2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
Absentee bidding for this session ends on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST.
The live portion of this session begins on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST
Ten of the engravings are +/- 9-1/2” x 11-1/2” to include; Admiral D.E. Farugate; quoted as saying "Damn the torpedoes.", different D.E. Farugate; General George Meade; Honored by Congress, "... and the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the skill and heroic valor which at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannock, the veteran army of the rebellion ...” General J.K.F. Mansfield; KIA at Atietam General Joseph Hooker; When he impulsively offered his resignation in protest to the criticism, it was quickly accepted by Lincoln and Halleck. General Nathaniel Banks; One of the most prominent political generals of the conflict different Banks; General James McPherson; When the Confederates who shot hem asked his aide who they shot, the aide responded, "Sir, it is General McPherson. You have killed the best man in our army." General Edward Baker, The only sitting United States senator ever to die in combat, killed on October 21, 1861, in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. Group engraving of Generals; O.O. Howard, L.H. Rousseau, B.H. Grierson, H.W. Slocum, Jeff C. Davis.
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