintage photo of Alabama legislator, shown in uniform as Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Veterans Photograph signed on verso: "Yours very truly,/Geo. P. Harrison/Opelika Ala". Sepia, 4x6. Photo: Paul Thompson. Ink note (unknown hand): "General George P.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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THOMAS JEFFERSON HENDERSON. Book Photograph signed: "Thomas J. Henderson". B/w, 6¾x9¾ overall, image 4x5½ (one surface). Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911), an attorney and veteran of the American Civil War, served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Illinois from 1875-1895.Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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ANDREW JOHNSON Signed 12½x15¼ photo mount dated by him October 5, 1867, and containing an albumen copy (10x11½) of a photograph of Johnson as President, seated at a writing desk Photograph Mount signed: "Andrew Johnson/Washington City/Oct. 5th 1867".Sale Price $5,780.00
$6,800.00
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Composite sepia-toned photograph of a beardless Lincoln in front of his log cabin Composite photo unsigned. B/w sepia toned, 11x8½. This photo is a composite. Lincoln (without his beard) is in the foreground and the log cabin that he grew up in is in the background.Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN B/w unsigned photo of Lincoln in bust view, facing the camera Photograph unsigned. B/w, 8x10. Future American president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), on the advice of Whig legislator (and future law partner) John Todd Stuart, became a lawyer in 1836.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
