Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 35

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Civil War-Confederate

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 369		Cox, William R (1832-1919) Confederate general. Autograph Letter Signed "Wm R Cox" on the bottom of a 1915 letter asking for his autograph: "…I was a Brigadier General, of the Army Northern Virginia, in command of Cox' Brigade, Rodes Division. My command led the last organized charge at the surrender or capitulation of Lee's Army at Appomattox Ct. Ho." Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 370		Davis, Jefferson (1808-89) President of the Confederate States of America. Document Signed "Jeffn Davis" as President of the CSA, 1p, 9¾x7¾", Montgomery, Alabama, 21 Mar. 1861. Very good; a small area of paper erosion affects a couple of words in the text. Just over a month after he was inaugurated as President (18 Feb. 1861) and three weeks before the bombardment of Fort Sumter (12 April), Davis appoints a Northerner from New Jersey to raise a regiment of infantry! The original green wafer seal is to the right of Davis' signature. A remarkable and perhaps unique document. "General Order No. 10" states in part: "…I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederated States of America, have made, constituted and appointed…Charles Parry of Cinnaminson, County of Burlington, State of New Jersey, a Colonel of Infantry in the service of the said Confederacy…to raise, arm and equip a regiment of infantry at the expense of the Confederated States, giving and granting unto the said colonel, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done, according to the customary usages of war, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said colonel shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue thereof…." Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,175
Lot 371		Early, Jubal A (1816-84) Confederate general. Cut Signature, "J A Early" on a ¾x1¾" slip of paper, mounted to a 2x3" piece of card stock. Early was a West Point graduate. He commanded a brigade at Bull Run and had temporary command of both the 2nd and 3rd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Wilderness Campaign; he was routed by Gen. Sheridan at Cedar Creek. A scarce signature. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 372		Imboden, John Daniel (1823-95) CSA general. He entered Confederate service in 1861 as captain of the Staunton Artillery, a light battery, which he commanded at the initial capture of Harper's Ferry. After service at 1st Manassas, he organized the 1st Virginia Partisan Rangers and took part in the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. Promoted to brigadier general, Imboden conducted a famous raid into Northwestern Virginia, where he severed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He served with distinction in the Gettysburg campaign, especially on the arduous retreat from Gettysburg when he was instrumental at Williamsport in saving the trains of General Lee's army. He later captured the garrison at Charlestown, West Virginia and fought gallantly during General Jubal Early's Valley campaign of 1864. Incapacitated by typhoid in the fall of 1864, he served the balance of the war on prison duty at Aiken, South Carolina. War-date Autograph Letter Signed "J D Imboden" as Brigadier General,1p, 6x7¾", Hd Qrs Cav. Div., 9 June (18)64. Fine; some contemporary ink smears over closing and signature. To "Major Gen. J. C. Breckenridge / Comdg. &c. / Gen. Your dispatch is just recd. and I forward it by two trusty men immediately. Permit me to express my great gratification & that of my command at your return to the Valley. I am Very Respty., Your Obt. Servt.J.D. Imboden / Brig. Genl." Breckinridge had been injured in a fall when his horse was shot out from under him on 3 June at Cold Harbor. On 8 June, the day before Imboden wrote this letter, Breckinridge arrived at Rockfish Gap with a small force and assumed command, preparing for the defense of Lynchburg (17-18 June). Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 373		Tintype of Private Brice H. Hughes of the Corinth Rifles. One-sixth plate of Private Hughes in uniform, seated and holding his hat. Sent to his brother as a gift; a message is scratched on the back: "1862 Pvt. Dillon Hughes Brother Miss You 9th Mississpi [sic] Infantry / Photograph at Pensacola Florida. J.S. Edwards." Housed in lucite. The image is somewhat faded and there are background blemishes but a rare named CSA soldier. With background on the 9th Mississippi listing Hughes' name. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 374		Jordan, Thomas (1819-95) Confederate general; Beauregard�s chief of staff. Autograph Letter Signed, 3pp, 8x5", n.p., 25 Jan. 1868. Very good. To Gen. Beauregard, regretting that he can�t find some papers that the general wanted and a book Jordan was writing. Since the docket reads, "relative to Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862," the papers were about that battle. Estimated Value $400 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 375		Lee, Robert E. Autograph Letter Signed "R.E. Lee," 1p, 8½x8", Petersburg, 14 Nov. 1864. With address panel from original envelope Free Franked, "R.E. Lee Gen." To Mr. Shippen at his estate, "Violet Bank," where Lee made his headquarters during the winter of 1864. Lee responds to the Shippen family's offer to use their house for his personal winter quarters: "Upon reflection I think it best not to accept your kind offer of the house at Violet Bank. I shall be located at no one place this winter as far as I can judge, but will have to be passing along the lines from one side of the river to the other. I cannot therefore see to the house or take care of it, & you had better place in it someone who can. I hope to be able to get over to see Mrs. Shippen but am obliged to go this m[or]n[in]g to the right, which may detain me till night. If I should not be able to see her, please present my kind regards to her & Willie & say that I shall always remember them …. " During this last winter of the war, Lee's troops had dwindled to barely 60,000, while Grant's grew in number. Lee spent much of that winter in the saddle, keeping his troops together by force of his personality and the men's devotion to him; hence his "passing…from one side of the river to the other." Estimated Value $14,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 376		Lee, Robert E. Carte-de-visite Photograph Signed "R.E. Lee" with M.B. Brady & Co. back stamp. Printed on the lower mount: "Printed according to Act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Lee's signature is quite bold; there are a few contemporary ink smears and a couple of tiny edge blemishes. Another hand wrote on the verso, "From Douglass Neblett to Cousin Mit." The photo is housed in a 6¾x5" two-sided period frame. Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 377		Sorrell, Gilbert Moxley (1838-1901) Confederate Brigadier General; Longstreet's Chief of Staff. Typed Letter Signed "G M Sorrell" as Manager of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, 2pp, 10x7¾", Savannah, 18 Jan. 1894. Fine; light toning; some holograph annotations. To a law firm in Charleston, SC regarding the valuation of the ship "Chinese Prince." Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 378		Stuart, James Ewell Brown (1833-64) Legendary Confederate cavalry officer; mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern May 11, 1864. Autograph Letter Signed "S" 2¼pp, 6x3¾", Rappahanock, 8 Apr. 1862. Original envelope engraved, "Head Quarters Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac" with holograph address, " "Miss Laura Ratcliffe, Beauty's Bower." The dashing cavalry officer writes: "We are here quietly waiting for the Yankees and if they ever come we will send them howling - through Fairfax again. We have won a glorious victory in New Mexico, capturing the whole Federal command 5000 - under Genl Canby. We have also won a glorious victory near Corinth on the Tenn. captured 3 genls Smith McClernand & Prentiss & six thousand prisoners, all their artillery & camp equipage & rumor says we are sure to bag the remainder who are in full retreat A.S. Johnston was killed. Beauregard & Bragg were there. I have thought of you much, & hope soon to see you all again. Before another week we expect to win another glorious victory. Hurrah! Hurrah!! I wish I could see you read this. My regards to your folks. The bullet-proof is all right. Yours very truly." He started to write his name, then scratched it out and wrote simply "S". Laura Ratcliffe (1836-1923) met Gen. Stuart when she and her sister nursed wounded soldiers at his camp during the winter of 1861. She provided Stuart and his protégé, Col. John Singleton Mosby, with information on Union troop activity in Fairfax County. Stuart mentions the death of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, which had occurred two days earlier (April 6th at the battle of Shiloh). Stuart claimed a Confederate victory but when Beauregard took command after Johnston's death, CSA troops had to drop back to Corinth, evacuating much of Tennessee and opening the way to the final splitting of the Confederacy along the Mississippi. Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 379		Twiggs, David Emanuel (1760-1862) He fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War and was a CSA general. When the states began to secede, he was U.S. commander of the Department of Texas; he turned over his command to the Confederacy and defected on 19 Feb.1861. Autograph Letter Signed "D.E. Twiggs" as Col. 2d Dragoons, 1p, 9 3/4x7 �", Corpus Christi, Texas, 18 Nov. 1845. Very good; rust-like stain on one vertical fold, affecting a few letters. To Samuel Parsons, whose son was a minor and had enlisted illegally, telling him he could not be discharged "without authority from the Comg. Genl. of the Army (Genl Scott) or the Secretary of War….". Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 380		(Four CSA Generals) (P.G.T. Beauregard) War-date secretarial draft of a 5 Nov. 1864 telegram with instructions to Col Tate that Genl. Smith wants to "see him at Corinth…for conference relative to Labor for M & C RR." Bradley T. Johnson, 1869 1p ALS to F.L. Smith re legal matters. James G. Martin 1856 DS as AQM, sending a statement of property (not present). L. P. Walker 1873 1p ALS to H. Storm in New York stating, "…I held the position of Secretary of War of the Confederate States in the year 1861." Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 381		United Daughters of the Confederacy Membership Document. Dated 25 Feb. 1928, to Georgia Weber Law, granddaughter of "Charles William Weber who served in Company D, 24th Louisiana Infantry Regiment C.S.A." 14 ½" x 11 ¼", with tri-color and gilt flag with gilt seal and ribbon of the society. Quarter folded, but in excellent condition with the colored design bright and sharp. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold