Lot 79
[CIVIL WAR - WESTERN THEATER]. A group of 20 CDVs of Union generals and officers, incl. Sherman, Halleck, Sturgis, & Lyon.
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR - WESTERN THEATER]. A group of 20 CDVs of Union generals and officers, incl. Sherman, Halleck, Sturgis, & Lyon.

William T. Sherman. Paris: Ch. Reutlinger, 1865 (print/mounted trimmed). -- Henry Halleck. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. (toning, mount trimmed). -- Samuel D. Sturgis. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue to mount verso). -- Nathaniel Lyon, KIA Wilson's Creek. Uncredited (mount trimmed). -- Robert Anderson. Uncredited (toning, soiling, print/mount trimmed). -- William Rosecrans (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited. -- Don Carlos Buell (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited (print/mount trimmed). -- John Pope (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited (print/mount trimmed). -- Henry Lane Kendrick, Mexican War officer & Assistant Prof USMA. New York: Uncredited, 1863 (print/mount trimmed). – Major David Hastings as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Possibly David E. Hastings who served with the US Army 1st and 5th Cavalries. New York, NY: C.D. Fredricks & Co. (toning, soiling, print/mount trimmed). -- Union surgeon J. Campbell (identified as "Campbell" on verso). New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and surface loss on mount verso). -- CDV of bespectacled major identified on verso as "Dr. Brown, USA." St. Louis, MO: J. Sidney Brown (toning, mount trimmed, residue on mount verso). -- CDV, seated view of an unidentified officer with sword in hand. Boston, MA: F.L. Lay (edges trimmed, residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV, seated portrait of unidentified captain. Uncredited (soiling, residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV of officer accompanied by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed, with partial identification, "Gen. J.S. ?" New York, NY: Brady (toning, soiling, residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV of a young, unidentified Union artillerist. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV of an unidentified officer wearing shoulder straps that are difficult to discern. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. (print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of an unidentified officer wearing shoulder straps that are difficult to discern. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV, standing portrait of an unidentified soldier with a sword in his belt and hat in hand. Philadelphia, PA: Broadbent & Co. (spotting, print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of a woman identified on verso as "Miss L. English." Washington, DC: Gardner (soiling, residue and wear on mount verso). 

Together, 20 CDVs, including officers who served in the Western Theater during the Civil War.

Provenance: Acquired from the great grandson of Union General Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) (consignor relates). Beckwith commanded the defenses of New Orleans from August 1863 - January 1864, after the fall of New Orleans in 1862.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico
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