May 05, 2016 - Sale 2413

Sale 2413 - Lot 284

Price Realized: $ 325
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 400
O'BRIEN, FITZ-JAMES. Two Autograph Manuscripts, unsigned, each untitled, the first 5 stanzas on 2 sheets, the second 3 stanzas on 1 sheet, both concerning the Civil War, with numerous cross-outs and corrections. Together 3 pages, on various-sized paper. should be seen. Np, circa 1861
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The first poem tells the story of a Northern Captain who goes down South to kill Rebels, but dies of sunstroke before he gets the chance. The other, a nationalistic poem about dying together in battle.
Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) was an Irish immigrant, known for bizarre stories within New York's bohemian circles; entered the Civil War to escape creditors, but died of a gun shot wound.