Civil War, 1862, Report of Major General John Pope, to 37th Congress, Rare Book!

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Life General ULYSSES S. Grant LEATHER 1885 Services CIVIL WAR President TRAVELS

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HISTORICAL PHOTO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WORLD WAR II HERO PHILIPPINE ARMY

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Old Civil War CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON Reminiscences MEMORIAL EDITION

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Life General ULYSSES S. Grant LEATHER 1885 Services CIVIL WAR President TRAVELS

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Gettysburg Books from 1920s photos maps engravings General Meade & Lee Civil War

Human Interest Stories of the Three Day's Battles at Gettysburg

by Herbert L. Grimm and Paul L. Roy

copyright 1927

Times and News Publishing Co. Gettysburg, PA.

Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”

Peoples Pictorial Edition, The Blue and Gray

by Prof. J. Warren Gilbert

copyright 1922

Dimensions: 9” x 6”

Both books feature much of the same content as the common Gettysburg guide book. Both packed with photos and engravings with historical accounts and maps. “Human Interest Stories” features full page photos which include Generals Meade and Lee. “Peoples Pictorial Edition” features accounts from Officers from both sides.

Both books show moderate wear on covers, “Human Interest Stories” has it;s cover coming loose from it's staples. All contents are present and intact for both. Minimal foxing and staining. No major tears.

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The American Heritage History of World War 1 Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall

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Old Antique 1868 Civil War GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT Life & Campaigns BOOK

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MILITARY History ULYSSES Grant CIVIL WAR 1885 2vol UNION General MAPS Near Mint

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Huge Mounted Civil War Print - Confederate General Robert E. Lee - Ready 4 Frame

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A SUPERB, LARGE LAMINATED PRINT THAT IS READY FOR FRAMING OF CIVIL WAR  CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. 

ALREADY ON STIFF FOAM BOARD AND WITH THE WHITE BORDER AS YOU SEE. GREAT FOR FRAMING

 MEASURES A LARGE     21.0" X 17.5"       

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A MARVELOUS GIFT FOR THE CIVIL WAR ENTHUSIAST

PURCHASED AT AN ESTATE SALE

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1952 USS GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON US NAVY SHIP PICTORIAL KOREAN WAR SCARCE

The Ship I Sailed On: USS General A. E. Anderson

Published by Photo Publishing Co., Seattle, Washington, 1952.  First and only Edition.

Oblong Booklet, staple bound, illustrated soft-covers, 7.5” x 5.25”, 30 un-numbered pages.

A Pictorial Story Of the USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111), serving in the Koran War as a Military Sea Transportation Service.

Richly Illustrated with Detailed Black & White Photographs of the Ship in the San Francisco Bay and the Troops sailing to and from the War in Korea.       

VERY GOOD Condition.  Just some light stress around the staples at the spine, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Scarce Memorabilia from the Korean War!

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Life and Deeds General Sherman Memorial Edition 1891 Civil War Maps Engravings

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Huge Civil War Print-Confederate General George Pickett

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A SUPERB, LARGE LAMINATED PRINT THAT IS READY FOR FRAMING OF CIVIL WAR  CONFEDERATE GENERAL GEORGE PICKETT, WHO WAS FALSELY BLAMED FOR THE DISASTEROUS "PICKETT'S CHARGE" AT GETTYSBURG IN 1863. 

ALREADY ON STIFF FOAM BOARD AND WITH THE WHITE BORDER AS YOU SEE. GREAT FOR FRAMING

 MEASURES A LARGE     22" X 18"       

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A MARVELOUS GIFT FOR THE CIVIL WAR ENTHUSIAST

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2 1893 Civil War Prints - General Walter Q. Gresham +

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A VINTAGE 1893 CIVIL WAR PRINT OF "GENERAL WALTER Q. GRESHAM"    

 REVERSE SIDE  IS "FEDERAL GUNBOATS RECONNOISSANCE IN THE OGEEHEE RIVER"

IF YOU WISH FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON A CERTAIN SCENE ... EMAIL ME.

THERE ARE DETAILED CAPTIONS BELOW EACH SCENE

THE REVERSE SIDE HAS  DIFFERENT CIVIL WAR SCENES, WHICH CAN BE COPIED AND FRAMED AS WELL. 

SO IN ESSENCE YOU ARE OBTAINING MULTIPLE CIVIL WAR SCENES

 MEASURES APPROXIMATELY  16" X 11"  

 VERY GOOD CONDITION       WONDERFUL DETAIL  

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OUTSTANDING OLD AND UNIQUE CIVIL WAR PRINT FOR FRAMING

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8x10 Civil War Photo: Union General Joseph Hooker

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Title -  Union General Joseph Hooker

Description -  Federal general Joseph Hooker. Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.  He became known as "Fighting Joe" during the Civil War due to civilian clerical error, however the nickname stuck.

Description Source -  Library of Congress (for identity)

Year -  1861 - 1865

SKU -  CWY-0154

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CDV GENERAL FITZ JOHN PORTER CIVIL WAR BRADY PHOTO

This is a rare Civil War CDV carte de visite of General Fitz John Porter.  As can be seen from the back stamp, the albumen photograph was taken by renowned Civil War photographer Matthew Brady.  His "National Photographic Portrait Galleries" were in Washington, D.C., and New York City.  The CDV measures 4 x 2 3/8 inches and is in very good condition.  The upper and right edges have two slight nicks.      

Fitz John Porter (1822-1901) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the Civil War.  He is most known for his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run and his subsequent court martial.  Although Porter served well in the early battles of the Civil War, his military career was ruined by the controversial trial which was called by his political rivals.  Afterwards,  he worked intensely to restore his tarnished reputation for almost 25 years, when he was finally restored to the army's roll. 

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CDV GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK CIVIL WAR BRADY PHOTO

This is a rare Civil War CDV carte de visite of General John Sedgwick.  As can be seen from the back stamp, the albumen photograph is from a negative by Matthew Brady ("Brady's National Portrait Gallery"). The print was published by E. & H.T. Anthony of New York City.  The CDV measures 4 x 2 3/8 inches and is in very good condition.  There is some slight rippling on the right side of the backing paper.  The back has a 19th century handwritten pencil inscription identifying Sedgwick.  

John Sedgwick (1813-1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the Civil War.  His May 9, 1864 death at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House is often considered a tale of irony.  He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War. Although James B. McPherson was in command of an army at the time of his death and Sedgwick of a corps, Sedgwick had the most senior rank by date of all major generals killed. Upon hearing of his death, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant, flabbergasted by the news, repeatedly asked, "Is he really dead?"   

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RRR WW2 KINGDOM BULGARIA PARADE GENERAL WITH ORDER

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NAPOLEON COMMISSION TO CAVALRY GENERAL - SUPER RARE!!!

Very rare Brevet commission written on vellum signed by Bonaparte as First Consul  to Jacques-Marie de Cavaignac, 10th Regiment of Dragoons, conferring upon him the rank of Chef de Brigade.  Cavaignac was a favourite of Napoleon,  and personally connected to him for almost 17 years since awarding Cavaignac a battlefield promotion at the Battle of Tagliamento in 1797 during Napoleon's campaign in Italy.

Other signers are Berthier, Minister of War, who Napoleon would make marshal of France; and Maret, secretary of state, made Duc de Bassano by Napoleon in the Kingdom of Italy, who would serve the Emperor as his chief diplomat and private secretary.

The document is dated 21 Prairial, the Year 11 of the Republic.

In the Republican calendar this translates to a day in late June, 1803.

Below I give a brief biography of General Cavaignac.  Then I transcribe the text of the patent detailing his promotions, campaigns and actions,
and the catalog of his wounds--including gunshots and lance wounds--as well as horses shot out from under him!

Cavaignac was one of a small group of distinguished soldiers and statesmen of the First Empire, and served France from the earliest campaigns of the Revolution up until Napoleon III's coup d'etat.

This document was bought by the present owner from the dealer Charles Bouche of Paris, in 1982. 

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General of the Empire Cavaignac Jacques-Marie, Baron de Baragne, Lieutenant General, Commander of the Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier de Saint Louis, was born in 1773, according to the online histories, but 1774 according to this document!

He began his military career in the rank of lieutenant in the Regiment of Navarre, later joined a regiment of cavalry in the Northern Army and fought in the first campaigns of the Revolution.  He was appointed to the General Staff, served in the armies of the Western Pyrenees and Italy, distinguished himself at the passage of the Tagliamento, and was noticed by General Bonaparte, who appointed him chef d'escadron on the battlefield. Though very young, the command of the 25th Regiment of Cavalry was entrusted to him.  He received several wounds to the head and, during the retreat of the Army of Italy under General Moreau, had his leg broken by shot.  The First Consul appointed him colonel--the Revolutionary title of Chef de Brigade--of the 10th Regiment of Dragoons in 1803 (documented in this patent offered for sale).  The authors of the Biography of Living Men recorded him as having distinguished himself in the passage of Splugen, Garigliano, and especially the Battle of Austerlitz, where his courage and composure earned him the title of Commander of the Legion of Honor, and several other marks of esteem and appreciation of the Emperor.  Cavaignac soon became a personal favourite of Napoleon's.  

In 1806 Colonel Cavaignac and his brother Jean-Baptiste entered the service of Marshal of France Joachim Murat, later King of Naples.  Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac had made his name as a member of the National Convention who voted for the execution of Louis XVI and was active repressing anti-revolutionaries for which he, himself, was denounced for cruelty.  Colonel Cavaignac was given command of the forces of Calabria, where he dealt harshly with brigands and fended off British attacks.  Cavaignac, soon promoted brigadier general by the Emperor, led Neapolitan troops in the comic opera attack against Sicily.  He and his forces were the only ones to successfully land at Messina, and after receiving the order to withdraw he narrowly escaped being trapped between British land and sea forces by exhorting his reluctant troops to board their boats and attack an Anglo-Sicilian fleet head on and make their escape.  Safely back in Calabria after his misadventure, Cavaignac was embraced by Murat, who showered him with praise, and appointed him first aide-decamp.  The king of Westphalia sent him the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Military Realm.

In 1810 Murat, the King of Naples, decreed that no foreigner could hold employment there without being naturalized, so Cavaignac re-entered the Grand Army as Brigadier General in time for the invasion of Russia.  In Moscow he commanded the cavalry of the XIth Corps, and protected the Grand Army during its retreat from Moscow.  He and 1800 survivors reached Danzig, and joined its garrison.  In due course it would be besieged by Russian forces for most of 1813, during which time General Cavaignac distinguished himself in frequent attacks, and had several horses killed under him.  Their food exhausted, the defenders were allowed to retire if they gave their parole, but the capitulation agreement was rescinded by Emperor Alexander, and Cavaignac was hauled off to Kiev as a POW, only to return to France after the peace of 1814,

Cavaignac submitted to the authority of Louis XVIII who appointed him lieutenant-general on October 21, 1814.  Eventually he was made a Commander of Saint-Louis, and in 1818 Baron, then Viscount, of Baragne.  Finally Louis made him Inspector of Cavalry and made him Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.  The General died in bed in Paris in 1855, age 82.

NAME IMMORTALISED on the ARC de TRIOMPHE

Cavaignac's name was one of the 660 names engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, among which are 557 fellow generals of the First French Empire, those dying in battle underlined.  Cavaignac's name is on the South Piillar with 166 other names, facing the Champs Elysees and Avenue Kleber.  In the image, it is in the far right column, 4th from the top, enveloped in shade.

TEXT OF THE COMMISSION DOCUMENT

Forgive the high school French errors and omission of accents...

Under "DETAIL des SERVICES":

Ne a Gourdon, Departement du Lot___le 11. Fevrier 1774.
Sous Lieutenant au 6e Regim.' d'Inf.rie___le 1.er Mai 1792.
Incorpere avec ce grui dans au B.ou delo etc. ?????
Sous Lieutenant au 8e Reg.' de Chausseurs___le 22 Mai 1793.
Lieutenant au 14e de Chausseurs____le 26 Mai 1793.
Capitaine au 24e Reg.' de Chausseurs___le 30 Prairial an 2.
Chef d'Escadron nomine par le Gen.al Bonaparte___le 26 Ventose an 6
Confirme dans de Grade_____le 11 Brumaire an 7
Chef de Brigade au 10.e Reg.' de Dragons par arrete du 3 Florial an 8

Under "CAMPAGNES, ACTIONS, BLESSURES":

a fait les Campagnes de 1792. 1793. a l'Armee du Nord en le
Cote de Bresh, on il a serve comme aide de camp en adjoiun a l'Etat
Major, celles de l'an 2. 3. & 4 aux Pyrennees Occidentales, celles
de l'an 5.6. & 7. a l'armee d' Italie. celles 8 & 9 a l'Armee
de Reserve en les Grisons.
a un cheval tue sous lui a l'affaire du Tagliamento.
   Blesse a l'affaire de Jemappe d'un coup de feu a la jambe gauche.
a l'affaire de Bassignano le 23. Florial an 7. blesse d'un coup de
lance au Cote ??? recu un cheval tue sous lui.
Sous ??? le 1.er Messidor an 7. recu deux coups de feu
l'un a ???  du genou gauche, l'autre a la partie de moyenne de la
jambe droite.

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General George S. Patton Jr THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY

Here you will find a geniune piece of American history!  A document of great historical value, signed by 3 US World War II Generals.  Please look it over carefully, study it, and read what it has to say and when it is being said.

On December 16, 1944, at 5:30 in the morning the German 7th Army under the command of Field Marshall Walter Model attacks the American defensive lines in the Belgium Ardennes.  The initial German assault of the 1st SS Panzer Tiger Tanks is lead by the ruthless Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.  Peiper's men are equipped with the newest 70 ton Tiger II tanks, known as the King Tiger.  They take 133 American prisoners and execute 88 of them via machine gun fire, in a clearing in the Ardennes Forest.  Later to become known as the Malmedy Massacre.  Word spreads amoung the US troops like wildfire.  Fighting is fierce in the severe winter conditions, with temperatures at -20F!  Many of the German soldiers are equipped with a new type assualt rifle, also.  400 German soldiers, dressed in US uniforms from captured or dead American GIs, wearing American dogtags are behind American lines, changing street signs, causing confusion, and hoping to assassinate high ranking American officers.  The Germans penetrate deep into the American lines, causing a large bulge in the line (hence the naming of The Battle of the Bulge), on their way to the important shipping port city of Antwerp, hoping to cut the Americans and British forces into 2 seperate halves and recapture an important allied resupply site.  The British under the command of General Omar Bradley attack the bulge from the north, and General Patton's US Third Army attack from the south.  Both hoping to cut off the German flanks.  On December 20, 1944 General Patton heads to Bastogne, where it is said "all roads lead to Bastogne".  Bastogne is being held by the 101st Airborne, who are quickly running out of ammunition and supplies.  Due to the severe winter weather and overcast, Allied troops are without air cover.  On Christmas Day, 1944 the skies clear and Bastogne is attacked.  With the air cover provided by the US 9th Air Force the German 7th Army is eventually pushed back to it's original Siegfried Line position.  The Americans lose more men chasing Field Marshall Walter Model's army back into German than they did in the German Offensive.

This letter, signed by General Patton and dated 26 January, 1945 is the day after the official end of the Battle of the Bulge action.  Sent to Brigadier General Otto P. Weyland Commanding General of the 9th Air Force, thanking them for their action and cooperative efforts in the most recent action.  This is an authentic Patton signature, signed with his customary fountain pen, and on letterhead stationary of the THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY, Office of the Commanding General!  The letter appears to have been passed down the chain of command from General Weyland to Major General Hoyt Vandenberg on January 27, 1945 (Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is named for him) And then on 29 January, 1945 General Weyland sends it down his chain of command, thanking all the P-38 and P-47 pilots of the 9th Air Force, and all the other men who kept them flying for their efforts during the Battle of the Bulge.  Both General Weyland and General Vandenberg have appeared to have signed the document also. 

I have taken pictures of both sides of the letter, letting you study it, read it, and draw your own conclusions.  I urge you to use the zoom and enlargement features to view this grand old document.  The 66+ year old letter is in fantastic condition!  A bit yellowed with the top right corner creased very, very slightly and a small stain midway down on the right hand edge. It's absolutely amazing this could have survived in this great condition for over 66 years!  Any questions, please ask!  Guaranteed to be authentic or your money back!  Free shipping and insurance to buyers in the 50 states.  All others email me for shipping/insurance quotes.  Remember this document is written/typed and signed on letterhead from the office of the commanding General of the 3rd United States Army on January 26, 1945!

                                                                                                   HEADQUARTERS

                                                                                      THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY

                                                                                                                                   OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL   

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Does anyone know what the APO 403 represents?  I just found out, it stands for Army Post Office.

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