CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG MEDAL NEW YORK 1863 1893

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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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HOLY BIBLE 1868 Civil War KILLED AT GETTYSBURG Alexander FAMILY ANTIQUE American

  spencerport, NY, United StatesN. and S. America, Europe, Asia, Australia Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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HOLY BIBLE 1868 Civil War KILLED AT GETTYSBURG Alexander FAMILY ANTIQUE American

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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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HOLY BIBLE 1868 Civil War KILLED AT GETTYSBURG Alexander FAMILY ANTIQUE American

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c1890 W.H. TIPTON 1st PENN. RESERVES CIVIL WAR MONUMENT GETTYSBURG PA PHOTO

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Two (2) Books Civil War Gettysburg

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8x10 Civil War Photo: Confederate Prisoners, Gettysburg

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PENNSYLVANIA Gettysburg CIVIL WAR 1904 Leather SIGNED BY R B RICKETTS! Rare

 Presenting, a Detailed and Remarkable Account of the Pennsylvania Troops in the Civil War, with Concentration on Gettysburg, and Also Signed by Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts, Legendary Civil War Hero!

Wm. Stanley Ray, Harrsisburg, PA, 1904. 3/4 Leather and Marbled Boards. Revised Edition. Illustrated with plates of monuments, detailed lists of army divisions, charts of casualties, summary of casualties, strenght & losses of Pennsylvania Troops at Gettysburg, statistics on the brigades, maps and more.  In very fine condition in original publishers 3/4 calf over marbled boards, all edges gilt. A valuable reference concerning Pennsylvania troops on their own soil in the greatest battle. Presentation slip laid tipped in both volumes: "Compliments of R. B. Ricketts."  Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the Civil War (Battery F, Penn. Light Artillery), and is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg! There are some sticker remains on the front board, some on the spine,  and a library slip in the rear, some rubbing to volume edges and corners otherwise a very nice and attractive book not usually found in such clean condition. A great refernce with a truly legendary Signature. Good luck! More about Ricketts below:

Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Elijah Ricketts was a merchant and farmer in Orangeville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Leigh Lockart (1810–1891) in 1830. Robert Bruce Ricketts was the fifth of nine children of this union, and the fifth son, born on April 29, 1839. An older brother, William Wallace Ricketts (b. 1837), attended the United States Military Academy; but he died in 1862. Bruce Ricketts was educated at the Wyoming Seminary near Wilkes-Barre. When the war broke out, he was studying law and considering the possibility of a university education.

The First Pennsylvania Light Artillery (otherwise known as the 43rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) was organized in 1861. The regiment left for Washington, D. C. in August of that year. Battery F was formed under Capt Ezra W. Matthews. Bruce Ricketts joined the service on July 8, as a private of that year, and he was commissioned as first lieutenant in that battery about a month later. The regiment was split, up with individual batteries serving with different divisions of the Army of the Potomac. Battery F first saw combat at the Battle of Dranesville on December 20, 1861. Ricketts’ section had one gun disabled in that action. Later the section served in the defense of Hancock, Maryland against a foray by Stonewall Jackson.

Battery F served in the Army of Virginia in the corps of Major General Irwin McDowell, joining it on March 21, 1862 at Warrenton, Virginia. In that context it was involved, under Ricketts’ leadership, in a reconnaissance expedition to Rappahannock Station, Virginia, that left on April 7, of that year. This force advanced and then withdrew, having accomplished its information-gathering purpose. Thereafter the battery was involved in the campaign culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run. Battery F was seriously engaged in the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 8, helping McDowell cover the retreat of the corps of Major General Nathaniel Banks. The battery helped defend Henry House Hill at Second Bull Run, and it was present at the Battle of Chantilly though not engaged. It also participated in the “artillery hell” of the Battle of Antietam. Lt Ricketts missed most of these actions while serving on recruiting duty. He returned to the Army of the Potomac on September 23, 1862.

Ricketts commanded Battery F, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery from then on until the summer of 1864. Capt Matthews went down ill and did not return to battery command. Lt Ricketts was engaged with his guns at the Battle of Fredericksburg, serving with second division I Corps under Major General John F. Reynolds. When Capt Matthews was promoted to the rank of major, Ricketts became a captain on March 14, 1863. At the Battle of Chancellorsville Capt Ricketts’ battery was with Major General Abner Doubleday’s third division I Corps.

Ricketts’ battery was - beginning on May 13, 1863 - in the third volunteer brigade of the Reserve Artillery under Captain James F. Huntington. Battery G, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, was attached to Ricketts’ battery a few weeks before the Battle of Gettysburg, on June 1, 1863. This merger was resented until gunners from Battery G were permitted to form a section of the consolidated battery. This merger took place while the army was marching north in pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia, beginning on May 15.

Ricketts’ battery arrived in Gettysburg on the Taneytown Road on the morning of July 2, 1863 and replaced Capt James H. Cooper's Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, on East Cemetery Hill about 4:00 PM. It was exposed to enfilade fire from Benner’s Hill and Seminary Ridge. Around nightfall, two Confederate brigades from the division of Major General Jubal Early attacked the hill. It broke the thin Union front line at the foot of the hill in two places. In other places they were repelled. Some Confederates reached the top of the hill, and one group attacked the left of Ricketts’ battery, trying to spike the guns. The fight for the guns became hand to hand, but the Confederates were unable to capture the whole battery. Eventually Union reinforcements from the II Corps brigade of Col Samuel S. Carroll drove the Confederates down hill. A monument to the battery stands in the general location of their fight.[1]

After the battle, Ricketts criticized Adelbert Ames' division of XI Corps, although he probably could not see what was going on down there at the foot of the hill.[2] He thought they fled unnecessarily. Ricketts’ account of the action makes it look as if his battery stood alone for an extended time.[3] However, a less colorful account by a modern historian shows that some of the XI Corps troops had rallied and stood fast atop Cemetery Hill even before reinforcements from Col Samuel S. Carroll’s brigade of II Corps came up behind Ricketts’ position.[4]

After Gettysburg, Ricketts’ battery F was transferred to the artillery brigade of II Corps in time for the Bristoe Campaign. At the Second Battle of Auburn on October 14, 1863, the battery helped first division II Corps cover the withdrawal of the corps under harassing fire from horse artillery of Major General J. E. B. Stuart’s command.[5] At the Battle of Bristoe Station later that day, Ricketts’ battery F came up at a gallop and unlimbered behind BG Alexander S. Webb’s second division II Corps. Their fire helped defeat Major General Henry Heth’s attack on the federal line.[6] The battery was given the privilege of presenting captured Confederate guns to Major General George G. Meade, the commanding general.

Ricketts’ battery remained with the II Corps for the Overland Campaign. During the Battle of the Wilderness, a section of Ricketts’ battery advanced on the Plank Road with Major General Winfield Scott Hancock’s attack on the Confederate lines on May 5, 1864 at about 3:30 PM. The section accompanied BG George Getty’s division of VI Corps, serving with Hancock at that time. A Confederate counterattack captured the section, but Col Samuel S. Carroll’s brigade recaptured the guns by 6:00 PM.[7] BG Getty praised Ricketts for his "great coolness and courage" in this action.[8]

Ricketts was engaged in support of Grant's offensive attacks on the Confederate positions in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 18, 1864, being moved up close to the captured Confederate works.[9] He also supported Hancock's attack on Henagan's redoubt at the Battle of North Anna on May 23.[10] The battery remained with II Corps throughout the remainder of the campaign, except at the Battle of Cold Harbor, when it was detached to serve with XVIII Corps on June 3,.[11]

Ricketts' battery crossed the James River with II Corps and participated in the Second Battle of Petersburg. Battery F fired some of the first federal shots into the beleaguered city. Ricketts' guns were on the battle front for two weeks until they were relieved by a battery from V Corps.[12]

During the subsequent Siege of Petersburg, Capt Ricketts was promoted to higher ranks in the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery. When Major James H. Cooper reached the expiration of his term of service on August 8, 1864, Ricketts was named his successor. When, in 1865, Colonel R. M. West was commissioned colonel of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Major Ricketts was promoted to the rank of colonel in his place to date from March 15.[13]

During the early stages of the siege, Ricketts continued in command of his battery with II Corps. This included a role supporting BG Gershom Mott's division in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom.[14] After returning to the Petersburg front, the battery was assigned to positions near the Jerusalem Plank Road. During this period, Captain Ricketts presided over a court of inquiry into the loss of a gun at the Second Battle of Ream's Station. He also served on a board deciding which units could add the names of particular battles to their flags.[15] In December 1864, Cpt Ricketts, as "acting major," commanded the II Corps batteries serving on the lines of IX Corps for a period of three weeks.[16]

In 1865, Ricketts played a role in the Artillery Reserve; and, by the spring of 1865 he was assistant chief of artillery of IX Corps. Whenever the chief of artillery, Colonel John C. Tidball, was absent, Ricketts took charge of the guns of IX Corps in his place.[17]

The report that a Confederate veteran looked at Ricketts, a slight man, and commented, "And did this little cuss command Battery Hell!," may be apocryphal.[18]

After the war, Colonel Ricketts, with his father and an uncle, began buying timber land in Columbia, Luzerne and Sullivan counties. By 1873, they had ca. 66,000 acres (270 km2). In 1872 Ricketts and partners opened a saw mill. He used his own lumber to build North Mountain House at Ganoga Lake in the area where he had his timber lands. The house took guests until 1903, when it became his family’s summer home. Ricketts’ interests suffered financial hardship in the years 1883 to 1885, and he had to sell off much of his land.

Col Ricketts married Elizabeth Reynolds in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1868. They had three children: William Reynolds (1869–1956); Jean Holberton (1873–1929), and Frances Leigh (1881–1970). Lakes Jean and Leigh are named for their two daughters.

Ricketts belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. The colonel was politically active too. He supported Major General Winfield Scott Hancock for president in 1880.[19]

At his death on November 14, 1918, at Ganoga Lake, Ricketts still owned about 80,000 acres (320 km2) around Red Rock Mountain, including Ganoga Lake (or Long Pond) and Lake Jean. Columbia, Luzerne & Sullivan Counties. Col Ricketts was buried nearby.[1] His heirs sold much of this timber land to the state of Pennsylvania via the Central Penn Lumber Company 1920-1924. This land became the nucleus of Ricketts Glen State Park.

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VETERAN SOLDIERS BOOK Civil War GAR Army Vet GETTYSBURG

Bidding starts low so BID NOW!!! for a great deal and you might WIN!!!On Aug-08-11 at 18:10:48 PDT, seller added the following information:

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