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Monday, March 12, 2012

1918 WW1 War Marksman Navy Enlistment Battle Trenches Camp Sterling Military..!!

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Navy Enlistment Battle Trenches Camp Sterling Military Army Series Book..!!

2nd small book auction won(under 8 inches) ships for FREE.

This World War I series was published by Cupples & Leon in 1918-20. While authorship of the series is generally attributed to Josephine Chase, the last three books were written by Howard Garis from Stratemeyer outlines, according to James Keeline .  The series follows the adventures of four American boys -- wealthy Jimmy Blaise, who defers enrollment at Harvard to enlist; orphaned factory worker Roger Barlow; cub reporter Bob Dalton; and Polish laborer Ingace Pulinski -- from training camp through the end of the war.

This wonderful ,rare,hard to find Illustrated" The Khaki Boys Fighting to win " ,book written by"Captain Gordon Bates  ",measures aprox. 7 1/2" by 5"  , has "210  "clean ,crisp interior pages, is well bound, and was published by" Cupples & Leon NY 1918 " .Covers discolored some,tear on spine,pencil inside first blank page,two interior pages have some crayon scribble.5 out of 10 scale.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Roman Rome Army War Legion Battle Eagle Fasces Dog Tag Caesar Pax Romana Case

Wonderfull reproduction die struck Roman Eagle SPQR and Fasces Dog Tag .

SPQR = SENATUS POPULUSQE QUIRITUM ROMANORAM -The Senate and People of Rome

Please Note !!! This is a front and back view of one dog tag. You do not get two !!!

The Dog Tag is made of Stainless Steel and die struck on both sides. 

The dog tag can be engraved with your initials or unit number. 

Comes with a fine presentation case.

Great for a gift !

Please note we do not do the engraving.

Custom Designs Available.

Size is 2 inches long x 1 1/8th inch wide on 30 inch chain.

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CIVIL WAR Veteran DIARY Served w/ SHERMAN Kennesaw MTN Battle 1936 -90 Years Old

  For sale here is a Veteran's Diary kept by Dr. James R. Bedford, of Dahinda,  Illinois for 1936, with full battle details of the Civil War, recollections of the March to the Sea, Kennesaw Battle, meeting Roosevelt, his emigration from England in 1847, and more...one of the most remarkable diaries I have ever seen...and, he writes this at 90 years of age, being one of the last Vets in his area still surviving...! A fresh and sad look at the end of the GAR and the flesh and blood survivors of the War as they passed into history...

  Dr. James R Bedford is a veteran of the Union Army, Battery I, 2nd Division, XIV Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland--as inscribed on the inside pages.  He served under General William T. Sherman to the end of the War. He was with the Illinois Light Artillery and was in the front with Sherman at Chattanooga and until Atlanta was captured.  Hood and his army evacuated Atlanta and he was involved with operations at the Mississippi River. He later became a pharmacist in Illinois and was an active 50 year veteran Freemason and member of the GAR. he actively collected walking sticks and had one of the largest collection of Indian artifacts in the area.

Fascinating content with nearly ever page jammed full of thoughts recollections and experiences throughout his life, including many pages about army life and his march to the Sea , most extensively!  Every page filled in up to December 6th 1936.  In the back are some folded pages--December 6, 7, 8, 10,11,12,14,15,16,17 & 18th. There is also a 4 page prayer of the soldier.

Some highlights:

- mentions meeting President Theodore Roosevelt and  when Roosevelt saw his GAR Button, he walked up to Bedford  and, shaking his hand, said : ' You belonged to this Great War, I had something to do with the little ones.'

-'The right section of my battery (with cannon) were sent to Huntsville and Athens to hinder them as best as we could."

-"On my 18th birthday I fought all afternoon at Resaca, on the 4th of July I did about the same." 

-Sept 36 he talks about being in the fight:

' 2 of our 6 steel guns were sent into Alabama against the Rebel Army and General Hood- the Rebs cut off our supplies and we foraged and ate a cow...the Luit. with us was killed- we got back to Atlanta just in time to start the 300 mile March to the Sea.'

-'...I was in the Grand Review in Washington and mustered out in Springfield, Illinois.'

- July 27, '72 years ago Battle of Kennesaw Mountain where Striker was killed and John hart captured, and I took a narrow escape, with General Cook and hundreds of others.  Rebel Canon brush down on us and that day comrade Striker was killed and that day Sherman got part of the Rebels fort and caused evacuation of Marietta on the Mountains."

Bedford writes 'daily thoughts' almost every day, including Poems (one is signs of growing old, very sad; another about an 'old nigger named Ned'), old army and folk songs, newspaper clippings (including a pic of him, being from a 90 year old celebration on his birthday) and even his daily breakfast and experiences with his family and the farm.  Also seems to be part of his will tucked in the pages and a few other pieces of ephemera. One of the more notable is a 'letter' sent to him by his great granddaughter, her first ever (a bunch of scribbles, very touching).

At one poiunt he fully recalls his whole life, even giving details of his emigration from Manchester England on the sailing vessel Blanchard and his brothers and many children died on the trip, he recalled watching a father carry his dead son off the ship and burying him in New York. There apparently was a Measles outbreak on the ship and shockingly many infants and sick kids were thrown overboard to prevent further outbreak of the disease!

 More Quotes:

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"How I do pity the United States people who travel to Alaska to try to colonize the valley there."  He tells of attempts to get his pension."

"The GAR is passing fast, It soon will be no more...(part of a folk song or poem he wrote)"

Newspaper clipping of last widow of the War of 1812 passed today. 

There is so much more. This is one of the best accounts I have come across that has not seen the market before. Good luck!

INFO:

Regiment Name 2 Illinois L. Art'y.Alternate Name James B./Bedford

ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS

BATTERY "I," 2nd REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.


Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in December 31, 1861. Moved to Cairo, Ill. Attached to District of Cairo to February, 1862. Flotilla Brigade, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. Artillery Division, Army Mississippi, to September, 1862. Artillery, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. Artillery, 11th Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. Artillery, 4th Division, Centre 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty at Cairo, Ill., till February, 1862. Operations against New Madrid February 28-March 14 and against Island No. 10 March 15-April 8. Action at Island No. 10 March 15-16. Action and capture at Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 8-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Booneville June 3-4. At Big Springs June 14 to July 22. Moved to Iuka, Miss., thence to Courtland, Ala., and duty along Memphis & Charleston R. R. till September. March to Nashville, Tenn., September 3-12. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7. Repulse of Forest's attack November 5. Duty at Nashville and Brentwood till June. 1863. Reconnoissance to Mill Creek November 27, 1862. Escort trains to Stone's River January 2-3, 1863. Stone's River January 3-5. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 24-25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. At Nashville and in Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn., till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 3, 1864. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap, or Mill Creek, May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Rome May 17-18. Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averyshore, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 14. 1865.

Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 10 Enlisted men by disease. Total 15.

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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, ending in a tactical defeat for the Union forces.

Sherman's 1864 campaign against Atlanta, Georgia, was initially characterized by a series of flanking maneuvers against Johnston, each of which compelling the Confederate army to withdraw from heavily fortified positions with minimal casualties on either side. After two months and 70 miles of such maneuvering, Sherman's path was blocked by imposing fortifications on Kennesaw Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, and the Union general chose to change his tactics and ordered a large-scale frontal assault on June 27, 1864. Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson feinted against the northern end of Kennesaw Mountain, while his corps under Maj. Gen. John A. Logan assaulted Pigeon Hill on its southwest corner. At the same time, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas launched strong attacks against Cheatham Hill at the center of the Confederate line. Both attacks were repulsed with heavy losses, but a demonstration by Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield achieved a strategic success by threatening the Confederate army's left flank, prompting yet another Confederate withdrawal toward Atlanta and the removal of General Johnston from command of the army.

Background:

In March 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and named general in chief of the Union Army. He devised a strategy of multiple, simultaneous offensives against the Confederacy, hoping to prevent any of the rebel armies from reinforcing the others over interior lines. The two most significant of these were by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac, accompanied by Grant himself, which would attack Robert E. Lee's army directly and advance toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia; and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, replacing Grant in his role as commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, who would advance from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta.[3]

Both Grant and Sherman initially had objectives to engage with and destroy the two principal armies of the Confederacy, relegating the capture of important enemy cities to a secondary, supporting role. This was a strategy that President Abraham Lincoln had emphasized throughout the war, but Grant was the first general who actively cooperated with it. As their campaigns progressed, however, the political importance of the cities of Richmond and Atlanta began to dominate their strategy. By 1864, Atlanta was a critical target. The city of 20,000 was founded at the intersection of four important railroad lines that supplied the Confederacy and was a military manufacturing arsenal in its own right. Atlanta's nickname of "Gate City of the South" was apt—its capture would open virtually the entire Deep South to Union conquest. Grant's orders to Sherman were to "move against Johnston's Army, to break it up and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their War resources."[4]

Sherman's force of about 100,000 men was composed of three subordinate armies: the Army of the Tennessee (Grant's and later Sherman's army of 1862–63) under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson; the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas; and the relatively small Army of the Ohio (composed of only the XXIII Corps) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield. Their principal opponent was the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who had replaced the unpopular Braxton Bragg after his defeat in Chattanooga in November 1863. The 50,000-man army consisted of the infantry corps of Lt. Gens. William J. Hardee, John Bell Hood, and Leonidas Polk, and a cavalry corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler.[5]

Sherman's campaign began on May 7, 1864, as his three armies departed from the vicinity of Chattanooga. He launched demonstration attacks against Johnston's position on the long, high mountain named Rocky Face Ridge while McPherson's Army of the Tennessee advanced stealthily around Johnston's left flank toward the town of Resaca and Johnston's supply line on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Unfortunately for Sherman, McPherson encountered a small Confederate force entrenched in the outskirts of Resaca and cautiously pulled back to Snake Creek Gap, squandering the opportunity to trap the Confederate army. As Sherman swung his entire army in the direction of Resaca, Johnston retired to take up positions there. Full scale fighting erupted in the Battle of Resaca on May 14–15 but there was no conclusive result and Sherman flanked Johnston for a second time by crossing the Oostanaula River. As Johnston withdrew again, skirmishing erupted at Adairsville on May 17 and more general fighting on Johnston's Cassville line May 18–19. Johnston planned to defeat part of Sherman's force as it approached on multiple routes, but Hood became uncharacteristically cautious and feared encirclement, failing to attack as ordered. Encouraged by Hood and Polk, Johnston ordered another withdrawal, this time across the Etowah River.[6]

Johnston's army took up defensive positions at Allatoona Pass south of Cartersville, but Sherman once again turned Johnston's left as he temporarily abandoned his railroad supply line and advanced on Dallas. Johnston was forced to move from his strong position and meet Sherman's army in the open. Fierce but inconclusive fighting occurred on May 25 at New Hope Church, May 27 at Pickett's Mill, and May 28 at Dallas. By June 1, heavy rains turned the roads to quagmires and Sherman was forced to return to the railroad to supply his men. Johnston's new line (called the Brushy Mountain Line) was established by June 4 northwest of Marietta, along Lost Mountain, Pine Mountain, and Brush Mountain. On June 14, following eleven days of steady rain, Sherman was ready to move again. While on a personal reconnaissance, he spotted a group of Confederate officers on Pine Mountain and ordered one of his artillery batteries to open fire. Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, the "Fighting Bishop," was killed and Johnston withdrew his men from Pine Mountain, establishing a new line in an arc-shaped defensive position from Kennesaw Mountain to Little Kennesaw Mountain. Hood's corps attempted an unsuccessful attack at Peter Kolb's farm (the Battle of Kolb's Farm) south of Little Kennesaw Mountain on June 22. Maj. Gen. William W. Loring succeeded to command Polk's corps.[7]

Sherman was in a difficult position, stalled 15 miles north of Atlanta. He could not continue his strategy of moving around Johnston's flank because of the impassable roads, and his railroad supply line was dominated by Johnston's position on the top of 691-foot Kennesaw Mountain. He reported to Washington "The whole country is one vast fort, and Johnston must have at least fifty miles of connected trenches with abatis and finished batteries. We gain ground daily, fighting all the time. ... Our lines are now in close contact and the fighting incessant, with a good deal of artillery. As fast as we gain one position the enemy has another all ready. ... Kennesaw ... is the key to the whole country." Sherman decided to break the stalemate by attacking Johnston's position on Kennesaw Mountain. He issued orders on June 24 for an 8 a.m. attack on June 27.[8]

Sherman's plan was first to induce Johnston to thin out and weaken his line by ordering Schofield to extend his army to the right. Then McPherson was to make a feint on his extreme left—the northern outskirts of Marietta and the northeastern end of Kennesaw Mountain—with his cavalry and a division of infantry, and to make a major assault on the southwestern end of Little Kennesaw Mountain. Meanwhile, Thomas's army was to conduct the principal attack against the Confederate fortifications in the center of their line, and Schofield was to demonstrate on the Confederate left flank and attack somewhere near the Powder Springs Road "as he can with the prospect of success."[9]

At 8 a.m. on June 27, Union artillery opened a furious bombardment with over 200 guns on the Confederate works and the Rebel artillery responded in kind. Lt. Col. Joseph S. Fullerton wrote, "Kennesaw smoked and blazed with fire, a volcano as grand as Etna." As the Federal infantry began moving soon afterward, the Confederates quickly determined that much of the 8-mile wide advance consisted of demonstrations rather than concerted assaults. The first of those assaults began at around 8:30 a.m., with three brigades of Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith's division (Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee) moving against Loring's corps on the southern end of Little Kennesaw Mountain and the spur known as Pigeon Hill near the Burnt Hickory Road. If the attack were successful, capturing Pigeon Hill would isolate Loring's corps on Kennesaw Mountain. All three brigades were disadvantaged by the approach through dense thickets, steep and rocky slopes, and a lack of knowledge of the terrain. About 5,500 Union troops in two columns of regiments moved against about 5,000 Confederate soldiers, well entrenched.[10]

On the right of Smith's attack, the brigade of Brig. Gen. Joseph A. J. Lightburn was forced to advance through a knee-deep swamp, stopped short of the Confederate breastworks on the southern end of Pigeon Hill by enfilading fire. They were able to overrun the rifle pits in front of the works, but could not pierce the main Confederate line. To their left, the brigades of Col. Charles C. Walcutt and Brig. Gen. Giles A. Smith crossed difficult terrain interrupted by steep cliffs and scattered with huge rocks to approach the Missouri brigade of Brig. Gen. Francis Cockrell. Some of the troops were able to reach as far as the abatis, but most were not and they were forced to remain stationary, firing behind trees and rocks. When General Logan rode forward to judge their progress, he determined that many of his men were being "uselessly slain" and ordered Walcutt and Smith to withdraw and entrench behind the gorge that separated the lines.[11]

About 2 miles to the south, Thomas's troops were behind schedule, but began their main attack against Hardee's corps at 9 a.m. Two divisions of the Army of the Cumberland—about 9,000 men under Brig. Gen. John Newton (Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard's IV Corps) and Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis (Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer's XIV Corps)—advanced in column formation rather than the typical broad line of battle against the Confederate divisions of Maj. Gens. Benjamin F. Cheatham and Patrick R. Cleburne, entrenched on what is now known as "Cheatham Hill." On Newton's left, his brigade under Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner attacked through dense undergrowth, but was unable to break through the abatis and fierce rifle fire. On his right, the brigade of Brig. Gen. Charles G. Harker charged the Tennessee brigade of Brig. Gen. Alfred Vaughn and was repulsed. During a second charge, Harker was mortally wounded.[12]

Davis's division, to the right of Newton's, also advanced in column formation. While such a movement offered the opportunity for a quick breakthrough by massing power against a narrow point, it also had the disadvantage of offering a large concentrated target to enemy guns. Their orders were to advance silently, capture the works, and then cheer to give a signal to the reserve divisions to move forward to secure the railroad and cut the Confederate army in two. Col. Daniel McCook's brigade advanced down a slope to a creek and then crossed a wheat field to ascend the slope of Cheatham Hill. When they reached within a few yards of the Confederate works, the line halted, crouched, and began firing. But the Confederate counter fire was too strong and McCook's brigade lost two commanders (McCook and his replacement, Col. Oscar F. Harmon), nearly all of its field officers, and a third of its men. McCook was killed on the Confederate parapet as he slashed with his sword and shouted "Surrender, you traitors!" Col. John G. Mitchell's brigade on McCook's right suffered similar losses. After ferocious hand-to-hand fighting, the Union troops dug in across from the Confederates, ending the fighting around 10:45 a.m. Both sides nicknamed this place the "Dead Angle."[13]

To the right of Davis's division, Maj. Gen. John W. Geary's division of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's XX Corps advanced, but did not join in Davis's attack. Considerably farther to the right, however, was the site of the only success of the day. Schofield's army had been assigned to demonstrate against the Confederate left and he was able to put two brigades across Olley's Creek without resistance. That movement, along with an advance by Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's cavalry division on Schofield's right, put Union troops within 5 miles of the Chattahoochee River, closer to the last river protecting Atlanta than any unit in Johnston's army.[14]

Sherman's armies suffered about 3,000 casualties in comparison to Johnston's 1,000.[2] The Union general was not initially deterred by these losses and he twice asked Thomas to renew the assault. "Our loss is small, compared to some of those [battles in the] East." The Rock of Chickamauga replied, however, "One or two more such assaults would use up this army." A few days later Sherman mournfully wrote to his wife, "I begin to regard the death and mangling of couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash."[15]

Kennesaw Mountain was not Sherman's first large-scale frontal assault of the war,[16] but it was his last. He interrupted his string of successful flanking maneuvers in the Atlanta campaign for the logistical reasons mentioned earlier, but also so that he could keep Johnston guessing about the tactics he would employ in the future. In his report of the battle, Sherman wrote, "I perceived that the enemy and our officers had settled down into a conviction that I would not assault fortified lines. All looked to me to outflank. An army to be efficient, must not settle down to a single mode of offence, but must be prepared to execute any plan which promises success. I wanted, therefore, for the moral effect, to make a successful assault against the enemy behind his breastworks, and resolved to attempt it at that point where success would give the largest fruits of victory."[17]

Kennesaw Mountain is usually considered a significant Union tactical defeat, but Richard M. McMurry wrote, "Tactically Johnston had won a minor defensive triumph on Loring's and Hardee's lines. Schofield's success, however, gave Sherman a great advantage, and the federal commander quickly decided to exploit it." The opposing forces spent five days facing each other at close range, but on July 2, with good summer weather at hand, Sherman sent the Army of the Tennessee and Stoneman's cavalry around the Confederate left flank and Johnston was forced to withdraw from Kennesaw Mountain to prepared positions at Smyrna.[18]

On July 8, Sherman outflanked Johnston again—for the first time on his right—by sending Schofield to cross the Chattahoochee near the mouth of Soap Creek. The last major geographic barrier to entering Atlanta had been overcome. Alarmed at the imminent danger posed to the city of Atlanta, and frustrated with the strategy of continual withdrawals, Confederate President Jefferson Davis relieved Johnston of command on July 17, replacing him with the aggressive John Bell Hood, who was temporarily promoted to full general. Hood proceeded to attack Sherman in battles at Peachtree Creek (July 20), Atlanta/Decatur (July 22), and Ezra Church (July 28), in all of which he suffered enormous casualties without tactical advantage. Sherman besieged Atlanta for the month of August, but sent almost his entire force swinging to the south to cut off the city's last remaining railroad connection. In the Battle of Jonesboro (August 31 and September 1), Hood attacked again to save his railroad, but was unsuccessful and was forced to evacuate Atlanta. Sherman's men entered the city on September 2 and Sherman telegraphed President Lincoln, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." This milestone was arguably one of the key factors enabling Lincoln's reelection in November.[19]

The site of the battle is now part of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, where both Confederate deliberate trenches on top of the mountain and some Union rifle pits are still visible today.[20]

The first commissioner of Major League Baseball, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, was named for Kennesaw Mountain, but using a variant spelling. His father, a physician, fought on the Union side and reportedly nearly lost his leg in the battle.[21]


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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Civil War reenactor US battle shirt Blue bib XL

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Small PRINT of The BATTLE of LEXINGTON - START of REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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Friday, January 27, 2012

SECOND MANASSAS BOOKLET CIVIL WAR BATTLE CAMPAIGN

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLE PRINCETON FRANKLIN MINT BRONZE MEDAL MEDALLION

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

SECOND MANASSAS BOOKLET CIVIL WAR BATTLE CAMPAIGN

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Map - 6430 iii S - ANZAC COMBAT BASE NUI DAT - BINH BA ( Battle ) - Vietnam War

 Phuoc Tuy Province

Nui Dat -  Binh Ba

MAP - 6430 III S

Printed 1967

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Binh Ba, Nui Dat

Map - 6430 III S

Superbly Rare Map covering Nui Dat, 1st Autralian Task Force Base, Phuoc Tuy Province and Binh Ba, site of the 1969 battle of Binh Ba. Large, Combat Pictomap Map, as used by ATF operatives, compiled by the US Army, Corps of Engineers 1967.

Carrying Map number corresponding to the US Army Issue Maps and marked MAT (Secret) this is a 1965, North Vietnam Army issue Map of Phuoc Tuy Province titled Binh Ba.

With the Australian Operations Base at Nui Dat circled this map covers a vast area of Phuoc Tuy Province and the major area of operations of the Australian and New Zealand Units in Vietnam.

From the Southeast at Phuoc Le and the Da Bang RiverFrom the Southwest at the convergence of the Thi Vai, Go Gia and Dong Nai RiversFrom the Northeast at Duc HiepFrom the Northwest at Long PhuocThe map covers the Australian Operations base at Nui Dat, Duc My, Xa Binh Ba, Binh Ba and more.

Battle of Binh Ba

Whilst the Battle of Long Tan is widely known and needs no introduction here the Battle of Binh Ba lasting three days from the 6th to the 9th of June 1969 is remembered as one of the great Australian / New Zealand victories of the Vietnam War.

Map

To give an idea of the scale and detail of this map, Binh Ba is just 5 kilometres from Nui Dat. Map Measures - 45 x 29 inches ( 114 x 74 cms ) - Large Combat Pictomap Scale - 1:25,000 Excellent Condition Excellent Rare PieceThe Battle of Binh Ba (6–9 June 1969) ( also known as Operation Hammer ).

The Battle occurred when troops from 5RAR fought a combined communist force NVA and NLF in the village at Binh Ba, 5 kilometres north of their Nui Dat base in Phuoc Tuy Province.

The battle was unusual in Australian combat experience in Vietnam as it involved fierce close-quarter house-to-house fighting.

In response to communist attempts to capture Binh Ba the Australians assaulted the village with infantry, armour and helicopter gunships, routing the Viet Cong and largely destroying the village itself and temporarily out of Phuoc Tuy Province entirely.

Although the Australians did encounter communist Main Force units in the years to come, the battle marked the end of such large-scale clashes, and ranks as one of the major Australian victories of the war.

Situated north of the 1 ATF ( 1st Australian Task Force ) base at Nui Dat on the western side of Route 2, the village of Binh Ba had a population of around 3,000 people.

In an attempt to demonstrate that they could move freely with in the province, a combined communist force including a company from the 33 NVA Regiment, elements of the Viet Cong D440 Provincial Mobile Battalion, the Binh Ba and Ngai Giao Guerrilla Squad and the Chau Duc District Company had occupied Binh Ba on the evening of 5–6 June 1969. In response, South Vietnamese forces were sent from Duc Thanh the following morning.

Initial intelligence suggested that a group of about platoon strength had infiltrated the village. Meanwhile during a separate operation 6RAR had also been engaged in a heavy contact several kilometres north of the task force base and at 08:00 on 6 June, an Australian Centurion tank and an armoured recovery vehicle moving through Binh Ba to assist 6RAR were fired upon.

A rocket propelled grenade struck the Centurion penetrating the turret, and causing damage to the tank and severe injuries to one of the crewman. The district commander subsequently asked 1 ATF for assistance in clearing Binh Ba.

The 1ATF Ready Reaction Force consisting of D Company 5RAR, a troop of tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment and a troop of armoured personnel carriers from 3rd Cavalry Regiment— under the command of Major Murray Blake— subsequently reacted to the incident.

Meanwhile elements of the 1st Battalion 33 NVA Regiment took up defensive positions within the village and prepared to fight to the death. By 10:30 the Australians approached Binh Ba from the south, and were engaged by a volley of RPG fire from a row of houses.

After clearing evacuating much of the town's population, D Company assaulted the village from east to west following preparation from helicopter gunships of No. 9 Squadron RAAF. South Vietnamese Regional Force troops were deployed into blocking positions.

Four tanks led the assault, with the infantry remaining mounted in the APCs following behind.

The Australians reached the edge of the village at 11:20, coming under light fire. Initially the tanks were effective for close action, however by the time the marketplace had been reached in the centre of the town concealed RPG 7s had caused external damage to two Centurions, whilst another was penetrated.

Within an hour, three of the four tanks used in the initial assault were disabled through damage and crew casualties. It became clear that the initial assessments of communist strength had been inaccurate, and was probably closer to a battalion than a platoon. In addition helicopters overhead reported another large enemy force of up to 60 moving to the south and west.

Blake subsequently decided swing the attack left, in order to clear the southern edge of the town before moving out to western side of Binh Ba. As the Australian armour moved through the rubber trees they clashed with a company forming up to counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the communists in the process.

By 14:00 the Australians were bolstered by additional troops from B Company 5RAR, under Major Rein Harring, which took up blocking positions to south and east.

The Commanding Officer of 5RAR, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Khan, now assumed command of the battle. With a fresh troop of tanks together with APC support, D Company conducted a second assault on the village, this time with the infantry leading. One tank and two Armoured Personnel Carriers accompanied each platoon in close support.

The lead platoon made contact with the enemy immediately and the advance was slow due to the need to clear every house.

The communists occupying the houses fired on the Australians from the windows and doorways before withdrawing into tunnels as they passed. An Australian soldier was killed by a shot through the neck as his team approached the first line of houses.

A tank fired one round into the building occupied by the Viet Cong. The house exploded, and the clearing team assaulted immediately.

Six dead were found in the ruins.

This type of action was typical all along D Company's assault line and every time the Australians received fire from a building, tank rounds were used to breach the walls and a small team of infantry would conduct room clearance until all resistance was quelled.

During the fighting some of the VC had discarded their uniforms and weapons and attempted to mingle with the pockets of civilians that were unable to escape.

The continued presence of civilians in the village required the Australians to expose themselves to extreme danger while trying to usher these groups to the rear of the battle zone.

Others tried to flee the village, or hide in the small air raid bunkers attached to every house.

The fighting continued all afternoon and only ended at last light.

With Binh Ba still insecure, D Company and their armoured support subsequently occupied a defensive harbour for the night.Overnight B Company killed two VC trying to break out to the south.

At 06:00 on 7 June B Company intercepted a communist company attempting to enter the town, and after blocking the exit and entry routes—and again supported by armour—they forced them to withdraw.

On the second day the clearing of the village continued.

D Company, with a platoon from B Company attached, meet sporadic resistance from a number of small groups still holed up in the village. To fully clear the village every bunker, house and any likely areas of concealment had to be searched.

Later in the morning South Vietnamese forces in the northern hamlet of Duc Trung came under attack, and B Company and the Assault Pioneer Platoon were deployed to provide assistance.

By now most of the action now centred on Duc Trung, with a helicopter reporting a force of up to 80 communist troops moving between the buildings.

With the pioneers blocking to the south a Regional Force reaction company cleared the village, however the VC had already left.

By 13:00 heavy firing again broke out in Duc Trung, with the South Vietnamese rapidly over run by over a hundred communists.

Accurate artillery fire was effective in stabilising the situation, however, and B Company with a troop of tanks sweep the hamlet.

During the afternoon D Company continued to clear Binh Ba and further close-quarter fighting followed before the Australians withdrew to allow the South Vietnamese to complete the clearance. By the evening the village was secure, and B and D Companies adopted blocking positions overnight.

Operation Hammer concluded by 09:00 on 8 June with one final sweep carried out that morning to ensure that Binh Ba was clear.

By this time a large communist force had been defeated by the Australians, and the village practically destroyed. Indeed so badly damaged was Binh Ba that the villagers were subsequently resettled. Despite efforts to clear the village of civilians before the battle, a large but unknown number of civilians had undoubtedly died during the fighting. This fact, coupled with the one-sided casualty count, later led to claims in the media of an Australian atrocity.

One Australian had been killed and 10 wounded, while communist losses included at least 107 killed, six wounded and twenty nine captured.

The battle was one of the major victories of the Australians in Vietnam and although they would occasionally encounter communist Main Force units in the future, it effectively marked the end of such large scale clashes.

Indeed, as a result of such heavy losses suffered at Binh Ba the North Vietnamese were temporarily forced to move out of Phuoc Tuy and into the adjoining province of Long Khanh.

The Royal Australian Regiment, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armoured Regiment were subsequently awarded the battle honour 'Binh Ba', one of only five awarded to Australian units during the war.

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Original Vietnam War U.S. GI Issue Service Medal set With 2 Bronze Battle Stars

Original Vietnam War U.S. GI Issue Service Medal set With 2 Bronze Battle Stars

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Vintage full size Vietnam Service Medal and Service Ribbon Bar in the GI issue box with two bronze service stars.   This is an original Vietnam Service Medal set manufactured during the Vietnam War.  

The 2 bronze service stars signify participation in 2 different campaigns during the Vietnam War.   

There are a total of 17 campaign stars authorized for the Vietnam Service Medal. Personnel are authorized one bronze campaign star for each qualifying campaign with a silver star worn in lieu of five bronze stars.

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8455-926-1666
Medal Set
Vietnam Service
Consisting of Pendant, Service Ribbon
with clip and bar, Regulation Size
1 Set             A/B
D.S.A. 100-69-C-2506

Members of the United States Armed Forces eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal are also eligible for the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.  This is a separate foreign award from the Republic Vietnam. 

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

War of the Rebellion - Battle of Chickamauga Official Records 1890 in 4 Vols

 "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" Prepared, Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, By Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third U.S. Artillery, and Published Pursuant to Act of Congress Approved June 16, 1880. Series I - Volume XXX in Four Parts (Part I, Part II, Part III & Part IV are all present and in this lot). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First Edition. THIS IS NOT A REPRINT!!

Rather than selling the individual books and separating each "Volume", we will be offering them complete with all their parts. The original complete set of Series I was 53 volumes, but some of the volumes consisted of up to 5 parts (books), they were released over the years and Series I ended around 1898-9, but then there were more records found, thus there was a Series II which followed this into the early twentieth century. This lot consists of: Part I and Part II being the reports. Part III & Part IV being the correspondence.

As alluded in the title, these books are quite literally the orders, correspondence, reports, etc., of both the Union and Confederate Armies, and thus documents and records, with no bias, the literal events as they unfolded in real time on the battlefield. Most of these reports were made in the days following the occurrences, while the memories were still fresh, not the re-hashed and well-thought out reminiscences of the major players in their twilight years.

Each volume lists the contents of all of the preceding volumes, and has the summary of all of the principle events included in the current volume. The "Reports" section is loaded with organizational data and charts, etc.,  scattered through all of the documents. The reports also serve to cite and recognize distinguished services of individuals, organizations, as well as describing events, needs, plans, and proposals.

Please note this four book set serves to document the now legendary and epical "Battle of Chickamauga" which made and broke many military, political and personal careers. General Thomas's (The Rock of Chickamauga) defensive strategy is still studied at West Point, he was in a hopeless situation, assumed command, picked his ground, and turned a panic-fueled retreat into a controlled withdrawal, thus saving an army.

Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama and North Georgia August 11 thru October 1863

Following are some of the battles, campaigns, events which are covered in this particular volume (there are far too many to list them all):

Raid on the Mississippi Central Railroad from the Big Black River, Miss. to Memphis Tenn, with skirmishes at Payne's Plantation near Granada Miss....Expeditions from PaducahThe East Tennessee CampaignExpedition from Fort Pillow to Jackson Tenn.Skirmishes at Summertown and Lookout Mountain TennSkirmishes in front of ChattanoogaExpedition from Messinger's Ford, Big Black River, to Yazoo City, MissExpedition from Corinth Miss. into West Tennessee with skirmish at Swallow Bluffs TennChalmer's Raid in West Tennessee and North MississippiMajor-General U.S. Grant assumes command of the military division of the MississippiChickamauga Campaign

and much, much more.

Some of the correspondents who are documented in this work are:

President Abraham LincolnU.S. GrantWilliam Tecumseh ShermanJefferson C. DavisJ.A. GarfieldW.S. RosecransLorenzo ThomasGeneral George H. ThomasMajor-General Gordon GrangerFrank S. BondMajor-General BurnsideGeneral HalleckE.M. StantonC.A. DanaThomas J. WoodJohn T. WilderGeorge P. BuellE.H. HobsonNathan Bedford ForrestJerome B. Robertson - C.S. ArmyGeneral Benjamin G. HumphreysGeneral Joseph WheelerGeneral Joseph HookerThomas C. HindmanWilliam H. JacksonMajor General Sam JonesBrig-General Shackelford

and many, many others.

The above are just a sampling gleaned from the pages of this work and gives just a small flavor of what can be found in this work. What makes it  truly remarkable, is that these are the actual orders and reports from the field and not not the politcally correct intrepretation of an academic who wouldn't know the difference between a parrot gun and a mortar. This is what really occurred, it does this fairly to both sides, both North and South and puts more humanity to these events than any other book or document ever will.

The index to this work is quite an achievement, you have to remember this was before computers and the capacity to have everything cross referenced, not only the recipients or authors of the documents, but also mention of third parties are included from the text. After you review the index, you will understand why this set was years in its' compilation and released over a 30 year span.

This is an invaluable tool for the researcher, historian, or Civil War buff, and in these new bindings, these books should be around for at least another hundred plus years.

Condition: These ex-libris books and its (1166)+(942)+(1110)+(858)  pages is in excellent condition, the pages exhibit modest toning, there is no noteworthy foxing, soiling, damp-staining to the pages. The bindings are new, the hinges covers and spine cover are all new, all of which is well represented in scans below. This is the original 1890 book in brand new bindings and covers, however, the books appear to have been bound at two different book makers and the spine text and shape is different on one of the four. This is probably the reason we were able to get these in such great condition and offer them at such a low price. There is a "mock-up"  of the text requested on each title page, but none of them are what they ordered.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

1862 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Civil War Confederacy CSA Battle of BULL RUN

THE
C.S.A
AND THE
BATTLE OF BULL RUN


PRESENTED FOR AUCTION is the original 1862 First Edition of “The C.S.A. and the Battle of Bull Run” by J.G. Barnard. Published by D. Van Nostrand: New York. The book measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/4" and is complete with All Pages.

JOHN GROSS BARNARD was a career-engineering officer in the U.S. Army, and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1861 to 1862, he served as Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac.

WHEN THE UNION ARMY moved into Northern Virginia on May 24, 1861, Barnard oversaw the erection of fortifications on the Arlington hills. He accompanied the Army to Manassas in July 1861 and was present at the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), where he recounts his experience here in, The C.S.A. and The Battle of Bull Run.

KNOWN FOR BEING THE FIRST MAJOR land battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Bull Run made known that the contest was to be a war, not a “sixty day” riot. Bernard wanted to vindicate the battle of Bull Run from the disgrace that had failed upon it, and to establish a claim for it in the category of well-planned and well-fought battles.

AS SENIOR ENGINEER to General McDowell, Bernard provides a brief narrative of the General as well as a condensed view of official report of the commanding officer. The Appendix shows the various routes and panics, showing the turns and tides of the battle and various “routes and panics” used to win the battle.

HOWEVER, THIS VOLUME is best known for it’s highly detailed civil war maps in which ALL 5 MAPS ARE PRESENT. These are the field maps that accompanied General McDowell that gives the topography of the battles with much accuracy. As a whole, The C.S.A. and The Battle of Bull Run shows a first hand in depth account of one of the most important battles of the Civil War. 

The book's overall condition is VERY GOOD: A tightly bound copy with mostly clean pages, all maps present, maps in great shape for age. A very scarce volume in excellent shape for age.  














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