Spring Militaria & Historical Auction Day 3 2022-04-07 Auction - 572 Price Results - Alexander Historical Auctions LLC in MD - Page 6
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NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINJOHN ADAMSCONTRACT FOR THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF 'PORGY AND BESS'
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Chesapeake City, MD, United States
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Spring Militaria & Historical Auction Day 3

Over 1,800 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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CONFEDERATE MUSKET RECEIPT: A war date document of the Confederate Ordnance department, 1p. 8vo., Norfolk, April 14, 1862, in full: 'Received at Smithfield Va. April 14, 1862, of Lt. Col. Archer, Archers Battalion, one hundred
1435: CONFEDERATE MUSKET RECEIPTEst. $100-$150
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CONFEDERATE NAVAL APPOINTMENT: Certainly the rarest of all pre-printed Confederate documents, a Confederate Navy commission (also intended to be used for Confederate Marines), 1p. 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (sight) vellum, printed in
1436: CONFEDERATE NAVAL APPOINTMENTEst. $2,000-$3,000
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CONFEDERATE SHIP REGISTRY CERTIFICATE: Rare partly-printed registration of a merchant vessel, undoubtedly a blockade runner flying the Confederate flag. The document, 1p. folio, 15 x 17 1/4 in. (sight), Mobile, Sep. 17, 1861, is titled:
1437: CONFEDERATE SHIP REGISTRY CERTIFICATEEst. $2,000-$3,000
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HUGE UNION ARMY UNIFORM ORDER: A desirable and great content war date L.S. on 'Army Clothing and Equipage Office' letterhead, 1p. 4to. with integral leaf, Philadelphia, October 10, 1864, signed by Col. Herman Biggs of the
1438: HUGE UNION ARMY UNIFORM ORDEREst. $200-$300
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UNION CAVALRYMAN DOCUMENT GROUP: A large group of approx. 50 documents related to an Irish born cavalryman named Thomas F. McCormick (? - 1903), who served in the 1st U.S. Cavalry regiment during the Civil War and later in the
1441: UNION CAVALRYMAN DOCUMENT GROUPEst. $300-$400
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UNION FORCES DESTROY PROPERTY: An interesting and good association war date A.D.S. written by Col. ALLEN L. ANDERSON of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Corps commanded by William T. Sherman. The letter, 1p. 4to., Bean's Station
1442: UNION FORCES DESTROY PROPERTYEst. $200-$300
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'STORMING FORT WAGNER' BY KURZ & ALLISON: Kurz & Allison chromolithograph print: 'Storming Fort Wagner', 1890, 23.5 x 17.75 in. (sight), showing Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw at the moment he is struck by a Confederate bullet, his black
1444: 'STORMING FORT WAGNER' BY KURZ & ALLISONEst. $200-$300
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'WE LOVE YOU GENERAL LEE' PRINT: A limited edition print titled 'We Still Love You General Lee' by famed American artist Mort Kunstler (b.1931), 21.75 x 31.75 in., color, depicting a rendition of Lee's surrender at Appomattox on
1445: 'WE LOVE YOU GENERAL LEE' PRINTEst. $140-$200
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HENRY HETH: (1825 - 1899) Confederate major general who commanded the Department of East Tennessee, succeeded A.P. Hill at Chancellorsville, and commanded the division that precipitated the Battle of Gettysburg
1446: HENRY HETHEst. $300-$500
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CIVIL WAR ERA CARTRIDGE BOX: A Civil War era leather cartridge box with brass 'US' plate on the front flap, along with maker 'D. Pond' pressed into the second flap. Roughly 8 x 2 x 7 in., with belt loops, fastening tab, finial,
1447: CIVIL WAR ERA CARTRIDGE BOXEst. $140-$200
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GREAT SEAL OF THE CONFEDERACY: The Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, copper electrotype shell, with original felt mat (lacking case), ca. 1872, 93 mm. diameter. The original Great Seal of the Confederate States of
1448: GREAT SEAL OF THE CONFEDERACYEst. $2,000-$3,000
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LIBBY PRISON RAFTER SECTION: A neat ready-to-frame relic from the notorious Confederate Libby Prison in Richmond, an approx. 6 x 3 x 3/4 in. section of wood (tidewater cypress), once a support beam from the structure,
1449: LIBBY PRISON RAFTER SECTIONEst. $100-$150
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A SMALL LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE'S HAIR: An extraordinary relic, two strands of Robert E. Lee's hair. The locket was obtained by our consignor from Butterfield's in Los Angeles in 2001, who describes the provenance of the item:
1454: A SMALL LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE'S HAIREst. $300-$400
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