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THE CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL SALE continued...

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Trio of Confederate States Half Dollar Tokens. 1) ND (ca. 1947) Robert E. Lee Confederate Half Dollar Medal. Select Uncirculated. White Medal. Produced by C. Smith. 2) ND (ca. 1947) Confederate Seal Medal. Gem Uncirculated. White Medal. 3) 1861 (i.e. 2005) Confederate Half Copy. Gem Proof. Silver. Mintage: 100,000. [3] (imagea) (Image)

Est. $200-400

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AUTOGRAPHS AND AMERICANA

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Secession Booklets Choice pair of paper-wrapped Books, "The Doom of Slavery in the Union: Its Safety out of It," [John Townsend], stated second edition, Charleston, Evans & Cogswell, 1860. 8vo, 39 pages, printed wraps, with "Constitution of 1860 Association" on back cover. Signs of additional binding at left edge. With "State Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Coercion by the Hon. Wm. D. Porter; together with a letter from Hon. J.K. Paulding...The Right to Secede..." Charleston, "Evans & Cogswell's Steam-Power Presses, [1860]. 8vo, 36 pages, printed front wrap, "1860 Association Tract No. 2" on front. Both bear the admonition "Read and send to your Neighbor" on front covers. "Doom" with minor dampstain on cover, toning, front wrap tear repaired with tape, otherwise G/VG. "State Sovereignty" foxed, soiled, cover wear, quite Good. The first of these letters leaves little doubt that the war was largely over the survival of slavery. [2] (imagea) (Image)

Est. $300-400

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Fort Sumter: Samuel W. Crawford American soldier and physician (1829-92); was the Army surgeon assigned to Fort Sumter upon its bombardment, directing some of its cannons; commanded divisions at Antietam and Gettysburg. His Book "The Genesis of the Civil War - The Story of Sumter 1860-1861," NY, 1887, Charles L. Webster, 8vo, red cloth with gilt title and labeled spine. Engraved frontispiece. With presentation sheet Signed "S.W. Crawford / Bvt. Maj. Gnl / United States Army / Philadelphia / December 23, 1887." Some cracking hinges, corners bumped and lightly rubbed, spine and cover soiled, some toned edges. Overall VG, the signature sheet about Fine. (Image)

Est. $500-750

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Fort Sumter: CSA Soldier's Letter Great ALS by M.V. Barkley, also signed by G.R. Barkley, both of the 18th SC Infantry, 2 pages, small 4to, Christ Church Parish, ""4 miles from Mt. pleasant,"" SC, October 30, 1863. They write their family that "The Yankees opened fire from Morriss Island on last monday with Eleven two & three Hundred pounder parot guns. On monday they...fired one hundred and 88...shots at sumter 165 took affect or the fort 23 passed over. Tuesday I witnessed with my own Eyes the balls a striking sumter they will beat it to the ground if they hold on. Yesterday last night & this Morning the firing is Kep up with spirit. I was glad to get to Mount pleasant once more...It is likely we will stay here for some time if the Yankees dont run us from the Citty but I expect to hear but little else than the Roar of Cannon..." Original ink blot on second page, toned, about VG. Union bombardment under Gen. Quincy Gillmore smashed Fort Sumter nearly to rubble, but Gen. PGT Beauregard reinforced its garrison with infantry, who repelled a marine assault (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

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Fort Sumter: SC Soldier's Letter Good content ALS by W. Raffield of the 4th South Carolina State Line Infantry (composed of citizens trained to protect Charleston from invasion), 2 pages, 4to, ""Sumter,"" August 25, 1863. He writes to his brother "All eyes are turned towards Charleston at this time. The Yanks have knocked one side out & are shooting throug the other, but the fort is not to be given up. They...are going to stand to it the yanky have bin ghrowing shell in the City for day yr'day night comensed sunday night again but what Damage has bin done there apears to be a certainty that we have two guns that have just run the Blockade that are larger than any about Charleston. The Balls weigh 7 or 8 hundred lbs. I hope it will get to the Placein time to clear the harbour of yankee ironclads. I wis yo would make me apair of shoes also for I am very near barefooted...We have got a company raised of old men & exenpts & boy in Sumter for home defence all mounted & will get arms in a short time. Some say to go in the company is to have your life in sured in away of making fun of the officers. Cal Moss is capt. & the Sherif is first leutenant...If the yanks do succeed at Charleston they will Raid through the state..." Fold wear, toning, VG. Fort Sumter was reduced almost to rubble, but failure of the Union Army and Navy to cooperate prevented them from ever capturing it. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

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Fort Sumter: Edward Manigault and RS Ripley Chief of Ordnance for South Carolina and the Confederate lieutenant colonel who was Beauregard's second in command at the Siege of Ft. Sumter. Very important Autograph Document Signed "Ed. Manigault / Col. Ord," 1-1/2 pages, 4to, on an imprinted Ordnance Bureau invoice, Charleston, March 25, 1861. Manigault list ordnance and stores turned over to Ripley - for use in the Siege of Fort Sumter! Includes "Two pairs of Gunners Sleeves...1/2 one half gallon Sperm oil...2 Two Fuze Mallets...2 two do Setters, Brass for wooden Fuzes...8 Eight Priming wires / 3 three shell Hooks / 10 Ten Handspikes. Shod...1000 One Thousand Friction Tubes / 100 One Hundred Yards Quick Match / 10 Ten Yards Slow Match / 3 Three Lanyards...2 Two Mauls for Mortars...2 Two Gunners Pouches...2 Two Powder Funnels / 300 Three hundred Cartridge Bags for 32 pds..." With Endorsement Signed "RS Ripley" at close certifying that the ordnance was received, adding that "Much was expended during the operations against Fort Sumter - What remained was taken up and continued on the regular Ordnance returns." In VG condition. (Image)

Est. $2,000-2,500

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Fort Sumter: FW Pickens Important Manuscript Address by Gov. FW Pickens of South Carolina, 2 separate pages, legal folio, on blue paper, undated but based on internal evidence, March 4, 1861. Headed ""Secret Session,"" it is addressed to the House of Representatives in answer to resolutions passed "in Secret Session the 3rd instant," reading in part, "As to the 'Condition of the Fortifications in Charleston Harbor,' I...refer to the Reports on file in the Adjutant General's Office, which should not, for obvious reasons in the existing state of things, be made public...In answer...'as to what officers are in Command of the Fortifications,'...General [John] Dunovant is in Command of Fort Moultrie and Sullivans Island, and until yesterday, was in command of all the Forts and Military points occupied around the harbor [PGT Beauregard arrived in Charleston on March 3, 1861, and took official command of its defenses, giving further information to date the address]; Colonel J. Johnston Pettigrew...is in command of Castle Pinckney; Captain Joseph Johnson, of the Charleston Rifles, is in command of Fort Johnson; Colonel John Cunningham...is in command of the Arsenal, containing the arms and ammunition of the United States in this City. In answer to the inquiry 'by what authority' those officers were placed in Command...it was done by orders, issued by myself. As to...'damage committed by the United States Forces' and whether they 'have been repaired' I again refer to the Reports...in the Adjutant General's Office...In answer to the inquiry as to whether any measures have been taken to prevent supplies being furnished to Fort Sumpter [sic]& to prevent communication between that Fort & Charleston, I would state, that all practicable measures have been adopted..." Rifles had been sent to Sumter from the US Arsenal in the city, no doubt inspiring this last inquiry. Soiling at top of first page, tear in top of second, uneven lower border to second, one hole in body affecting one word, otherwise about VG. This was among those paper rescued from Columbia before it was burned when Gen WT Sherman's troops entered it in late 1864. Just over a month after this address, on April 12, after an order to surrender was refused, the first shot was fired from Ft. Johnson on Ft. Sumter, initiating a war that would claim over 600,000 American lives, leave half the country devastated, and decide the questions of slavery and the limits of states rights. A unique item of great importance! (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
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Fort Sumter: F.W. Pickens Important Autograph Document Signed ""F.W. Pickens"" as governor, 1/2 page, legal folio, on imprinted State of South Carolina Executive Department stationery, January 28, 1861. Just a month after South Carolina became the first state to secede, he writes to the state senate: "Under the act that has been passed organizing a regular military force for South Carolina - I make the following nominations in addition to those already sent in and respectfully ask the confirmation of the Senate. R.G.M. Dunovant Brigadier General - R.S. Ripley - Lieut. Col. of the Battalion of Artillery." Edge and fold wear, age-toned and lightly foxed, but VG. Less than three months later, Roswell S. Ripley would serve under Dunovant, helping to direct fire against Fort Sumter and initiating the Civil War. With additional Autograph Document,, bearing secretarial signature, written on the same day as the previous, requesting confirmation for more nominations: "For the regiment of enlisted men...R.H. Anderson - Colonel and Bernard E. Bee - Lieut. Col. / W.D. De Saussure Maj. of Cavalry / N.G. Evans - Senior Capt. of Cavalry / T.G. Rhett - Paymaster rank of Maj..." Some foxing, otherwise VG. [2] (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $400.00
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Fort Sumter: F.W. Pickens Good war content Autograph Letter Signed ""F.W. Pickens" as governor, 3/4 page, legal folio, on blue paper, no place [probably Columbia], no date, but from content definitely from 1861. He writes ordnance officer Col. Edward Manigault in Charleston, "Of course the powder is not to be sent to Sumter or delivered except through our own officers and upon reasonable estimates. No powder to be given to unfinished batteries, and magazines to be reported in safe order, but some powder must be immediately sent to batteries at Hilton Head & Bay point. Has any been sent? Let them be prepared at any expence. We must keep for the present 20,000 lbs as reserve in Charleston. Now much is in Moultrie. Please let me know. Genl [David E.] Twiggs telegraphs me from N. Orleans & begs for some. I supplied not a pound. Make any assignments you can immediately to purchase me 50,000 lbs." Toning at edges, wear along left edge, VG. General Twiggs had been dismissed from the US Army for surrendering Texas forts to secessionists before the state had even seceded! He was made a general in the CS Army and commanded at New Orleans, but due to age retired in October 1861. "Our own officers" probably refers to South Carolinians as opposed to other Confederates, making it likely that this letter is from after the fall of Sumter, therefore spring or summer 1861. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $675.00
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Fort Sumter: Roswell S. Ripley American soldier (1823-87); served with honor in the Mexican and Seminole Wars; though a northerner, joined the Confederate Army, helping direct the fire in the assault on Ft. Sumter; fought at Sharpsburg, where he was injured, and at Fredericksburg. Choice Autograph Letter Signed "R.S. Ripley, Col.," 1 page, 4to, Fort Sumter, June 7, 1861. Having taken control of the fort after its surrender, he writes Col Edward Manigault, ordnance officer for South Carolina: "Lieut. Blake proceeds to the city this morning, & is directed to ask of you such information as you can furish him concerning the Ammunition Boxes, ordered for this fort. The understanding was that they should be done on Wednesday...I venture to suggest that the boxes if furnished be sent direct to this fort, that the a/c including drayage be checked by one of your offices & sent to me. They can be settled by this method at once..." Tipped at left edge to a slightly larger sheet, but can be readily removed, VG indeed. A great display piece. After it fell to the Confederacy, Fort Sumter remained in Southern hands, highly resistant to assault by sea. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

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Fort Sumter: Recruiting Broadside Outstanding printed Broadside, ca. 15.5"" x 4.9"", signed in type by ""J[ames] Hume Simons / Charleston, S.C."" giving ""NOTICE! / Caution! Beware! / Those who are Recruiting for me have authority, in my hand-writing. / Those who wish to enlist for the War are cautioned against the advertisements of those offering to get up Companies: as no one in the City, but myself, has authority to get up a COMPANY OF INFANTRY - and no one CAN get this Authority now; as the War Department has ceased to give them...I can enlist, muster, draw pay, clothing, rations, $50 Bounty, in CASH...I also caution men who who are about to enlsit rashly with any one whom they do not know, that...they may be sent away from their families, for the war, to Missouri or New Mexico...I want the BONE and SINEW of the land - I want stout hearts and strong arms...Come on then, Carolinians - let us go into the FIELD; and if I fall, it is my proudest wish to lie buried beneath a pile of the vile scum of invaders, and surrounded by a rampart of my own brave followers..." Uneven bottom edge, light foxing, VG. Simons was recruiting for the South Carolina militia, not the CS Army, hence his promise that enlistees would not be sent to other parts of the South. He commanded at Morris Island during the assault of Fort Sumter in April. A rare find in such choice condition. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
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Fort Sumter Rare and important grand Photograph of Fort Sumter at the end of the Civil War, a 10.7"" x 14.1"" image on a 15"" x 19"" mount on which is printed: ""Fort Sumter / Presented by the Hon. E.M. Stanton / Secretary of War / to Brvt Major Charles R. Suter / Chief Engineer Dept. of the South / April 14th 1865." Also Signed at left by "Richd. Delafield / Genl. Chief Engineer" of the Engineering Department. These were presented to commemorate the re-raising of the United States flag over the fort after it was abandoned in the final days of the war. The photograph shows sailors rowing a canoe in the foreground with the remnants of the nearly pulverized fort in the background, surmounted by men and cannons, with a steam boat beside the fort at left. Several tears in the mount have been repaired, but the image itself is not damaged, and the item overall a strong VG. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
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Fort Sumter: Photographs Four scarce carte-de-visite Photographs, two by H.C. Foster of Morris Island/Charleston, SC, as identified in print on back. One shows men in foreground, two sitting on a huge camera(!) and reads in pen on verso, "View...showing the effects of Union knocks at the door," while the other is an "Interior view of Fort Sumter showing the effects of our fire." The other pair is printed by E. Anthony of NY from a Brady negative of soldiers and others posing at post-siege batteries of Ft. Sumter, and by E & A Anthony of a broken cannon in rubble at the fort's base. All are VG. [4] (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,200

SOLD for $725.00
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Fort Sumter: Reoccupation A great carte-de-visite Photograph of the United States flag being raised once more over Fort Sumter, dated in pencil on recto ""April 14, 1865," by R.C. Foster of Morris Island, SC. Hundreds watch as Old Glory is prepared to fly up a massive new flagstaff. Toned, soiled, but VG. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $210.00
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Fort Sumter: Reoccupation Stereo View Stereoscopic Photograph of the United States flag being raised once more over Fort Sumter, printed by E & HT Anthony of NY, #3144 in a series. 3-cent proprietary stamp on verso. VG. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $150.00
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Fort Sumter: Stereo Views Three stereoscopic Photographs, one each by G.N. Barnard and Osborn & Durbec, both of Charleston, and one uncredited, showing the interior of Ft. Sumter as identified on verso as ""after the evacuation by Major Anderson in 1861," with remains of the flagstaff; cannons lined up within the walls of the fort; and the fort's sea face from outside, showing the lighthouse. All with some light edge wear, soiling, but VG. [3] (imagea) (imageb) (Image)

Est. $400-500

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Fort Sumter: Stereo Views II Three stereoscopic Photographs of Fort Sumter, ca. 1865, identified on verso in ink (two described as ""taken after evacuation,"" i.e., after recapture by the Union. They show the front toward Morris Island, the the front toward Ft. Moultrie, and a close-up of the front toward Moultrie Showing ground-level damage. All are soiled, with rubbed corners, but VG. [3] (imagea) (imageb) (Image)

Est. $500-750

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Fort Sumter: Stereo Views III Four choice stereoscopic Photographs printed by E & HT Anthony of NYC and John C. Taylor of Hartford, CT (2), with one uncredited, all with printed descriptions on versos. Anthony's, #1267 in a series, shows "The Swamp Angel...with which Gen. Gilmore threw the first shot into Charleston" taken at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Anthony's, #52 and #73 in his War Views series, show the "first 300 pound Parrott gun" that fired on Sumter; and a mortar battery with soldiers on Morris Island. The last one shows a 200-pound Parrott at Ft. Wagner. Anthonys with some bumping at corners of mounts, all with edge wear and soiling, but all VG. [4] (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (Image)

Est. $600-750

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Fort Sumter: Stereo Views IV Choice quartet of stereoscopic Photographs, early post-war, published by T. Souder (2) and Quinby & Co (2) of Charleston, numbers 29, 31, 35, and 38 from a series. All with full descriptions on verso, showing respectively the South Angle after the war; a close-up of the same, showing a porthole; the interior of the Northeast Angle, as taken by Gen Anderson, showing Gen Wade Hampton and Bishop Lynch; and the fort's eastern face, showing the lighthouse. All are lightly soiled with minor edge rubbing, VG. [4] (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

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Fort Henry and Fort Donelson A choice Autograph Letter Signed ""Geo. W. Cullum,"" chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland, 4 pages, 4to, Cairo, IL, February 9, 1862. He writes to Gen. Henry Halleck between the capture of Fort Henry on February 6 and the Battle of Fort Donelson on the 11th-16th, actions that earned Ulysses S. Grant his first national attention: "I enclose you two letters received by me this mornign from Gen. Grant and Lt. Col [James B.]McPherson the latter accompanied by sketches of Fort Henry and his reconnaissance to near Fort Donelson [not present]...Four companies of 2nd Illinois Infantry - 425 men and 16 guns 2nd Illinois Artillery have arrived. I understand Gen. Grant left express orders for them to remain here...My own opinion is that they should be sent to the field...The Empress returned from Fort Henry. I stopped her here to take up the Tennessee the 48th Indiana, 32d Illinois and two heavy guns from Fort Holt...removing ten guns...two to be sent to Fort Henry...I learrn that there is a nest of Knights of the Golden Circle in Randolph County Ill. I have sent two policement to watch them, get their names, & have written to the Governor of Illinois to take necessaries for the arrest of the ringleaders...I may have to arrest an emissary going to John C. Breckenridge...The Gunboat Essex will have to go to St. Louis for a new boiler etc. Capt. [William D.] Porter is better today, but not out of danger..." With more good content! Paper repairs at fold splits affect two lines, but they remain legible. Otherwise VG. The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret organization of northern friends of the Confederacy, essentially the most extreme faction of Copperheads (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $450.00
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