Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 64

U.S. Civil War

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 261		Jordan, Thomas (1819-1895) Confederate brigadier general; a general staff officer who served with Pierre G.T. Beauregard at First Manassas, with Albert S. Johnston st Shiloh, and again with Beauregard after Johnston's death; Chief of Staff for Braxton Bragg. War-date Autograph Document Signed "TJ", 3¾ x 6¾ in., Mar. 18, 1862. A battlefield communique to General Beauregard: "Dear Genl - I telegraphed to Bragg and suggested to him to take measures to hurry them up at Bethel & Henderson & his reply I send Hindmans Brigade & Woods Battery also a Regiment & four companies of Cavalry from Johnston at Corinth. All appears going well. Yours, TJ." Docketed on verso. Fine. This communication concerns Johnston's and Beauregard's buildup of forces just before the massive surprise attack at the Battle of Shiloh against Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 6-7. Johnston was killed the first day and Beauregard assumed command. Jordan managed the flow of orders to and from the various corps commanders and their respective staffs. For his actions at Shiloh, Jordan was promoted to brigadier general on April 14, 1862. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 262		Kearny, General Philip. 1815-62) U.S. Army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War, where he lost an arm, and in the Civil War. Renowned for his bravery and recklessness, he was killed at the battle of Chantilly on Sept. 1, 1862, after exclaiming, "The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded." Autograph Letter Signed ("P. Kearny"), 1½ pages, 8 x 5¼ in., Paris, n.d. (c. early to mid 1850s). To "My dear Chase," regarding the sensational scandal over Kearny's affair with Agnes Maxwell (whom he eventually married after a rancorous divorce from his wife Diana). In part: "I enclose another extract. It came with no remarks from Catherine Anderson, a former mistress whom I suspect of having some old (stolen) letters of Miss M--….first publication having been stopped….I now fear but it will be copied by Salignan's [French magazine]…How can that be guarded against….can you do anything (saying that indictments have been ordered out at home)--only be guarded. or had I better write to our Consul. The latter I would prefer avoiding. Do that which is most discreet & let me know…." The letter has been encased in japan paper for preservation, elve very good. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 263		Lee, Robert E (1807-70) Legendary Confederate general. Unusual Autograph Check Signed ("R E Lee") twice, once at the end and once in the text, 2½ x 7½ in., St. Louis, Oct. 23, 1838. Written on the Bank of the State of Missouri, "…pay to R E Lee or Bearer Eighteen Dollars oo/100. $18.00 Specie." Overall toning; faint cancellation slices do not affect either signature. Accompanied by a 10 x 8" photo of Lee and a Lee postage stamp. Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 264		Lee, Robert E. Partly-printed Document Signed ("R.E. Lee") as President of Washington College, one page, 10½ x 8 inches, Lexington, Virginia, June 18, 1868. Being the university report card for A.F. Laird. Fine; not examined out of frame. Atrractively matted with a First Day Cover for the 200th Anniversary of Washington and Lee University, color images of Generals George Washington and Lee, and biographical plaques, and framed to an overall size of 25½ x 22½ inches. Washington College changed its name to Washington and Lee University after Lee's death in 1870; he had served as its president from 1865-70. Established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, then remaned Liberty Hall Academy in 1776, the school changed its name to Washington Academy in 1796 after George Washington gave it $20,000 in stock. In 1813 it was then chartered Washington College. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,947
Lot 265		Sheridan, Philip H (1831-1888) Union general; commanded cavalry of the Army of the Potomac; instrumental in Lee's surrender to Grant. Manuscript Letter Signed ("P.H. Sheridan") as Major General, on official Headquarters Military Division of the Gulf stationery, 2 pages, 9¾ x 7¾ in., New Orleans, La., Jan 23 1866. To Major General J.G. Foster, Commanding Dept of Florida. Filled with excellent content, in part: "…I was obliged under orders from Genl Grant to order the muster out of one thousand more of your colored troops…We have a good deal of fuss and feathers over on the Rio Grande but there is nothing in it and there will be no fight there. The black troops there have become much incensed at the Franco Mexicans in consequence of the abuse of them in a paper published in Matamoros, so that we have to watch them closely…" One of the finest Sheridan signed letters to reach the marketplace. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 266		Sherman, William T. Check Signed ("W.T. Sherman / General") and accomplished in Sherman's hand, 3¼ x 8 in, Los Angeles, Ca., April 18, 1882. Written on the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Los Angeles to Messrs. Riggs & Co. Bankers Washington DC, for $300. With U.S. Revenue stamp. Cancellation split affects "m" in "Sherman" but is almost invisible, else fine. Comes with a steel-engraved portrait of Sherman. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $330
Lot 267		Sherman, William T. Autograph Letter Signed ("W.T. Sherman") as Major General, on "Head Quarters Military Division of the Mississippi" stationery, 3 pages, 8 x 5 in., St. Louis, Mo., Sept 7, 1865. To "Phil" discussing property, including whether to buy a house that his wife, Ellen, likes or to buy property and build a home. Nice and clean. In 1866, Sherman would be promoted to Lt. Gen. and in 1869, when Grant became President, Sherman became a full general. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $366
Lot 268		Union Belt Buckle. Model 1851 brass enlisted man and officer sword belt plate. Measures 2"x 2 3/4" Condition is excellent. Estimated Value $125-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $153
Lot 269		1862 Broadside Reward Poster For A 12-Year-Old White Girl. Reward Poster for a runaway twelve-year-old white, indentured girl, 11¾ x 9¼ in., printed on pale green paper and signed in print by William Rodgers, Galena, Kent County, Md., August 25, 1862. In part: "RANAWAY from the residence of the subscriber…a WHITE GIRL, named MARY GRIFFIN, an indentured apprentice from the House of Refuge. Her age is about twelve years, stoutly, sandy complexion, hair bordering on the red…All persons are forbid harboring or trusting her, under penalty of the law. The above reward will be paid on the return of the girl, or on receipt of information so that I…can get her…." The House of Refuge was an orphanage in Baltimore and the young Mary Griffin was probably indentured to help the orphanage pay for her keep. Why was Rodgers so anxious to "get" Mary Griffin? He doesn't accuse her of stealing anything, which would have been an understandable reason to pursue her, so why not just get another indentured apprentice from the orphanage? And why offer a $10 reward, which was a lot of money at the time? It makes one wonder…. We have seen ads from colonial newspapers advertising for runaway indentured servants, but we have never seen a broadside, and especially one during the Civil War, offering a reward for a white servant. This reward broadside is most unusual and certainly rare, possibly one of a kind. Some overall age-wear and toning, else very good. In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment ended involuntary servitude, along with slavery, but the practice continued for many years. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,652
Lot 270		1864 Albany, Georgia Confederate Stage Coach Pass. "Issued at Albany, GA, Jan. 14, 1865." Partly-printed form, completed in manuscript and overstamped with dark ink seal "CAPT. R.K. HINES A.Q.M.," 1¾ x 3½ in. Issued by the Quartermaster's Department for one seat on the stage from Albany to Quincy, presumably the town of Quincy in northern Florida immediately over the Georgia state line. Hines was based in Albany and served in the 32nd Georgia. Script is light, else fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 271		[Gettysburg] "The Charge of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Gettysburg." Handwritten poem by W.C. Bridges, most likely a Union soldier who was at Gettysburg, and dedicated to General Samuel W. Crawford (1829-92), one page, 12 x 7¾ inches, n.p., n.d. Matted with a Currier & Ives print of the Battle of Gettysburg and framed to an overall size of 18 x 29½ inches. Fine. Crawford was stationed at Fort Moultrie and later at Fort Sumter with Major Anderson, commanding a battery during the bombardment which opened the Civil War. In 1862 he was commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and early in 1863, he was placed in command of the Pennsylvania Reserves, then stationed at Washington. He led them at Gettysburg, July 1-3, serving with great bravery and saving the precarious Union position on Little Round Top. In honor of this important battlefield victory, a subordinate penned this poem commemorating the moment. Here is the first verse of "The Charge of the Penn. Reserves at Gettysburg. Dedicated to Genl. Crawford: The Sun in his glory is sinking to rest. The Army by legions and carnage o'erprest. The columns are flying. The wounded are dying. But, hark! What is swelling? The enemy swerves; 'Tis the old Battle shout of the gallant Reserves!…. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 272		Lincoln, Mary Todd & Major General John C. Frémont - CDVs. CDV of Mrs. Lincoln with imprint of G.W. Tomlinson, Boston, and a full-length portrait of Gen. Frémont in uniform, with E. Anthony imprint on verso. Also, signature of Wilkinson Call, a CSA adjutant general, dated 1887, Florida. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 273		Member of Washington's Family Opposes 14th Amendment. Littleton Quinter Washington (1825-1902) Member of a branch of the Washigton family of Virginia, newspaper correspondent and writer on political affairs in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War, he was chief clerk of the Department of State for the Confederacy; known as Col. Washington. Autograph Letter Signed ("L.Q. Washington"), 10 pp, 8¼ x 5¼ in., Washington, D.C. July 18, 1869. To newspaper editor and Pennsylvania Representative R.J. Haldeman, stating his opposition to the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868. He is incensed that Confederate officials are disqualified from office and that everyone appointed or elected to an office must take an oath that they have "never borne arms against the United States," that they "have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereof," and that they "have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States…." He writes, "…The negroes can all take the oath though they all gave 'countenance'…Now as to the Whites of the 11 states which comprised the Confederacy?…. When Mr. Lincoln issued his proclamation for 75,000 to invade the South all differences of opinion in the South vanished….The number of persons reached by this 14th Amendment is (I estimate)…in all 138,000 besides about 20,000 more in Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia & Maryland…. this 14th Amendment is applicable not only to Federal but to all State officers & is so made as to comprehend all who have ever held any public employment however small…The result is to deny us the services of all the experienced men…." Light crease with minor foxing on first page and minor edge wear else very good to fine. Excellent content. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 274		Nine War Date Soldiers' Autograph Letters Signed. Total of 31 pages. Includes four letters on colorful Union stationery offering outstanding content, including a Jan. 24, 1863 letter from a soldier in the 17th Conn. Regiment telling his wife "…We are laying to Brookes Station Virgina…I have sent you $9 dollars …bounty money…" Plus April 16 1864 from "Camp Hand Cock, Va….Battery F 1st Penn. Arty. 2nd Army", in small part: "…we have good times drilling the new recruits. I think we will not lay here in camp long…I think you will see glowing times in the army this summer for I think that Gen. Grant will put things thru for it is time for it…" Much more content. Toning and soiling; some fold splits. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $295
Lot 275		Plaisted, Bvt. Brig. Gen. - Farewell Broadside, 11th Me. Printed broadside, signed in print as Colonel 11th Maine Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier General, 8½ x 5 5/8 in., Headquarters 3d Brig., 1st Div., 24th A.C., Army of the James, Before Richmond, VA., Mar. 25, 1865. Plaisted (1828-98) takes leave of his command, commending them for their bravery and loyalty, and naming many of the battles in which they took part. "To the 11th Maine: My old Companions, farewell!" Plaisted went on to become governor of Maine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $89
Lot 276		[Three War-Date Confederate Documents] (1) $1000 CSA bond at 8% by Act of Feb. 20, 1863 at Richmond, Mar. 2, 1863. Eight signed coupons attached. Engraved by Evans & Cogswell Columbia S.C., G. Wojciechowski Lith. Vignettes of Jefferson Davis and view of Richmond. Folds; light toning and foxing. (2) Notarized true transcript of State of Alabama trial, Monroe County, 11 pp, 12½ x 8, Mar. 14, 1862. Adjudication of a case regarding an estate indebtedness, with a consideration of "banishment." Light toning. (3) A Uniontown, AL petition, 4 x 8 in., c. 1864, inviting officers and gentlemen "with this Hospital division" to contribute donations for the necessities of a soldier's family left destitute after a fire destroyed their home. Text a little light; edge chips and tears. Good. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $118
Lot 277		Two Union Civil War Letters. From Lt. William Broughton who works in the adjutant's office of the 16th Maine, Rappahanock Station, July 29, 1863 and n.p., Sept. 29, 1863. To his father, both with excellent content. The first, 2 pp, 10 x 8 in. says in part, "Our Brigade is lying in…a line of battle…out of sight of the enemy….39 Pontoons came down on the cars…men have been detailed to build a blockhouse, probably to be used by sharpshooters in case we lay a bridge….Our Regt. have no colors, but there is one consolation…that the Rebs did not get them. When the boys saw that capture was sure, they tore the flag in pieces and broke the pole in three pieces…." The second, 4 pp, 8 x 5 in., writes of consolidating reports and of being "mad at the officers making so many mistakes…." Also, "I dont know what the army is up too but my opinion is that before 2 weeks we shall not be far from the city of Washington….I honestly believe that this Corps has the hardest knocks of any in the Army. If in a battle they get hard pressed they know if the 1st Corps is placed at the Point of danger, there they stick and hang untill they are either killed, taken prisoners or ordered to fall back…." Both have some soiling and uneven toning. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $224