Archives International Auctions Auction 87 September 12, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 87 87 September 12, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Virginia 444 444 C.S.A., Confederate States Form #19, August, 1864 Purchase order for “One Beef Weighing 800 Pounds” Winchester, Virginia, 1864. Form #19 Invoice paid to Edward Hicks for 800 pounds of Beef at 30 cents a pound. Signed by Holmes Conrad. VF condition. Holmes Conrad ( January 31, 1840 – September 4, 1915) was an American politician, lawyer and military officer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company A, 1st Virginia Cavalry and saw active service throughout the war. He was commissioned a lieutenant and was appointed adjutant in August 1862. In 1864 he became major and assistant inspector general of Thomas Rosser’s cavalry division, serving there until the end of the war. Est. $140-280 EPHEMERA - CIVIL WAR LETTERS & DOCUMENTS Maine 445 445 Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association, 1883 I/U Stock Certificate Portland, Maine, 1883. 1 Share I/U Capital Stock Certificate, Black text with black border, Patriotic Eagle at top center, Portland seal at bottom left, Maine seal at bottom right, Facsimile signatures at bottom center. VF condition with toning throughout. Printed by John A. Lowell & Co., Boston. The Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument is located in the center of Monument Square, on the former site of Portland’s 1825 city hall. It was dedicated on October 28, 1891 and honors “those brave men of Portland, soldiers of the United States army and sailors of the navy of the United States, who died in defense of the country in the late civil war”. Its creation was made possible by fundraising activities of the local Grand Army of the Republic lodge. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1998. ������������ Est. $200-400 New Jersey 446 446 John Lawrence, Corporal, in the First NewJersey Regiment during the Civil War, ca.1890s, Documents Requesting Increase for Civil War Military Pension New Jersey. ca.1890s. Large group of items all related to the application of John Lawrence for an increase in his pension he receives as a result of military service during the Civil War. Lawrence was a member in Company “G” of the First Regiment of New Jersey, and discharged from military service as a Corporal. The application states that Lawrence is unable to do manual labor as a result of wounds received during the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was also taken prisoner. Additional handwritten materials from John Lawrence himself state “the wound was a slanting shot from a Battery on our right flank at 2nd Bull Run, struck a grazing blow on spine. I have a weakness in my back” and issues with kidneys when stooping. This lot also includes various supplemental and supporting documents, detailing the difficulties in Lawrence’s life as a result of these injuries. It appears as if his application for a pension increase was successful, shown by a Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions document dated May 16th, 1892 with Commissioner James F. Rusling’s name and possible signature at bottom left. Lot also includes a corresponding envelope addressed to J. F. Rusling with a Washington D.C. handstamp near Department of Interior, Bureau of Pension imprint at top right. All are in Fine to VF condition with varying signs of age. The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28 to 30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) fought on July 21, 1861 on the same ground. Success in this battle emboldened Lee to initiate the ensuing Maryland Campaign. Rare and unique piece of Civil War history which demonstrates the lasting effect of War on a former solider. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $100-200