11-14-201011-14-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2526BBoston
November 14, 2010 11:00 AMCalender
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(Civil War, Union, Photographs)

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$7,110$6,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2526BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 14, 2010 11:00AM

Description:

(Civil War, Union, Photographs), Four albumen prints depicting Battery A, 2nd U.S. Regiment Light Artillery, oval format, each identified and titled in ink to lower portion of image, titled respectively "Ready," "Ram," "Attention," and "Rest," each mounted to cardstock bearing tax stamp, one bearing inked presentation inscription to Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) to reverse, image wd. to 7 1/4, card size 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in., (scattered soiling, "Rest" with spotting, "Attention" with two small contemporary ink smudges).

Note: Battery A, 2nd Regiment Light Artillery, organized at Nashville, Tennessee, April 30, 1864; garrison duty at Nashville, and in Middle Tennessee until January, 1866. Action at the Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864; mustered out January 13, 1866.
Estimate $800-1,200

Keywords

Attention, Rest, Ready, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Butler, Nashville, Tennessee