Holy Bible 1859 CONFEDERATE South Carolina CADET RANGERS 4 OBITS Nurse CIVIL WAR

You are bidding on a true piece of Confederate Civil War History!

This is a Holy Bible, printed in 1859, that was owned by the McDowell and Duart family,
which remarkably has three men killed in action!

(SGT. W. FORDHAM MCKEWN, killed Battle of Manassas)

(SGT JOHN S DUART, Surgeon, Killed on John's Island)

(CORP. GEORGE A MCDOWELL, Killed on John's Island)

MANY OF THESE SOLDIERS SERVED IN THE CADET RANGERS, SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY, CONFEDERATE ARMY

 These 3 Obituaries, as well as a few other family members/soldiers deceased in the 'Lost Cause',  are Pasted Directly in the Front and Rear of the Bible!

There even is an obituary for Lucy Hawkins, a nurse of the family that helped tend the Confederate wounded after battles

Amazing and RARE Southern Civil War History in this Bible indeed.

Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, etc. Oxford: University Press, 1859. Pocket leather bound Holy Bible, bound with pressed boards and gilt titling and a raised bands on spine, front board detached. All page edges gilt. Light rubbing to boards, as shown, some soiling but all pages present. Front has a few pages cleanly detached, still attached to the separated board.  Family history through numerous inscriptions and pasted down obituaries for the above mentioned men. See pics.

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(all have separate obituaries pasted down in Bible)

*McDowell, George Archibald, Corp. (1842-1864) Charleston. (Citadel '62). Detailed as clerk to Col. Alfred Rhett Nov. and Dec. 1863. KIA John's Island Feb. 9, 1864. Cousin of John S. Dutart.
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McKewn, Sgt. Major W. Fordham ( 1840 - 13 DEC 1862)

Fordham served in the Palmetto Sharpshooters. He was from Orangeburg County. He was killed at Fredericksburg. A monument is located in the Old Pioneer Cemetery located on the Salley Archives grounds.

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Dutart, John Steele, 4th Sgt. (1843-1864) Charleston, 1st Classman. KIA John's Island Feb. 9, 1864. Cousin of G.A. McDowell.

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James B. Steedman (First_Last)Regiment Name 1 (McCreary's) South Carolina Infantry

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CIVIL WAR BOOK 1902 WASHINGTON DURING WAR TIME M. BENJAMIN Drake De Kay PASS

  Crest Hill, Illinois, United StatesSorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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1994 1st ed. BLACK PHALANX African-American soldiers Civil War Revolution& 1812

  Marietta, Pennsylvania, United StatesSorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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1857 Family HOLY BIBLE Civil War VETERANS 51st IN Father SON Capt/Lt Col ANTIQUE

INSCRIBED WITHIN IS THE OWNERSHIP AND MILITARY RECORD OF CAPT WILLIAM DENNY AND HIS SON LT COL WILLIAM DENNY JR, BOTH OF THE 51ST INDIANA VOLUNTEERS! 

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Philadelphia:Jesper Harding, 1857.  Beautiful yet Well Worn Pictorial Family Bible. Tooled embossed leather covers with borders and gilt deco  covering boards and spine, moderately worn surfaces. Covers detached, spine cover detached,  minor bumps to corners and wear to leather edges, otherwise the outer covers are in nice shape. A few pages are detached. The binding is split in two nin the center, please note these flaws before bidding. Interior otherwise lightly browned, moderate to  light browning & chipping; color title frontispieces. Numerous other steel engravings.  Family pages filled out regarding DENNY family of Kentucky and Indiana, including aforementioned father and son veterans of the IN 51st vols! William Jr Was a POW at Libby and Escaped!!

This is a genuine piece of Civil War Indiana veteran history!!!

(see below for more on their CW records)

Bible complete and RARE in a very unique style. Gilt page edges. Good luck! Size of the bible rough estimate 9.5" wide, 12" tall, 2.75" thick.

More on the 51st Indiana and Capt Denny and his son Lt Col Denny:

Regiment Name 51 Indiana Infantry.

Regiment Name 51 Indiana Infantry.
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COL. WILLIAM N. DENNY was born May 12, 1836, at Bruceville, Ind., the fourthof eleven children of William and Catharine (Cook) Denny. The father wasborn in Kentucky, in 1802, and came to Knox County, Ind., with his parentswhen but two years old. The grandparents, James and Catharine Denny, wereearly settlers of the county. The father was reared in this county, andwhen young joined the Presbyterian Church, and for forty years previous to his death was an elder in the church. He was a farmer and merchant, and for eight years was clerk of the circuit court; previous to that time he wasjustice of the peace and county commissioner. He was very energetic, and issaid to have organized nine different Sunday-schools, and successfullycarried them on. He will long be remembered as one of the most prominentand trustworthy men of the county. He died February 8, 1862. The motherwas born in central Tennessee in 1804, and is yet hale and strong, and theoldest member of the Presbyterian Church in the city of Vincennes. WilliamN. was reared in Knox County, and secured a limited early education, butafterward attended the Vincennes University. When twenty-four years old heentered the army in Company G, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry as first lieutenant, but was transferred to the Fifty-first Indiana Volunteers, andmade captain of Company E. of which his father had been captain but resigned.He was then promoted to different ranks, and finally to the colonelcy, whichhe held to the close of the war. While a captain he was captured and takento Libby prison, where he was for nearly two years, and then contracteddisease which yet disables him. He made his escape by cutting a hole througha car in which he was being transferred. After his return from the war hefarmed about a year, and was then appointed postmaster of Vincennes underGrant's administration, and served thirteen years, the longest term of anywho have held the office. Since that time he has carried on farming, andowns eighty acres of very fine land. He was married, May 24, 1866, to EllenK. Lemon, daughter of Benjamin F. Lemon, of Salem, Ill., who was one of theearly settlers of the Noarthwest Territory. She was born April 8, 1843, and has borne eight children, five now living, viz: Katie E., Florence G.,Gertrude L., Mary E. and Carrie C. Mr. and Mrs. Denny are members of theFirst Baptist Church of Vincennes, and are advocates of the temperance cause,Mrs. Denny being a very active and efficient worker. Mr. Denny is aRepublican, and was deputy clerk of the county.
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51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in December 14, 1861. Moved to Louisville, Ky., December 14; thence to Bardstown, Ky., and duty there till February, 1862. Attached to 20th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1863. Prisoners of war till December, 1863. Post of Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.

SERVICE.-March to Nashville, Tenn., February 7-March 13, 1862, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 29-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Guarding Memphis & Charleston Railroad. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of Perryville October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Prim's Blacksmith Shop, Edmonson Pike, December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till April. Reconnoissance to Nolensville and Versailles January 13-15. Streight's Raid to Rome, Ga., April 26-May 3. Dug Gap, Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30. East Branch Black Warrior Creek May 1. Blount's Farm and near Centre May 2. Galesville (Cedar Bluff) May 3. Regiment captured. Exchanged November, 1863. Reorganized at Indianapolis, Ind., and rejoined army at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1863. (A detachment on Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7.) Assigned to duty as guard on Railroad, between Nashville and Chattanooga, till April, 1864. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., till September, 1864, and at Atlanta, Ga., till October. Action at Dalton, Ga., August 14-15. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Columbia December 21. Duck River December 22. Non-Veterans mustered out December 14, 1864. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16; thence to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. Mustered out at San Antonio December 13, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 202 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264.

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CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG MEDAL NEW YORK 1863 1893

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Photographic History of the Civil War 10 Books on CD

The Photographic History of

The Civil War

Editor: Francis T. Miller

1911

 10 Volumes in PDF Format on 1 CD

Thousands of Photo's

Volume 1 -  The Opening Battles. (368 pages)
Volume 2 -  Two Years of Grim War. (363 pages)
Volume 3 -  The decisive battles. (353 pages)
Volume 4 -  The cavalry. (336 pages)
Volume 5 -  Forts and artillery. (316 pages)
Volume 6 -  The navies. (322 pages)
Volume 7 -  Prisons and hospitals. (352 pages)
Volume 8 -  Soldier life, Secret service. (382 pages)
Volume 9 -  Poetry and Eloquence of Blue and Gray. (353 pages)
Volume 10 - Armies and leaders. (362 pages)

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was the fourth war in history to be caught on camera. The first three were the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) the Crimean War (1854–1856) and Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Photography profoundly changed the way wars were covered and viewed. Any grandeur and sweetness of an aftermath of a victorious battle, which was once up to a painter to portray, all of a sudden became uninterpretable. Losing its subjectivity, the true terror of war could not be hidden anymore. Americans for the first time saw the vividly horrific photographs of maimed and dying fellow Americans in agony slowly withering away on a battlefield far away from their homes. Astonishment and shock, not toward the cruelty of war as much as to the newly innovated barbaric weapons of war left Americans bewildered. As newspapers did not yet have the technology or equipment for making half-tone blocks, magazines across the land published cadaverous pictorial representations of the worst of humanity.

“BONUS CD”

With 2 more Books

Containing Hundreds More Photos

The Civil War through the Camera :

Hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history by Henry William Elson - (1912) – 598 pages

Pleasants Photograph Album by Frances Pleasants:

Photograph album of Frances Pleasants, who taught wounded soldiers at the Army Hospital in Germantown, PA during the Civil War. Presented to her by her patients, it contains photographs of them as well as other Civil War images –(1865) - 56 pages

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Trousers Civil War - Sky Blue - (Even Sizes 30-56) - Civil War - L@@K!

Sky Blue Trousers. Button fly clouser. 100% Wool. Super nice Pewter Buttons. Pewter Button fly, and Pewter Buttons for suspenders and 2-side pockets. This is a brand new item. A must for the reenactor! This is a really nice pair of trousers.

Even Sizes: 30-56

As a general rule, if you wear a size 42 in regular trousers, you would wear a size 44 in our trousers.

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HUGE Folio CIVIL WAR 1861 ScrapBook HARPERS Ledger DIARY Charles DeWitt RAILROAD

This is a super unique and breathtaking, one of a kind Civil War relic. Measuring 18" x 16", this MONSTROUS Ledger is absolutely FULL of Civil War Newspaper and Harpers clippings and illustrations!

 Originally a Railroad ledger for New York State, as you can still see some of the entries on some paged under the clippings, this HUGE diary is 174 pages of one of a kind information and pictures of the Civil War!

Owned by the estate of Continental Congressman and Revolutionary War veteran Charles Dewitt, near Hurley, NY, this was in the families' possession when we acquired it through another seller. The front of the dairy stated the provenance well, No 15, September 18th through October 16th, 1861, Chas. A. DeWitt. This was probably compiled by Charles Adolphus Dewitt, great grandson of the famous statesman!

The news clippings document battles, soldiers, information, artillery, and contain illystrated maps, battle scenes, portraits, and political cartoons. Truly a spectacular presence directly from the heart of the Civil War in 1861. Charles A. must have been exuberant in paying close attention to the Rebellion as it progressed.

The binding is strong, with a lightly worn marbled cover bound at the tips and on the spine in red leather. The spine contains a title that states FREIGHT EARNINGS  and then further down  U. S. Ex CO, and again the ledger was heavily filled in with info from all around New York State in the years 1858-1861. The clippings are all securely pasted, so the pages take on a waviness but are very sturdy.

Own this tremendously large and most importantly unique piece of American Civil War History today! Good luck!

Some info about the source estate owner, Charles Dewitt:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles DeWitt (1727–1787) was an American miller and statesman from Kingston, New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.

Charles was the only son of Johannes and Mary Brodhead DeWitt. He was born on April 27, 1727. The DeWitt family lived in Kingston, and he was raised there, along with his three sisters. Johannes, and later Charles, operated the flour mill at Greenkill (in what is now Rosendale, New York). The first mill at the site had been built by Mattys Mattysen Van Keuren in 1677. Since he had no children, when he died it passed to his nephew who was a DeWitt.

DeWitt married Blandina DuBois (1731–1765) on December 20, 1754 in Hurley (town), New York. The couple would have five children. Their grandson Charles G. DeWitt would later serve in the U.S. Congress.

DeWitt was first elected to New York's Colonial Assembly to represent Ulster County in 1768. He was returned to that seat in every election until the Assembly was replaced in the American Revolution by a Provisional Congress for the colony in 1775. That year he was one of the members who voted to approve the work of the Continental Congress. As the revolution drew near, and the Ulster militia was expanded, he was named Colonel of the 2nd Ulster Militia regiment.

Charles served in the New York Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777, as well as continuing his militia duties. In that congress he served on the committee that drafted the states first constitution. He served on the Committee of Safety, and after active warfare slowed, under the new government he was elected to the New York Assembly for 1781–1785 and 1787. The assembly in turn sent him as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1781 and 1784.

Throughout these years DeWitt also published a newspaper (The Ulster Sentinel), and supplied a great deal of flour to the Continental Army. He died on August 27, 1787 and is buried in the Dutch Reformed Cemetery at Hurley (town), New York. He had written his will on July 7, 1776 as he prepared to set out for the defense of New York City. He left the mill to his son Gerrit, who expanded it in 1806, and the water-powered mill would continue in operation until 1922.

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1865 CIVIL WAR HISTORY Greeley UNION CONFEDERATE SLAVERY GETTYSBURG DRUMMER BOY

Originally owned by Henry M. Kieffer, drummer boy at Gettysburg, July 1st, 1863, and author of the 1890 book Recollections of a Drummer Boy

THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-’65. Its Causes, Incidents and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery From 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union. In Two Volumes. By Horace Greeley. Volume I Published in 1865; Volume II Published in 1866 by O.D. Case & Company, Hartford. 9” x 6” leather bindings. Illustrated by Portraits on Steel of Generals, Statesmen, and Other Eminent Men: Views of Places of Historic Interest: Maps, Diagrams of Battle-Fields, Naval Actions, Etc., From Official Sources. Volume I = 648 pages. Volume II = 782 pages.

Condition: This set could use some restoration and, given its special provenance (see below), certainly deserves it. Exteriors are rough as seen in photos. The leather on the spines is dry and rubbed, with heavy chipping in spots. Exterior joints are split on both volumes; boards are held in place by binding cords only and require careful handling. Internally, both books are in good condition. The text blocks are firm (although the front endpaper in Volume II is loosened). The pages are clean and bright with only minor foxing. No torn, loose or missing pages. No dampstains, no musty smells.

PROVENANCE: These books were part of the personal library of Henry M. Kieffer, who at the age of 16 enlisted as a drummer boy in Company D of the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers, known as the “Bucktails.” Dr. Kieffer served three years and was present at all the chief engagements of the Army of the Potomac from Chancellorsville to Second Hatcher’s Run. His regiment belonged to the old 1st Corps, and was one of the first troops on the field in the first day’s fight at Gettysburg. Its losses were amongst the heaviest of all troops engaged. It had 397 men when it went into action; came out with 133, losing 264, of whom 58 were killed and 77 wounded. During his three years in the Civil War, Kieffer also served as a hospital steward.

After the close of the war, Kieffer attended Franklin and Marshall College, graduating in 1870, taking first honors. He then took a three years' course in the theological seminary of the Reformed Church at Lancaster; served the Church of the Ascension at Norristown, Pa., as pastor for eleven years; thence removed to Easton, where he became pastor of the old First Church for thirteen years. He served in the National Guard of the State for five years, as chaplain of the 6th Regiment.

Dr. Kieffer recorded his army experiences in a popular book entitled The Recollections of a Drummer Boy, which appeared first as a serial in St. Nicholas magazine in the 1880s, and was afterward issued in book form by The Century Co., New York. The Recollections of a Drummer Boy is said to have been the way-breaker for all the celebrated "war papers" afterward issued by The Century Co. Keiffer was the author of several other books, and was a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines.

Both of the volumes at auction have Henry M. Kieffer’s library book plate glued on the inside of the front covers. There is an old handwritten inscription on the first endpaper of of Vol. II with what appears to be Kieffer's signature (H M Kieffer) and an inscription that reads, "Drummer Boy Co. D 150th PV "Bucktails" 3rd Division 1st Corp. - Present at Gettysburg July 1 '63 11 AM". There is a note below this, stating "Gen. R. E. Lee a traitor. So says Abraham Lincoln see page 492". On page 492 are notes and underlines.

It isn’t often that a direct line of provenance can be drawn from a Civil War book auction on eBay to an actual participant on the field at Gettysburg in that first week of July, 1863 – an individual also esteemed as the author of the Civil War classic “Recollections of a Drummer Boy.” Don’t miss this rare opportunity to add this one-of-a-kind set to your own personal Civil War library.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a First Edition two-volume set of Horace Greeley’s THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1861-’65. Both volumes are bound in full calf and are illustrated with portraits (steel plate engravings), views, maps and diagrams.

THE AMERICAN CONFLICT is an extensive and thorough history of the War, with all the detail and insight you would expect given Greeley’s experience as a newspaper editor and politician. But at the same time, Greeley was an outspoken opponent of slavery. In THE AMERICAN CONFLICT he delineates not only the incidents and events of the Civil War, but also the long history of social and political forces that caused war to break out in the first place – namely the bitter debate about human slavery in the United States.

As described in Charles Dudley Warner’s Library of the World’s Best Literature:

This history is not restricted to the period of armed conflict between the North and South in the sixties; but purports to give, in two large volumes, an account of the drift of public opinion in the United States regarding human slavery from 1776 to the close of the year 1865.

The most valuable feature of this history is the incorporation into it of letters, speeches, political platforms, and other documents, which show authentically and beyond controversy the opinions and dogmas accepted by political parties and their chiefs, and approved by public opinion North and South; as the author justly remarks, nothing could so clearly show the influences of slavery in molding the opinions of the people and in shaping the destinies of the country.

Thus the work is a great magazine of materials for the political history of the United States with regard to slavery; and whatever judgment may be passed on its author's philosophy of the great conflict, the trustworthiness of his volumes, simply as a record of facts and authentic declarations of sectional and partisan opinion, is unquestionable.

The Contents of THE AMERICAN CONFLICT were simply too lengthy for me to summarize here in my usual fashion, so hopefully photographs of the Contents pages and Lists of Illustrations will suffice (I’m not a great photographer; the lighting wasn’t good, the type was tiny … well, you’ll see). You can find these below, along with other photos of the steel engravings, historic scenes and illustrated matter from the two volumes. I hope you’ll take a moment to have a look.

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REMEMBER FOLKS, THIS IS AN 1865-1866 FIRST EDITION SET ORIGINALLY OWNED BY A CIVIL WAR AUTHOR WHO WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD DRUMMER BOY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. THESE BOOKS ARE 147 YEARS OLD.

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