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We are well known throughout the Civil War community for excellent quality material and our honesty and integrity. Celebrating our 31st year in business! Member: The Daguerreian Society, Civil War Dealers & Collectors Association, Ephemera Society of America, Manuscript Society, Universal Autograph Collectors Club, Civil War Preservation Trust. 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923810364.html 1833-68 Born near Tallahassee, Florida, he was educated in the District of Columbia where he had moved with his parents as a youth. He was a member of a militia company known as the quot;National Rifles, quot; but when they showed southern sympathies, he resigned and joined the quot;District of Columbia Infantry, quot; a unit that supported the Union. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant, 5th U.S. Cavalry, on May 14, 1861, seeing action with them during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, being severely wounded in the battle of Gaines' Mill. Promoted to captain in July 1862, he served as aide-de-camp to General A.J. Smith during General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky. In October, he was appointed chief of cavalry of the Army of Kentucky, and accompanied General S.P. Carter on his raid into eastern Tennessee. Commissioned colonel of the 6th Kentucky Cavalry, in February 1863, he fought in a number of skirmishes around Nashville, and then commanded a cavalry brigade in the battle of Chickamauga, and in the Chattanooga campaign. He served in the Atlanta campaign, and took part in the Tennessee campaign of November and December 1864 against General John Bell Hood. In the spring of 1865, he was appointed commander at the post in Louisville, Kentucky. He received promotion to brevet brigadier general to rank from June 24, 1864, and earned full brigadier general's rank in 1865. He married the daughter of Union General Lovell H. Rousseau in 1864. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 4 card. Bust view pose wearing cloak. Backmark: R.W. Addis, Photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C. Very fine. Scarce. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Louis D. Watkins http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809361.html 1809-99 Born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., he was the uncle of Union Civil War General Henry E. Davies. He graduated in the West Point class of 1829 and among his graduating class were three future Confederate Generals; Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston and Theophilus H. Holmes. Davies resigned from the U.S. Army in 1831 to pursue an engineering career. He worked on the Croton Aqueduct which supplied water to New York City. He later was a merchant in N.Y.C., and when the war broke out he was commissioned colonel of the 16th New York Infantry, which he led in the 1st battle of Bull Run. Promoted to brigadier general, March 7, 1862, he saw action in the siege and battle of Corinth, Miss. He commanded the Districts of Columbus, Kentucky, 1862-63; Rolla, Missouri, 1863-64; and North Kansas, 1864-65. He was brevetted major general in 1865. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 4 card. This image is of General Davies and his staff. Davies is seated at left wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. He is flanked by three members of his staff, all in uniform. Backmark: N. Brown, Photographer, S.E. Cor. Fourth Pine Streets, opposite Planter's House, St. Louis, Mo. Period ink ID on the reverse, Genl. Davies and staff. Age toning and light corner wear. Very rare. First time I've ever had this view www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Thomas A. Davies http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809346.html Commander of the Iron Brigade 1807-66 At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cutler was appointed colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry, a regiment that would earn fame as part of the quot;Iron Brigade. quot; Cutler's first important field service was at 2nd Bull Run where he was severely wounded in the leg. He subsequently was in action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the 1864 Virginia campaigns. His health was wrecked from exposure and two battlefield wounds and he was forced to retire from active field duty in September 1864. He died in Milwaukee on July 30, 1866. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 3 card. Half view pose in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Backmark: E. H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Card is trimmed. Light age toning. Scarce. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Lysander Cutler http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809163.html Employment of a Citizen Clerk Upon the Fall of Atlanta, Ga. Signed by two Civil War Brevet Brigadier Generals George W. Balloch : 1825-1907 Born in Claremont, N.H., he graduated from Norwich University, in 1847. He was a railroad agent and grocer before the war. He enlisted on Oct. 23, 1861, as a 1st lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 5th New Hampshire Infantry. He was promoted to captain commissary of subsistence, vols., July 21, 1862; lieutenant colonel, commissary of subsistence, May 13, 1863. He also served as chief commissary of subsistence on the staff of General Oliver O. Howard; and chief commissary of subsistence, 20th Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Brevetted brigadier general, Mar. 13, 1865. After the war he served as Chief Disbursing Officer, of the Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-71. He also worked as a patent attorney and insurance agent. Alfred B. Smith : 1825-96 Born in Massena, N.Y., he graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1851, and was a lawyer and school teacher by occupation. He enlisted on Sept. 24, 1862, as major, and was commissioned into the 150th New York Infantry. Promoted to lieutenant colonel, Jan. 1, 1865; brevet brigadier general, Mar. 13, 1865, for gallantry in Sherman's 1864 Georgia campaign, and the 1865 Carolina's campaign. War Date Document Signed : 7 3 4 x 9 3 4, in ink. Office C.S., 3rd Brig., 3rd Div., 20th Corps. Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 1st, 1864 Colonel, I respectfully request that authority be granted me to employ a citizen clerk at a compensation of one hundred dollars per month. Very respectfully your obedient Servant, Orange Sackett Capt. 135th N.Y.V. A.C.S. Col. A. Beckwith A.D.C. and Chf. C.S. Head Quarters 20th Corps Nov. 7, 1864 Approved, Geo. W. Balloch Lt. Col. C.C., M. ilitary D. ivision M. ississippi Docket on the reverse: Office Chief C.S. Mil. Div. Miss. Sept. 1, 1864 The authority asked for within is hereby granted. A.B. Smith Col. A.D.C. Chief C.S. Mil. Div. Miss. Light age toning and wear. Desirable document executed on the day that the city of Atlanta fell. Orange Sackett, Jr., who initiated this request, enlisted on Sept. 4, 1862, at Portage, N.Y., as a 1st lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 136th New York Infantry. He was promoted to captain, March 18, 1863; and mustered out of service, June 13, 1865. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Brevet Brigadier Generals' G.W. Balloch A.B. Smith http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809137.html Signed by captain who previously served in the 2nd Iowa Cavalry 9 3 4 x 7 3 4, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Received at Dauphin Island, Ala., March 13, 1865, of John DeMerit, Lieut. Regt. Quartermaster, 29th Wisconsin Inf. Vols., United States Army at Dauphin Island, Alabama, the following Clothing, Camp And Garrison Equipage. One wall tent, fly and a set of poles that were condemned. Signed by B.F. Reno, Captain Asst. Quartermaster. Very fine. Benjamin F. Reno, was a resident of Iowa City, when he enlisted on Aug. 14, 1861, as a 2nd lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 2nd Iowa Cavalry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant, Sept. 28, 1861; and discharged for promotion, Nov. 17, 1862, and commissioned captain, U.S. Q.M. Dept. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : Receipt, 29th Wisconsin Infantry http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809030.html 1813-67 Commissioned as colonel of the 7th Iowa Infantry, on July 11, 1861. He served under Gen. U.S. Grant and was severely wounded while cutting through the Confederate lines at the battle of Belmont, on Nov. 7, 1861. He distinguished himself at the capture of Fort Donelson, where, in command of a brigade of Gen. C.F. Smith's division, he was one of the first to enter the Confederate works. For his gallantry he was appointed brigadier general. At the battle of Shiloh, he commanded a brigade of Gen. Stephen Hurlbut's division, which sustained 458 casualties. During the Vicksburg campaign he directed the 4th Division of the 16th Corps. Lauman accompanied Gen. W.T. Sherman's forces on it's mission to capture Jackson, Miss. and his men were badly cut to pieces by the intrenched Confederates, one of his brigades losing 465 out of 880 men present for duty. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 3 3 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Backmark: E. H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Bottom of the mount is trimmed. Sharp image. Very fine. Rare. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Jacob G. Lauman http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809026.html 1833-80 Graduated in the West Point class of 1855. On Sept. 16, 1861, he became colonel of the 1st New Jersey Infantry. During the first 3 years of the Civil War, Torbert acted as an infantry commander, fighting in the campaign of 1862 on the Virginia Peninsula, in the campaigns of 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was promoted to brigadier general to rank from Nov. 29, 1862. In 1864, he was assigned to command a cavalry division under Gen. Phil Sheridan. Torbert took part in the several cavalry actions that summer and in August became chief of cavalry of the Middle Military Division in the Shenandoah Valley. He inflicted a severe defeat on the Confederate cavalrymen Thomas L. Rosser and Lunsford L. Lomax at Tom's Brook, in early October, and later that month saw action at Cedar Creek. He drowned in 1880 when the steamer Vera Cruz, which he was travelling on, sunk off Cape Canaveral. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 4 card. Half view in uniform with rank of major general. Backmark: E. H.T. Anthony, New York, with 2 cents revenue tax stamp on the reverse. There is also a typed label with name and rank affixed to the bottom of the mount. Corners of the card are trimmed. Light age toning. Very fine. Scarce. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Alfred T.A. Torbert http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809024.html 1804-75 Graduated in the West Point class of 1823. He served in the campaigns against the Florida Seminoles and in the Mexican War. From 1853 to 1861, he served as chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army, General Winfield Scott. In August 1861, Thomas became adjutant general of the Union army with rank of brigadier general. In 1863 he organized and raised negro troops in the Military Departments of Louisiana and Mississippi. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 4 card. Full standing view wearing double breasted frock coat with epaulettes, eagle sword belt plate, and holding Hardee hat with cloth U.S. hat wreath insignia, pinned up at the side with Jeff Davis hat plate, and holding his sword. Backmark: E. H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Light age toning. Sharp image. Very desirable pose. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Lorenzo Thomas http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923809013.html 1815-1872 Graduated 3rd in the West Point class of 1839. An assistant professor while still an undergraduate at the Military Academy, he first worked upon the fortifications of New York Harbor, and in 1844 inspected those of France. Upon his return to the U.S., he wrote a Report on the Means of National Defence, which was published by Congress and won him an invitation from the Lowell Institute of Boston to deliver a series of lectures. These were published as Elements of Military Art and Science, a work which enjoyed wide circulation among soldiers for many years. He received a brevet as captain in the Mexican War. At the beginning of the Civil War, General Winfield Scott recommended to Abraham Lincoln that Halleck be appointed major general in the regular service. In November 1861, Halleck relieved General Fremont at St. Louis and in a demonstration of his talents as an administrator quickly brought order out of the chaos in which his predecessor had plunged the Department of the Missouri. A series of successes by his subordinates at Forts Henry Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island No. 10 and Shiloh, caused Halleck to shine in reflective glory, and his domain enlarged to include Ohio and Kansas. President Lincoln later recalled him to Washington to serve as general in chief of the U.S. Armies. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3 8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of major general. Backmark: Brady Co., Washington, D.C., and New York. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : CDV General Henry W. Halleck http://pages.warbetweenthestates.com/517/PictPage/3923808944.html 1 1 3 pages, 7 1 2 x 9 1 2, in ink. Washington, D.C. Jany. 30th, 1862 Major W.H. Gordon of the 8th Regt. of Infy., U.S.A., having applied for a certificate upon which to forward an application for extension of leave of absence on account of sickness; the undersigned hereby certifies that he has this day examined carefully into the condition of this officer. He furthermore states that he has had the medical care of this officer for the past two months. This officer came under the medical care of the undersigned for great debility general disturbance of health all proceeding from a chronic stricture of the urethra. Medical and surgical treatment have greatly improved the condition of this officer; his muscular strength has rapidly been increasing whilst the strictive of the urethra is yielding to appropriate treatment in the most favorable manner. The weather has had much to do in delaying his recovery which otherwise would have been more advanced. At the present time he is unfit unable to resume and perform the duties of his rank; but an extension of his leave for one month from this day will enable him to prepare for the resumption of his duty by more complete restoration to health. As he now is he cannot properly perform military duty. Given this thirtieth day of Jany. 1862 at the city of Washington, D.C. Signed Robt. King Story, M.D. Surgeon of the 6th Regt. Infy., M.D.C. Very fine. William H. Gordon, the officer who this medical certificate concerns, was commissioned 2nd lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Infantry, July 31, 1838; promoted to 1st lieutenant, June 21, 1841; captain, Sept. 21, 1846; major, 8th U.S. Infantry, July 31, 1861, retired, March 15, 1862. Brevetted for gallantry in the Mexican War battle of Churubusco. www.warbetweenthestates.com New item at War Between the States : 1862 Surgeon's Certificate