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Very Scarce Autographed view of William Rosecrans as Army Commander
of the Army of the Cumberland. Image looks to be taken in the field and is
dated "June 23rd 1863 Murfreesboro Tn" in writing on writing on the back.
Scarce pose of Old Rosy from an album that belonged to famed Colonel
John T Wilder head of the Lightning Brigade. Nice signed on the front and
taken several months before the battle of Chickamauga. Rosecrans
though common in cdv's is relatively scarce in Autographedd ones,
particulaly War Date ones dated like this.
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$795
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Spectacular Autographed view of Major General Alexander McDowell
McCook of the fighting McCook Family. Made out to his cousin and
presented in the front as seen. Image is extremely sharp and not a common
view of this XX Corps Commander in the Army of the Cumberland. Just
fantastic and fresh to the market.
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$800
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"Thomas John Wood (September 25, 1823 – February 26, 1906) was a career United
States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. During early days
of the Civil War, Wood helped organize, train, and equip several volunteer regiments in
Indiana. In October 1861, he was promoted to brigadier general of Indiana volunteers..
Wood commanded a brigade in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns at the
beginning of the war. He commanded a division in the Army of the Ohio, then in the Army
of the Cumberland. Wood was present at second day of the Battle of Shiloh. Wood was
wounded during the Battle of Murfreesboro in December 1862. He suffered controversy at
the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was blamed for contributing to William S.
Rosecrans's defeat. A breakdown in situational awareness by Rosecrans and poor staff
work resulted in Wood receiving a seemingly senseless order that, if literally obeyed,
required him to pull his division out of the line to the support of another division further to
his left, dangerously creating an unprotected gap in the right of the line. Instead of
verifying his commander's actual intent, Wood elected to regard the order as imperative
and moved his division out of its position. Historian Peter Cozzens wrote: 'While Wood
read the order, [Col.] Starling began to explain its intent. Wood interrupted. Brannan was
in position, he said, there was no vacancy between Reynold's division and his own.
"Then there is no order," retorted Starling. There the matter should have ended. " And
with anyone but Tom Wood, it most assuredly would have. Rosecrans had upbraided
Wood twice for failing to obey orders promptly. ...{including] the dressing down just 90
minutes earlier in front of Wood's entire staff. The barbs of of Rosecrans invective pained
the Kentuckian. Anger clouded his reason. No, he told Starling, the order was imperative,
he would move at once." Less than 30 minutes after Wood moved his division,
Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's men poured through the resulting gap and cut
Rosecrans'a army in two. Rosecrans was eventually relieved from command of the Army
of the Cumberland following this Union defeat, while Wood retained his division.
Cozzens finds fault with Wood "for letting petty bitterness get the better of him" and
Rosecrans for "not checking the order to make sure it reflected his intent. Rosey was
tired and it showed." Wood redeemed himself during the successful assault on
Missionary Ridge and at the Battle of Lovejoy's Station, where despite a badly shattered
leg, he stayed on the field encouraging his men. Scarce Autographed CDV by
Joslyn and Smith Vicksburg Mississippi (rare photographer). (5/09)
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$800
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Beautifully framed scarce Autographed Carte de Visite of Winfield Scott
Hancock of the famed 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Scarce pose
of him which I have not seen before. Several light creases but a very nice
image and boldy signed.
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$2000
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"Robert Byington Mitchell (April 4, 1823 – January 26, 1882) was a brigadier general in
the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Governor of the New Mexico
Territory from 1866 to 1869. After the start of the Civil War, Mitchell was commissioned
as the colonel of the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was badly wounded at the Battle
of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861. He was shot from his horse while leading his
regiment. After recovery, U. S. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him as a brigadier
general to rank from April 8, 1862, and he was given command of a mixed brigade at Fort
Riley. He commanded the 9th division in Charles C. Gilbert's III Corps at Perryville,
Kentucky. He was then sent to Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained for several
months. During the Chickamauga campaign, Mitchell served as George H. Thomas's
Chief of Cavalry for the Army of the Cumberland. Just before the Third Battle of
Chattanooga, he was ordered to Washington, D.C., for court-martial duty. According to
some sources, this was due to severe wounds which incapacitated him from field duty
but this is contradicted in the Official Records by Mitchell's own correspondence. Whether
incapacitated or not, he would not see active campaigning again, and for the remainder
of the Civil War, he commanded the District of Nebraska, then the District of North
Kansas, and finally the District of Kansas." Scarce Autographed CDV by
Anthony/Brady.
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$600
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Autographed CDV of Union Division Commander Thomas L Crittenden, of
the famous Kentucky family. Father was a US Senator and his brother a
Confederate General. Thomas commanded a Division and Corps in
Rosecrans Army of the Cumberland but his poor performance at
Chickamauga led to a demotion. Later commanded in the IIX Corps out east
at Cold Harbor. Great taken in the field view from Murfreesboro Tn during
1863 from John T Wilders personal album Boldly signed on the front.
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$750
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Autographed CDV of Union General George F McGinnis of Indiana. Colonel
of the 11th Indiana vols from 8/61 -11/62 when he was promoted Brigadier
General. McGinnis saw action West Virginia with Lew Wallace and McClellin,
Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Champions HIll Ms. New
Orleans backmark of Washburns and autographed on the verso " Very Truly
Yr friend G F McGinnis"
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$600
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Autographed CDV of Major General Christopher Columbus Andrews of
Minnesota. Captain and later Colonel of the 3rd Minnesota Vols, he was
taken POW at Murfreesboro in 1862, appointed Brigadier General in 1/64
and was breveted Major General for his actions in the assault on Fort
Blakely Al in 1865. Served in the Grant Administration as Minister to Sweden
and Norway. Signed on the Verso "Yours truly CC Andrews Bvt Major
General". Very scarce in signed images.
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$900
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Autographed CDV of IX Corps Commander John G Parke. West Point class
of 1849, made BG of vols in 1861, fighting at Roanoke Island, New Bern and
Fort Macon with the IX Corps and Burnside's NC expedition. Commanded a
Division at South Mtn, and Antietam, made Major General in 1862.
Promoted to Burnsides Chief of Staff in 11/62, Commanded the Corps at
Vicksburg and Knoxvilled Tn Promoted by Grant to take over for Burnside
after the Crater Fiasco. A period comment on him "a very pleasant looking
man and liked by apparently by everyone" Anthony/Brady bm.
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$900
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