Lot 19
Civil War -- Two Stereoviews and a Fall-of-Vicksburg Document. One stereoview shows a Union soldier killed by a shell at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, by The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, Hartford, Conn. Called "The Horrors of War," the soldier's body is dismembered and disemboweled. The second stereoview, called "Filling their Canteens," by Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Conn. shows black soldiers and servants around a well, filling their canteens with water. Accompanied by a handwritten Union document headed "Head Quarters Dist of the Tenn. July 7th 1863," 5 x 4", giving official passwords in red ink, "By Order of Maj. Genl U.S. Grant." Signed by Major (afterward General) W. P. Richardson as Post Adjutant. Fine condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP
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