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.

Own it Today! Good luck!

(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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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.

See photos below:

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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Family 1848 HOLY BIBLE CONFEDERATE Civil War VETERAN Teague SC Pickens Rifles

Troy, NY: Merriam, 1848.  Well worn and loved Confederate Owned Family Bible. Tooled  enbossed leather covers with stamped designs  covering boards and spine, worn surface with loss at corners. Spine cover detached but barely re-applied, missing portions. Most pages bound, some loose, browned, moderate to  light soiling & chipping; couple plates. Family plates removed, as explained in front pencil inscription: "This was the family Bible of my father, Isaac Newton Teague. -BH Teague.

The Family record was taken from it during the War of the Secession 1862 for preservation and is now in the possession of BH Teague. "

 The following page is stamped BH TEAGUE, DDS.  AIKEN SC. This is Benjamin Hammet Teague, celebrated Confederate soldier, veteran, and Military Lt Col and super prideful southern military man! While at school he became a member of perhaps the most youthful military company in service, the Pickens Rifles, of Charleston. At the age of seventeen years he volunteered in Company B, Hampton Legion Regiment, Mounted Infantry, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army Northern Virginia. ...Making this is a genuine piece of Civil War CSA veteran history!!!
-see below-
 Good luck! Size of the bible rough estimate 9.5" wide, 12" tall, 2.75" thick.


CAPT. B. H. TEAGUE.

Capt. B. H. Teague is a native of Aiken, S. C. His early years were spent in Charleston. While at school he became a member of perhaps the most youthful military company in service, the Pickens Rifles, of Charleston. At the age of seventeen years he volunteered in Company B, Hampton Legion Regiment, Mounted Infantry, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army Northern Virginia.

Young Teague was a brave and faithful soldier to the end, and surrendered with his command at Appomattox. He boasts that he never " held horses during a fight." After the war he joined his State militia as soon as organized, and has advanced through the grades of office until he is now Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry.

Commander Teague organized the second Camp of United Confederate Veterans in his State, that of Barnard E. Bee, No. 84, and his comrades, appreciating his zeal in their behalf, have kept him in command. He is a dentist by profession, and is held in high esteem as a skillful practitioner. He is an inventor of several useful appliances in dentistry, upon which he has letters patent. Dr. Teague is ex President of the Dental Association of his State, a place of honorable distinction, and he is President of the Young Men's Christian Association of this city, which position he now holds. His standing among his people is that of an exemplary and honorable citizen, and though he sought not political preferment, he was made President of the Central Democratic Club of his county for nearly ten years after the overthrow of radical Republicanism in his State.

As a labor of love, and for the purpose of preserving them from oblivion, Commander Teague has for many years been collecting relics and souvenirs of the Confederate war. He has filled a suite of rooms with these precious treasures, many of which are of historical and inestimable value, contributed by his many friends and his comrades. To these rooms all veterans are welcomed, and they have been visited by hundreds. He affirms he is a crank at collecting, and at the parting at the Birmingham meeting he said, "If you want to make a fast friend send me a Confederate war relic."
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68. THE NOOK (circa 1900) Dr. and Mrs. B.H. Teague built this home, which has 6 corner fireplaces and one out-building which was the kitchen in the original plan. Their daughter, Elizabeth Teague, who was one of Aiken's most important citizens, lived in this house during her most productive years as a teacher and writer.

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Obituary of Benjamin Hammet Teague, Aiken, South Carolina.

Benjamin Hammet Teague, a prominent member of the United Confederate Veterans' Association, was born in Aiken, S. C., October 20, 1846. His youth was spent in the city of Charleston, and his education was directed by such well-known teachers as B. R. Carroll and Dr. Henry Bruns.

When the guns at the entrance of Charleston harbor opened upon the Star of the West and Fort Sumter, thus commencing the drama of the Confederate War, he burned to volunteer, but parental authority consented only to his becoming a member of the then only boy company of volunteers in the State, the Pickens Rifles, made up of the older pupils of his school. These did valuable camp and guard duty about the city of Charleston. When seventeen years of age, he promptly obeyed the call of his country and joined Company B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and served the Confederacy gallantly until the surrender at Appomattox. During the last few months of the war his health broke down from improper food, but he refused to go to a hospital and did his duty to the end. He prided himself that during his time of service he never missed an engagement with the enemy and was never wounded nor captured.

At the inception of the organization of the United Confederate Veterans he organized Camp Bernard E. Bull, No. 84, at Aiken, S. C., the first camp of continuous existence in the State. He represented his State on the two standing Committees of the U. C. V. Association, the Jefferson Davis Monumental Committee, and the Board of Trustees of the Confederate Memorial Association. He was elected Brigadier General, Commander of the 2d Brigade of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., and later Major General Commanding the Division.

General Teague was a member of the dental profession and resided and practiced in Aiken, S. C., for forty-eight years.

In 1874 he married Miss Julia Parker, of Edgefield, S. C., who survives him with two daughters.

He was a faithful member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church and served for many years as a warden. It was while attending service at his beloved church on February 27, that he received his call to go up higher, and he went from God's earthly tabernacle to a heavenly one. The funeral services were conducted from St. Thaddeus Church, and his body rested for the last night on earth within its sacred walls rested for the last night on earth within its sacred walls under guard of the American Legion, and early the next morning was taken to Charleston, where he was laid to rest in his family lot in historic Magnilia Cemetery. His body was conducted to the grave by an escort of cadets from the Citadel, and while the bugler souded the solemn requiem of "Taps," the color bearer held the Confederate flag over the grave as his body was lowered to its last resting place.

"Now the laborer's task is ended,

Now the battle is past,

Now upon the farther shore,

Lands the voyager at last,

Father, in thy gracious keeping

Leave me now thy servant sleeping."

SOURCE: Confederate Veteran Magazine, Jnauary, 1922.

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1890 FIRST REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE CIVIL WAR UNION CONFEDERATE ARMY SOLDIER

YOU WILL TREASURE THIS SCARCE BOOK!

New Hampshire volunteers bravely served in major battles at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Antietam as well as many more throughout the length of the Civil War. The state sent 18 Volunteer Regiments of Infantry into the conflict. In all, more than 30,000 men served the Union Army. This does not include the number of men who joined other State Organizations and those who joined the United States Military.

THE FIRST REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE GREAT REBELLION, containing the story of the campaign; an account of the "Great uprising of the people of state," and other articles upon subjects associated with the early war period ... By Stephen G. Abbott

First Edition. Published 1890 by Sentinel Printing Co. in Keene, New Hampshire. 511 pages. Hardcover. 6" x 9". Embellished with 22 engraved portraits with tissue guards and 12 intext illustrations.

The First New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment filled its ranks within two weeks of President Lincoln's call for 70,000 men on April 15, 1861. 2,004 men volunteered to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. The volunteers organized and mustered at Camp Union in Concord between May 1 and May 7, 1861. The 1st NH was commanded by Colonel Mason Tappan.

The 1st NH moved to Washington, D.C. and was assigned to Stone's Brigade and later to General Patterson's Army of the Shenandoah. From the Rockville Expedition the unit saw action at Conrad's Ferry. Moved to Poolesville, Williamsport, Martinsburg, Winchester, Charlestown, Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook.

Subsequent to the unit being mustered out, many of the troops transferred to other regiments.

CONDITION: Very Nice Copy. Some discoloration and edgewear to the binding. Internally, Clean and Tight. The hinges are fine. Please contact me with specific questions.

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