NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTILLERY SOLDIER IDD CDV Civil War CDV photo, chestview of Private George A Adams, G Company, 1st New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. The young private has a big beard and wears a 9-button shell jacket. The photo reverse has a photograph imprint by GH Scripture, Peterboro, New Hampshire. VG. Comes w service info- Adams, born in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, served 1864-65. VG. Pencil inscribed id on reverse from photo album.
Circa: 1860s
Manufacturer: GH Scripture, Peterboro, New Hampshire  

RHODE ISLAND ARMORY 1857 Note, w illus of the Providence Tool Company factory & men at a forge. $1000 note, for the Providence Rhode Island Tool Company, noted handcuff, tool, & Civil War musket maker. ptd/ink 9 x 3". Vg. Very handsome illus.
Manufacturer: GH Whitney, Providence  

1ST MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY COLTS PISTOL CARTRI Colonel Horace B Sargent commanded the The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, a noted Civil War combat unit. Union Army Ordnance Invoice for Colts Army Pistol Cartridges and Colts Army Pistol Caps turned over by Col Sargent to Lt HP Bowditch at Potomac Creek, Virginia, March 31, 1863. 1 p 8 x 11" ink, sgd by HB Sargent, Colonel, 1st Mass Cavalry. Exc. Comes w service info.
Circa: 1863
Manufacturer: NA  

FAIR OAKS STATION VIRGINIA a great image! The classic Civil War glassplate lantern slide image of Fair Oaks Station, Virginia, June 1862, showing a battery of Union artillery, Fort Ricahrdson, in foreground, the gunners staring at the cameraman, with the Quarles House plantation buildings in the background. 4 x 3". Vg. Circa 1870s from a wartime image. A very pleasing image.
Manufacturer: NA  

GETTYSBURG VETERANS REUNION 1901. Proceedings of the Annual Encampment Civil War veterans Dept of Pennsylvania, Grand Army, at Gettysburg, 1901. 290pp w roster of post officers, State delegates, state officers, photos etc. Vg.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

CIVIL WAR CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA VETERAN ITEMS A nice group of Civil War veteran related items include 1) GAR Reunion Medal, 2-pc shows Iowa Governor Samuel Kirkwood, 1896 Encampment Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2) Celluloid Badge, 1908 Encampment GAR, Cedar Rapids w illus crossed flags, US flag ribbon, 3)GAR/WRC Ribbon, "Come to Cedar Rapids in 1913", (ribbon worn), 4) Women's Relief Corp Discharge for Maria H Clark, Granger Corps, Grinnell, Iowa, 1884, sgd by Mrs SE Inman, 5) WRC Convention Ribbon, Vinton, Iowa, 1920, 6) Iowa Soldiers & Sailors Ass'n Convention w illus of WRC medal, Marengo, Iowa, 1909, ribbon worn, 7) "Iowa" Ribbon. The 7 items are VG except as noted.
Circa: Various
Manufacturer: NA  

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY FAYETTE IOWA an historic Upper Iowa University item- an original issue of the Fayette Iowa "Weekly Observer" newspaper, Fayette, County, Iowa, Sept 17, 1860, w large inside page 1/4 page ad for the newly built Upper Iowa University, incl a fine 7 x 5" illus of the college and details of tuition , faculty list, classes & instruction offered, details for room and board, students to furnish their own heating wood, brooms, etc, also 4 pp news of Fayette & the County incl a large Lincoln-Hamlin campaign ad, Wm VanDever for governor etc, news of the "Irrepressible conflict", slavery, Disunion etc. an historic & original issue, vg. publ JW Shannon, Fayette, Iowa
Manufacturer: JW Shannon, Fayette, Iowa  

GENERAL HENRY HALLECK PHOTO BY BRADY A nice Civil War CDV photo- the classic chest view of General Henry W Halleck by Matthew Brady. Halleck was a noted California pioneer, military writer & ranking Union Army general, in 1861 replacing Fremont & restoring order in Missouri. Rev w handsome illus of the Edward Anthony Studio, 501 Broadway, New York, w Anthony imprint, Brady's National Portrait Gallery. The Anthony Studio illustrated on reverse, became the HQ of the noted Francis Bannerman Military Equipment Suppliers in New York. Mat w striking carmine red tint.
Circa: Civil War era
Manufacturer: Edward Anthony Studio  

POTTAWATTOMIE COUNTY IOWA CIVIL WAR LETTER A fascinating Civil War letter from Captain JC Layton, Center Township Home Guards at Big Grove, Pottawattomie County, Iowa, August 30, 1864, to General NB Baker, providing details of his unit armament- the 55 men are armed w 30 "common muskets", some rusty & needing cleaning, & the unit has a box of 1000 ball cartridges but no accoutrements or gun appendages, . This letter was written during the Iowa Border Crisis in response to the Sioux Uprising of 1864. Big Grove, now Oakland, Iowa, was originally a Mormon settlement, Joshua C Layton was an early pioneer following the Mormon Exodus. 2pp 8 x 11" ink. VG.
Circa: 1864
Manufacturer: NA  

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER Civil War CDV photo- full standing view of a soldier w 9-button shell jacket. Photo by Wilcox & Aylsworth. No locale, and this image is a circa 1880s copy of a wartime image. A pleasing view of a young soldier.
Manufacturer: Wilcox & Aylsworth  

CDV PHOTO CIVIL WAR GENERAL STAFF OFFICER A nice full standing view of a Civil War officer, wearing frock coat with captain's rank bars. His kepi rests on an adjacent pillar, with nice view of the kepi wreath and "US" lettering. This came from Brookfield, Massachusetts area, but has no back mark. Age spots, VG overall.
Circa: NA
Manufacturer: NA  

MOBILE ALABAMA CIVIL WAR VICTORY GENERAL ORDER An historic & scarce Civil War Victory order! An original HQ Dept of the Gulf, New Orleans imprint, June 1, 1865- The President, Secretary of War & Major-General ERS Canby congratulate "the officers and soldiers of his command for their gallantry, energy & military skill in the "siege & reduction of the strongly fortified city of Mobile" ", "their campaign one of the most brilliant and important of the War.". Ip ptd, 8 x 5". Exc.

WHAT IS A GENERAL ORDER ? FAQ

General Orders, issued by a command, were printed for distribution to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops.
General Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimes in the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops.
General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes and stringing on ¼" red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers.
General Orders were sometimes also re-published in a local newspaper to honor a local hero, announce a command with local impact, or in the case of a courtmartial of an officer, to embarrass him locally; the latter order usually included painfully awful details of the officer's misdeeds, often w adult content!

Government Red Tape:

A General Order with punch holes (the order was originally issued and bound in the field by a regimental adjutant with red cloth string (the origin of the expression "government red tape".


Circa: 1865
Manufacturer: NA  

SHARPS CARBINES CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF ALDIE The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry had a hard fight at Ellis Ford, Virginia, May 1863.Voucher from Captain Henry P Bowditch, Comdg Co E, 1st Mass Cavalry certifying that the following listed items were lost in action at Ellis Ford, Stevensburgh & Aldie during the 3rd Quarter of 1863 - the list includes Sharps Carbines, Colts Revolvers, Cavalry Sabers, also everything from carbine cartridge boxes to saddles and spurs. 1pp 8 x 14". Ink. Vg.
Circa: 1863
Manufacturer: NA  

GENERAL DAVID HUNTER Civil War CDV photo. Waistview of General David Hunter, in prewar cavalry uniform, w crossed sabers insignia on Hardee hat, & cavalry saber cradled in arm. Hunter led forces in the Shenandoah Valley, burned VMI & helped hang the Lincoln Conspirators in 1865. Exc, enhanced image.

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Manufacturer: Unknown  

CIVIL WAR FOLDING FORK & SPOON MESS SET A very nice pair of eating implements- a folding silver mess fork w silversmith's hallmarks, 8" extended, w brown bone grips. With matching folding spoon, also silver. Vg.comes w matching folding spoon,both hallmarked "W.H.S.B.P."part of bone grips repaired, rest vg.
Circa: NA
Manufacturer: Unknown