American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Pencil drawing of the 16th Ohio Battery's winter camp at Jefferson City, Missouri titled at bottom right "Winter Quarters / 16th Battery O.V.A. / Jeff City Mo / Feb 6th 1862 / IJR." 17 x 12 in., paper-backed, drawn by Corporal Isaac J. "Ike" Richmond, 16th Ohio Battery, whose initials "IJR" appear at the bottom right corner beneath the illustration's title. At the top edge of the drawing are 2 CDVs and 1 tintype (CDVs permanently adhered to paper, tintype no longer attached) identified on accompanying riker mount as picturing "1st Sergeant Joseph P. Cory." Joseph P. Cory enlisted as a 25-year old corporal on 8/20/1861 and mustered into the OH 16th Light Artillery Battery. He was promoted to sergeant and first sergeant before mustering out on 8/2/1865. This drawing appears on p.xiv of a 1906 16th Battery regimental history, where it is captioned as "Our Log-cabin at Camp at Jefferson City. From a pencil sketch made at the time by comrade 'Ike Richmond.'"

[With:] Diary written by Private Wallace Bird, 16th Ohio Battery, spanning 27 September 1861 through 6 October 1862. Inscribed on interior "Wallace Bird . 16 Ohio Battery / Gen. Steeles Division / Curtis's Army." 82pp, 3 1/2 x 6 in., leather-bound, pencil entries. Bird (sometimes Byrd) records near daily entries describing the movements of the 16th Battery. Entries are well-written and easily legible. He writes on Tuesday April 1, 1862, regarding action at Pitman's Ferry, "Started early in the morning. Joe and I walk with the baggage wagons. 3 or 4 miles behind the Battery. cavalry charged on pickets and run them to Doniphan. Sent back for all cannoneers that were with baggage wagons put our sabers on and started on went 6 or 7 miles on foot, came to Doniphan and found it almost deserted, shops broken open and things smashed up generally, about 150 rebels on the other side of the river left everything and run for life, camped in a field thunder storm at night, tents and trees blown over, had to hold our tent down to keep it." Other entries similarly detailed. Wallace becomes increasingly ill beginning in June of 1862. He died of malaria a little over 2 weeks after the last entry.

[With:] Civil War service escutcheon featuring a detailed service record of "Q.M. Sergeant T.C. Ackerson," including a list of all engagements and attachments while enlisted with the 16th Ohio Independent Battery Light Artillery. 13 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (sight) framed to 21 x 26 1/4 in. Thirty-one year old Thomas C. Ackerson (1829-1896) enlisted into the 16th Ohio Battery on 8/20/1861 as an artificer, before receiving promotions to Wagon Master, and then Quarter Master Sergeant on 4/28/1862. He was mustered out on 9/9/1864 at Columbus, Ohio. -- CDV portrait identified on verso as "Will. S. McKinney / Medway Ohio," 16th Ohio Battery. -- CDV of soldier identified below image "I[saac] N Mitchell / 1st Lt. 16t Ohio Battery." -- CDV of soldier identified on verso as "Capt. James L. McKinney / Co. E 153rd O.V.I. / for Corpl. 16th O Batt'y." -- Three unidentified CDVs of soldiers, possibly connected to the 16th Ohio Battery.

[Also with:] History of the Sixteenth Battery of Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery U.S.A. (1906). With tipped in paper bearing typed inscription: "To my ONE ARMED Comrade / James M. Pipes / Co. A, 140th Pa Inf. / From / James M. Miller, / 16th Ohio Battery / May 4th 1913." -- Five reunion ribbons for the 16th Ohio Battery, 1889, 1893, 1895, 1905,a nd 1915 (1915 ribbon in laminate). -- "Quarterly Returns," First Quarter of 1862, signed by Captain Russel Twist, 16th Ohio Battery commander. -- Soldier's letter envelope from the 16th Ohio Battery. --Postcard for 16th Ohio Battery reunion. -- Springfield, Ohio, 1885 GAR booklet, "Mitchell Post No.45," named for the first commander of the 16th Ohio Battery.

Together, 18 items.