May 22, 2007 - Sale 2115

Sale 2115 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
SIEGE OF PETERSBURG; VIEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG
Group of 10 images relating to battles in the south, with several attributed to A. J. Russell. Albumen prints, all approximately 7x9 inches (17.8x22.9 cm.), several are on the original mounts with handwritten notations. 1864-65
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"Interior of Gracie's Salient, Petersburg, Virginia." 1865. By O'Sullivan. Image of War, vol. VI, p. 231; Miller, vol. III, p. 203. Location of last assault by Confederate troops on besieging Union forces at Petersburg, Virginia. "Engineer's Winter Quarters Outside of Petersburg." 1864-65 "General Hospital, City Point, Virginia."1864? Similar view: Miller, vol. VII, p. 281 "Engineer Battalion Making Gabions, Petersburg, Virginia." 1864. Image of War, vol. VI, p. 45 "Chaplains of the 9th Corps, Petersburg, Virginia." 1864. Image of War, vol. II; Miller vol. VIII, p. 257. Image composition like that of Alexander Gardner. "Appomattox Court House, Virginia." 1865. Miller, vol. IX, p. 127 "Railroad Supply Yard, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Alexandria, Virginia." ND. By A. J. Russell. Image of War, vol. II, p. 417 (variant) "Medical Supply Steamer 'Planter' Hospital Wharf, Appomattox River, Virginia" 1864. By A. J. Russell (?). Image of War, vol. IV, p. 252 Stone Wall with Confederate Dead Mayres Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1863. By A. J. Russell (?). Image of War, vol. III, p. 322-323, a well-known image published many times. "Union Camp Scene." 1864. By Barnard(?). Image of War, vol. II, p. 202; Ward, The Civil War, p. 63. [Former locates view as Atlanta, Georgia; latter locates view as Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga is more probable as conditions of siege more obvious.]