American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Lot comprised of 13 items, highlighted by the following:

Sixth plate tintype of a Union soldier wearing an 1858 dress hat and large cravat. The subject holds an 1816 conversion musket, with a Colt revolver and side knife tucked in his belt. Under mat with preserver, no case (some cracking to surface, tarnish, discoloration). -- Ninth plate ruby ambrotype of a mustachioed sergeant seated in a studio (some discoloration to edges). Housed in full case (separated at hinge). -- Glass plate negative of General Robert E. Lee on Traveler, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (some spotting to plate). -- CDV after lithograph or engraving of W.T. Sherman. -- 2 illustrated patriotic covers. -- Prints of George Custer and U.S. Grant, 9 x 6 in. and smaller (soiling to Grant engraving). -- 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. photograph showing a group of African American and white veterans and female companions gathered together, mounted on cardstock with "Veterans of '63'" written below accompanied by a calendar for 1912. Verso with ink stamp of Wm. J. Chambers, Kennett Square, PA (some fading to image, toning to mount). -- Oval length photograph of subject identified as Lt. Sam Mills, USMA, approx. 3 3/4 x 4 in., on mount with credit to Brady, New York.

[With:] Partially printed appointment issued to William B. Smathers as First Sergeant, Co. C, 25th North Carolina Infantry. 15 June 1863. Smathers was twice WIA, at Malvern Hill and Fredericksburg (some tears near fold lines). -- Confederate partially-printed "Railroad Company" pass signed by Capt. and Post QM Robertson, issued at Asheville, NC. Accompanied by partially-printed soldier's furlough for Smathers, inscribed and docketed throughout (heavily worn).