Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 107

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

U.S. Civil War

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 181		Confederate States Virginia Electoral Ticket: Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens, 1861. Pale blue ballot for the Presidential elections for the Confederate States of America with names of candidates and electors, 5 x 3 5/8". It lists John R. Edmunds of Halifax and Allen.T. Caperton of Monroe as electors for the state at large, and sixteen additional electors for the various districts. With hand-written signature of the voter who cast this ballot on reverse. The Confederate States presidential election of 1861 was the only presidential election held under the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 182		Two Union Generals: Daniel Sickels and George Sears Greene. Daniel Sickles (1819-1914) Union general, congressman and diplomat, also known for being the first person acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity (after killing Francis Scott Key's son). Check signed "D. Sickles," New York, June 25, 1885. A Bank of the Metropolis check, engrossed in Sickles' hand, to Herring & Co. for $9.50. Attractively matted with an engraving and a biographical plaque and framed to an overall size of 16¾ x 23½". With George Sears Greene (1801-99) Civil engineer and Union general; hero at Culps Hill. Civil War-date document signed "Geo. S. Greene," one page, 10 x 8", May 15, 1862. One month after being promoted to brigadier general, Greene signs a Certificate of Disability For Discharge for Milo B. Collins of the New York State Volunteers. Handsomely matted with an engraving and a biographical plaque to an overal size of 24 x 28". Estimate Value $300 - UP View details	Unsold
Lot 183		Two Civil War-date Documents: A Rare California Pass and a Connecticut Volunteer Bounty Pay Order. Partly-printed document, 5 x 6", Head-quarters, Camp Allen, Oct. 6, 1863. A leave of absence for "Sargent Robert Cleary of Company H Captain M. Coonan Second Regiment…" Engrossed in pencil; notations at lower edge very faint. Camp Allen, located in Oakland, CA, was a training camp for California volunteers, many of whom served in Col. Edward Dexter Baker's 71st Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as the 1st California Regiment. Matted and framed to 13¼ x 15". With a pay order signed by a New Britain, Conn. selectman, 3¼ x 7", New Britain, Conn., Sept 27, 1864 for the treasurer to pay Thomas Goonan three hundred dollars and to charge the town. Notation in left margin, "Town Bounty to Volunteers." Matted and framed to an overall size of 14 x 14½". Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200
Lot 184		Mosby, John S. - ALS Asking Whether "Fitz Lee will be a turncoat when he puts on the Blue". (1833-1916) Confederate commander of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, known as "Mosby's Rangers"; Mosby was called the "Gray Ghost." Autograph letter signed "Jno. S. Mosby," one page, in pencil, 9½ x 7¾", San Francisco, Sept. 30 (18)98. To Mr. Lawrence Washington regarding a newspaper Mosby had loaned to him and about which Mosby had made a joke which was taken seriously. Mosby assures him, "…It was a pleasure to be able to serve you and I shall gladly do so again….I am very sorry that what I said in a joke should have been repeated to you. Ask Major Hunter whether Fitz Lee will be a turncoat when he puts on the Blue. Very Truly / Jno S. Mosby." Fine condition. Matted with images from the Civil War and framed to an overall size of 23 x 31¼". Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905), who was Robert E. Lee's nephew, was a Confederate cavalry general, the 40th Governor of Virginia, and a diplomat. During the Spanish American War, Lee was made a major general of United States Volunteers, for which he had to "put on the Blue." He then served as military governor of Havana and Pinar del Río in 1899, went on to command the Department of the Missouri, and retired in 1901 as a brigadier general, U.S. Army. Estimate Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $900
Lot 185		Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" -- War-date ALS. (1833-1864) Confederate cavalry officer known for his gallantry and high spirits and his bold command. He participated in all the major campaigns in the Virginia theater between 1861 and early 1864, until his death at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864. Autograph letter signed "J.E.B.," one page, 6 x 4", Centreville, Jan. 30, 1862. Addressed to "My dear Ladies," Stuart writes: "It is such a muddy day that I refrain from visiting you because, I would dislike to appear in such an unpresentable a costume as the roads would give me. Nevertheless you may expect me soon rain or shine. Yours / J.E.B." The envelope [not present] was addressed to "Miss Laura Ratcliffe & Miss Antonia Ford, Frying Pan." The letter is in fine condition. Matted with a large image of Stuart and framed to an overall size of 19 x 22½". Miss Ratcliffe was a young woman in Fairfax who was the recipient of romantic poems and letters from Stuart-- one of numerous young women whom Stuart pursued. Stuart told Miss Ratcliffe that he was smitten when he saw her ministering to wounded soldiers; the fact that she was said to be lovely surely didn't hurt. She provided military intelligence to Stuart and the Confederacy, especially to partisan commander John Singleton Mosby, to whom Stuart introduced her in 1863. Miss Ford was also a Southern sympathizer and a source of military intelligence. The bulk of the Confederate Army in Northern Virginia spent the winter of 1861-62 in the Centreville, Virginia area. The weather was harsh, with rain, snow, sleet, mist, fog, and mud. The appearance Stuart liked to present--his gray uniform contrasted by a scarlet-lined cape, golden spurs on thigh-high boots, a bright yellow sash and white buckskin gauntlets, crowned by a hat with a long plume--would have suffered from the inclement weather, so as much as he loved the ladies, he did not want to venture out. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,320
Lot 186		Confederate $1000 Bond With Portrait of Stonewall Jackson. Authorized by the Act of Congress C.S.A. of February 20, 1863. Bond No. 13684, Richmond, March 2, 1863. $1,000 7% Bond with nine coupons. Decorative border. Portrait of Lt. Gen. T.J. Jackson at top and small vignette of a steamship at bottom center. Stock is signed by C. A. Rose for the Register of the Treasury and was lithographed by Archer & Daly, Richmond, Virginia. Top corners have a couple of old tape marks and there is one spot at top center. Matted and framed to 22¾ x 19¾". Estimate Value $400 - UP View details	Unsold