Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

U.S. Civil War Memorabilia

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1104		1894 GAR Reunion Encampment Badge. 42mm, colorul celluloid with front entitled, "28th Natl. Encampment, Pittsburgh, PA 1894," with two crossed U.S. flags, eagle and medal of honor. Reverse in full color showing Union soldiers around a campfire with U.S. flag. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1105		1st Edition History of the Third Regiment Excelsior Brigade. 72d New York Volunteer Infantry. 1861-1865. First edition. Compiled by Henri Le Fevre Brown, Sergeant Company B, Jamestown, N.Y.: Journal Printing Co., 1902. Blue cloth covers over boards with gilt lettering on spine. 151 pages plus a 7-page list of company officers, with their rank and remarks about them. Minor streaks to back cover, else a nice copy. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1106		Sixteen Section History Of Civil War. "Illustrated with Reproductions of the Brady War Photographs by permission of the War Department…Published In Sixteen Sections," copyright by Charles F. Johnson (1895), Lossing History Company (1905 and The War Memorial Association, Inc. (1912).Paper covers; the sections are bound together with twine. Some spine wear and light toning, else fine. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1107		CDV of James L. Babsford. Head-and-shoulders portrait in uniform, identified in pencil on verso with the year 1860. Photographed by R. Mc. Reynolds, Maysville, Ky. Overall toning and foxing; lower right corner of photo and back imprint are partially separated from mount. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 1108		Civil War Carpet Bag. 12" x 14". Carpet bags were the first form of mass-produced luggage in the 19th century. "Carpetbaggers" described white Republicans of the Reconstruction Era who were known to carry these bags as they plundered the defeated South. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $100 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1109		Civil War Cavalry Bugle. Brass, 20" long, with attached yellow cord and tassles depicting cavalry. Normal dings throughout from years of service, but totally intact and in overall good condition. Probably imported from France. Estimated Value $650 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 1110		Civil War Kepi, 7th New York State Militia. Dark grey wool with brass insignias on either end of leather visor. Inner dimensions: 6" x 7½". 6 small pinholes scattered around crown. As pictured on p. 96 of Echoes of Glory, Arms and Equipment of the Union, 1991, Time-Life Books. Condition good. Estimated Value $800 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 1111		Civil War Leg Splint. Rare 24" x 3½" Mann pattern splint used in Civil War. Completely handmade, including original screws and straps. Bends at knee and adjusts at foot. Good condition. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1112		Civil War Medical Limb Saw. 2½" x 11". Brass handle and steel blade, with a small star engraved between handle grips. Used on the battlefields of the war. Good condition. Estimated Value $250 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $259
Lot 1113		Confederate States Mississippi Artillery. Very rare 2½" x 24" purple and white UCV ribbon reading: "Member at Large; C.S.M.A.; Trinidad, Colorado; August 22-25, 1939". Good condition; minor wear due to age. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1114		Drummer Boy's Civil War Drum, Drum Sticks, & Ambrotype Photograph. The personal property of John Joseph Reiser. He was originally enlisted as a drummer boy into Company A, 4th Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry on Nov. 16, 1861 at Baltimore. He then transferred into Company G, 3rd Regiment of the same Infantry where he served as a soldier for three years. During this time he participated in nine major battles and a number of minor skirmishes, all of which are recorded in ink on the skin of the drum. He was honorably discharged as a private on Nov. 12, 1864 and was one of only two survivors from his Regiment by the end of the war. The drum is said to be the same one seen in the ambrotype, though the instrument was later reduced in size after the war, a common practice. Overall, a fantastic identified Civil War collection. Estimated Value $15,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1115		G.A.R. Items. Five medals: brass and white medal with some enamel. Four have an eagle at the top with "Representative," "GAR" and the city--Salt Lake City, Utah (1909), Atlantic City, N.J.(1910), Des Moines, 1931 and 1938; the fifth is a 1924 Woman's Relief Corps, Boston, Mass. medal; also, a red GAR ribbon for the 1883 Dept. of the Ohio reunion in Akron. (6 items). Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576
Lot 1116		Half Plate Civil War Era Ambrotype. Portrait of a seated man and woman. In rare Currier & Ives thermoplastic (or "Union") case. A phenomenal piece in Mint condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 1117		Pair Of Civil War Drummer Boy Boots. These small boots were likely worn by a boy drummer around eight years or younger. They are complete, featuring the original crafter's nails, and display visible sole wear from presumably hundreds of miles spent marching. A rare and emotional piece for any Civil War collector. Estimated Value $550 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 1118		Pre-Civil War Or Civil War Light Artillery/Army Dress Cap. Hard leather construction. 9" long x 5" high. Brass bugle insignia at front of crown and smaller matching insignias at either side of leather visor. Small 1/3" x 1/8" tear at top front of crown. Missing upper rim plumb. Condition good. Estimated Value $400 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 1119		Six Cartes de Visite - Union Generals. Six CDVs: Gen.George Meade, by Geo. P. Molleson & Co.; Gen. Philip H. Sheridan (no photographer's imprint); Gen. George McClellan, by M. Noyes; a collage of Grant, Sherman, Porter, Thomas, Farragut, and Johnson, titled "Our present Peace Commissioners" (no imprint); and two unidentified (one with Meade Bros. imprint). Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1120		St. Croix Herald, Maine, Dec. 13, 1861 - Union Civil War Broadside. Complete 24" x 3" blank back broadside containing headlines and a report on the movement of Union forces towards Wayne and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky where the Battle of Mill Springs, considered the first significant Union victory, would be fought in January 1862. Good-very good condition. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1121		U.S. Civil War Surgeon's Leather Medical/Remedial Field Kit. Circa 1840-1860. 5.5" long x 1.75" wide x 3.25" high. Contains twelve glass vials still filled with medicines and remedies of the period, all corked and some labeled. The top of the kit is marked with the owner's name "W.E. Booth. MD. 4." Leather is still very supple and in good condition. A scarce item rarely found intact. Estimated Value $500 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1122		Rare Confederate Medical Tool Field Kit. This rare roll-out kit features original skin and a nearly full set of medical tools, missing only one piece. The instruments, with the exception of one, feature the mark of their British importer, Weiss of London. The kit includes its original securing tie and its only flaw is some slight damage to one corner, which does not affect the piece as a whole. These hard to find kits would be a unique addition to any Civil War collector's set. Estimated Value $1,750 - 1,950. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1123		Benjamin, Judah P (1811-1884) British born (St. Croix) and raised in South Carolina. U.S. senator from Louisiana, then C.S.A. cabinet officer, serving as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State; he was the first Jewish Cabinet member in a North American government. He fled to England at the end of the war and successfully practiced law there, writing a classic treatise on the sale of personal property. ALS ("J.P. Benjamin") as the Confederate Secretary of War, 1 p., on pale blue, lined "Confederate States of America / War Department" letterhead, 10" x 7¾", Richmond, 1862 Jan. 24. To Thomas O. Moore, Governor of Louisiana, calling his attention to a letter (not present) "of the Act'g Commissioner of Indian Affairs…with the accompanying Statement, &c. and to request your co-operation in carrying out the intention of the Congress of the Confederate States, as therein set forth…." One small purple pencil mark at top; verso has small tape repairs to folds, else fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1124		Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865). As U.S. Secretary of War (1853-1857) under President Franklin Pierce, Davis was instrumental in modernizing the U.S. army into a more efficient fighting machine. ALS, 4pp (2 conjoined sheets), 8" x 5", New Orleans, 1876 Mar. 19. To General Browne (probably William M. Browne, who had been Davis' A.D.C. and who was appointed B.G. C.S.A. by Davis), regarding a newspaper's publication of "an extract from a card of Genls. Gordon & Colquit, representing that the debts of the Carolina had been the cause of the Bankruptcy of the Southern Life…." Davis, who had become president of the Carolina Life Insurance Company in 1869, discusses the claim in detail and states, "I lost enough of money by that loosely conducted injudicious transaction, to be quite unwilling to bear the responsibility of the failure of that Company.…" Neatly and clearly written in pencil; small pin holes in blank upper margin, else fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. Purchased from Joseph Rubinfine, 1979. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 1125		United Confederate Veterans. Very rare 2¼" x 20" red and white ribbon for the 1940 reunion of the organization's division chaperon in Washington D.C. The UCV remained active through the 1940s and held its last reunion in 1951. Good condition; minor wear, some staining. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1126		Stephens, Alexander H (1812-1883) Vice President of the CSA, U.S. senator from Georgia, governor of Georgia. Autograph note paper signed, "Alexander H. Stephens / Ex V.P. C.S.A. / M.C. of Ga - 44 Cong. U.S.A. / Liberty Hall / Crawfordville Ga / 4th Decr. 1875," 2½" x 3¾". Fine. With steel engraving of Stephens. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1127		[Two Confederate Generals] Joseph Wheeler and John B. Clark, Sr. ALS ("Joseph Wheeler") on mourning-bordered stationery, 1p with blank integral leaf, 7" x 5½", West Point, New York, 1906, thanking a lady for "thinking of me in my trouble and sending your words of kindness and sympathy…." With an ALS ("John B. Clark") as a member of the U.S. Congress, 1p, with integral leaf, Fayeth, Mo. 1860 Aug. 15, to the Secretary of the Navy, recommending Joseph Seward for an appointment to the Naval School at Annapolis. Both fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold