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Lot 490

[LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 12 CDVs featuring generals and other high ranking officers wearing Lincoln mourning badges and bands. Incl. Generals GRANT, LOGAN, EKIN, & MCLAUGHLIN.

Lot 490

[LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 12 CDVs featuring generals and other high ranking officers wearing Lincoln mourning badges and bands. Incl. Generals GRANT, LOGAN, EKIN, & MCLAUGHLIN.

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Estimate: $600 - $800

Estimate$600 – $800

Status

Closed

[LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 12 CDVs featuring generals and other high ranking officers wearing Lincoln mourning badges and bands. Incl. Generals GRANT, LOGAN, EKIN, & MCLAUGHLIN.

12 CDVs of Union generals and other officers wearing mourning bands or badges in remembrance of Abraham Lincoln following his assassination, ca 1865. Subjects include:

Ulysses S. Grant, mourning band on arm. Philadelphia: F. Gutekunst. -- David G. Farragut, mourning band on arm. Boston & Newport, RI: Black & Case. -- John Logan, mourning ribbon tied around arm. Washington, DC: John Goldin & Co. -- James Adam Ekin, mourning ribbon tied around sword. Autographed in lower margin, "James A. Ekin, Bvt. Brig. Gen." Chicago: S.M. Fassett. Ekin served as one of the adjudicating officers in the Military Commission that tried the conspirators. -- Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlen, mourning ribbon tied around arm. Boston: G.H. Loomis. -- Captain Abner L. Knowlton, 4th New Hampshire Volunteers, mourning ribbon tied around arm. Laconia, NH: W.L. Wilder. -- Uniformed man with sword in hand, mourning badge pinned to his arm. Monterey, Mexico: Alberto Fahrenberg. Possibly a US Consulate to Mexico based on imprint. -- Unidentified officer holding a hat with a felt XXIII Corps badge, mourning badge pinned to arm. Concord, NH: Kimball & Son. 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso. -- Unidentified officer, mourning ribbon pinned to arm. Rochester, NY: Taylor & Bacon. -- Unidentified officer, mourning band on arm. Lowell, MA: A.J. Simpson. Accompanied by envelope dated 1862 with inscription, possibly from the officer shown in the CDV, indicating that he was a "Major and Chief Quartermaster" on the staff of a brigadier general with indiscernible name, 1st Brigade of Cavalry. -- Unidentified Chief Engineer of US Navy, mourning band on arm. Philadelphia: E.S. Keeler. 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso. -- Unidentified Naval Ensign, mourning cockade on arm. Philadelphia: O.H. Willard, June 1865. 3-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso.

Together, 12 CDVs.

Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition generally very good. Toning throughout, occasional spotting. Edge and corner wear to mounts, including some with trimmed edges or clipped corners.

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VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

katiehorstman@freemansauction.com 513.666.4958

Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

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American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

[LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 12 CDVs featuring generals and other high ranking officers wearing Lincoln mourning badges and bands. Incl. Generals GRANT, LOGAN, EKIN, & MCLAUGHLIN.

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