American History Auction / June 24, 2009

 
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    Lot #256
    20" x 30". Printed cotton curtain panel in red on cream ground featuring Washington being pulled in carriage with Miss Liberty, with leopards in harness, "Liberty Tree" to his left and stacked capture ...
    Price Realized: $1,527.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #257
    signed Geo. S. Greene/Brig. Gen. beneath portrait and For Gen. Ruger on verso beside blue-green two cent revenue stamp, no back mark.

    Greene was an 1823 West Point graduate who ...
    Price Realized: $1,997.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #258
    comprising 4 different views of Ruger in uniform, 4 cartes of Mrs. Ruger, the former Helen Lydia Moore, with two CDVs of daughter Nellie (b. 1859), all originally contained in a small period envelope ...
    Price Realized: $940.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #259
    Lt. Colonel Michael R. Morgan signed M.R. Morgan beneath portrait, no back mark, brevetted brigadier general in April 1865, and the highly decorated Lt. Colonel John Allen Campbell by Brady sig ...
    Price Realized: $440.63 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #260
    including common cartes of Generals Seth Williams, John C. Robinson, CMOH (brevetted for Gettysburg, CMOH for Laurel Hill) with Mrs. H. Ruger penciled on verso, and A.S. Williams with Brady imp ...
    Price Realized: $499.38 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #261
    ink signed in Hooker’s scrawled hand in the field above his head, no back mark.

    "Fighting Joe" Hooker ascended to command the Army of the Potomac in the wake of McClellan’s dismissal and was i ...
    Price Realized: $822.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #262
    with imprint of Klauber & Campbell, Louisville, ink signed on verso, Truly Yours/Ths F. Knipe/Brig Genl Vols.

    Wearing a formidable 12th Corps star on his slouch hat, Knipe joined ...
    Price Realized: $381.88 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #263
    an unrelated group consisting of pencil signed Dr. McAbee/Ohio V. by Brady, a uniformed view of D. W. Hand/Surg. M.S. Vols with imprint of H.C. Phillips, Philadelphia, a post-war ...
    Price Realized: $470.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #264
    brevet Lt. Colonel Platt M. Thorne, 150th NY ink signed beneath portrait, no back bark. 2nd Lieutenant Edwin G. Fay, 107th NY signed in ink beneath portrait with Moulton & Larkin, Elm ...
    Price Realized: $381.88 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #265
    all 33rd Infantry acquaintances of General Thomas Ruger. First is Brevet Brigadier General Carroll H. Potter by Wearn & Hix, Columbia, S.C. Potter (confirmed in Hunt) served as Captain, AAG o ...
    Price Realized: $146.88 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #266
    including two 3rd Wisconsin officers with a 2nd New Jersey Lt. Colonel, all wartime acquaintances of General Thomas Ruger. The first carte is a sword-carrying 1st Lieutenant ink-signed on verso The ...
    Price Realized: $323.13 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #267
    1849-1865; ca 865 items (ca 775 war date).

    The Ruger Papers begin upon his entry into West Point in the summer 1850, at a time when Robert E. Lee was commandant. His classmates included a l ...
    Price Realized: $32,900.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #268
    lot of 2, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. New York (NY): American Bible Society, 1863. Small 24mo, brown leather binding. Inscribed on free front end paper Gen. T.H. R ...
    Price Realized: $705.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #269
    n.p., n.d., but probably ca 1872. Style of printing and wrappers reminiscent of GPO. At the time, Sherman was Commanding General of the U.S. Army and in Washington. 12mo, printed wraps, LXXIX index pa ...
    Price Realized: $1,762.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #270
    plus the Proceedings of the sixth annual reunion of the regiment, Fon du Lac, WI, Sept. 18 - 19, 1895, 42pp with paper wraps. Bryant, Edwin E. History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Vol ...
    Price Realized: $587.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #271
    Hollabird, Brig. Gen. S. B. Flags of the Army of the United States Carried During the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, to Designate the Headquarters of the Different Armies, Army Corps, Divisions a ...
    Price Realized: $763.75 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #272
    lot of 6, including: Marcy, Randolph B. Broder Reminiscences. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. 12mo in blue cloth, gilt front and spine. Inscribed to Ruger by Marcy on free leaf. Hedley, F.Y. ...
    Price Realized: $352.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #273
    for 1852, 12mo in printed paper wraps, 48pp., other previous owners' names on cover, Ruger's name on tp. 1854, 12mo in printed paper wraps, 52pp, no identification. 1855, 12mo in printed wraps, 51pp. ...
    Price Realized: $264.38 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #274
    including: Upton, Emory, Bvt. Maj. Gen. Infantry Tactics: Double and Single Rank. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. 24mo pocket manual with soft leather cover, gilt front, brass clasp, 4 ...
    Price Realized: $270.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #275
    lot of 5. Includes four authored by Ruger as Commander: Annual Report, Headquarters Department of Dakota for 1887; Annual Report, Headquarters Department of California, for 1894; and 2 c ...
    Price Realized: $117.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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