American Historical Ephemera and Photography

A group of 32 CDVs, including the following subjects, many of which served in the Department of the Gulf: General Edwin Griffin Beckwith, commanded the defenses of New Orleans, 1863-1864. Washington, DC: Julius Ulke, printed 1876, from image originally produced ca 1863 (residue and wear on mount verso). -- CDV of Edwin Griffin Beckwith's wife Cornelia as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Photographic Co. (spotting, print/mount trimmed). -- William Buel Franklin. New Orleans, LA: Theo. Lilienthal, 1863 (soiling, mount trimmed). -- CDV of Colonel Charles B. Chittenden as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Chittenden served with the 128th New York Infantry and US Volunteers Quartermasters Department. Uncredited (toning, spotting, print/mount trimmed). Chittenden died in New Orleans in 1867. -- CDV of Colonel Chittenden's wife as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Hudson, NY: F. Forshew (print/mount trimmed). -- General Samuel B. Holabird as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Holabird was chief quartermaster of the Department of the Gulf, 1862-1865, and participated in the Siege of Port Hudson. Uncredited (toning, print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of General Holabird's wife Mary Theodosia Grant as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. New Orleans, LA: Anderson & Turner (toning, print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of General Daniel Joseph Keily, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry, with 3 men. New Orleans: E. Jacobs & Co. (mount trimmed). -- CDV of Colonel McCoy, as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Photographic Co. (print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of Colonel McCoy's wife as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Uncredited (print/mount trimmed). -- CDV, standing portrait of "Capt. Penrose," as identified below image. Uncredited (residue in lower portion of print, mount trimmed). -- CDV of "Capt. Sheffler," as identified below image. Uncredited (some toning). -- CDV of Captain Sheffler's wife as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed (some soiling). -- CDV of an officer with the last name "Courtney," as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. New Orleans, LA: L.I. Prince, ca 1864-1865 (print/mount trimmed). Partial 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso. -- CDV, standing view of "J.L. Rankin?" as identified by photocopy of original album page in which carte was housed. Pittsburg, PA: B.L.H. Dabb, 1868. Signed on verso, "J.S.R." and dated 1868 (print/mount trimmed). -- 2 CDVs of young child identified on versos as "Nelly," first credited to Lochman, Carlisle, PA (trimmed), second credited to New Orleans Photographic Co., New Orleans, LA. -- Seated portrait of mustached man in civilian dress identified as "J. Potter Williamson (?)" on photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Washington, DC, and New York, NY: Brady (print/mount trimmed, residue on verso). -- Standing view of man in civilian dress tentatively identified as "Mr. Rankin" on photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. Uncredited. -- CDV of young woman identified as "Helen." Paris: G. Panebert & Co. (toning, print/mount trimmed). 

The following Naval subjects are also included: Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, acting commander of the frigate Congress on 8 March 1862 when she was attacked and destroyed by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. Smith was KIA aboard the Congress. Boston, MA: Black (toning, soiling). -- Rear Admiral William Shubrick (2). First, New York, NY: Brady (soiling, print/mount trimmed, residue and wear on mount verso). Second, uncredited view of Shubrick standing in civilian clothing (toning, paper residue on mount verso). – Captain Samuel Franklin, as identified on mount verso, participated in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, later served as Fleet Captain with naval forces on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA: E. Jacobs & Co. (spotting, print/mount trimmed). -- CDV of Captain Franklin's wife posed with an infant, as identified by photocopy of original album page in which the carte was housed. York, PA: N.H. Busey (mount trimmed). -- Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Uncredited (light spotting, print/mount trimmed). -- Captain Paul Shirley, identified or signed on mount verso, "Commander Paul Shirley, US Navy." San Francisco, CA: Wm. Shew (toning, soiling, mount trimmed, residue and some surface loss on mount verso). -- Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough. Uncredited (toning, some soiling, mount trimmed). -- Admiral D.G. Farragut (after lithograph/engraving). New York, NY: C.D. Fredricks & Co. (trimmed). -- Cabinet card of Admiral Farragut's wife, Virginia Dorcass Loyall. New York, NY: Sarony (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited (spotting, print/mount trimmed). -- Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (after lithograph/engraving). New York, NY: J.O. Kane (toning, print/mount trimmed). 

Together, 32 CDVs, including officers who served in the Department of the Gulf and the US Navy.

Provenance: Acquired from the great grandson of Union General Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) (consignor relates). Beckwith commanded the defenses of New Orleans from August 1863 - January 1864, after the fall of New Orleans in 1862.