7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. oval albumen photograph on cardstock mount, framed and glazed, 11 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (even toning to image, mount shows faint water staining). Ink identified on mount below image, with faint notations on number of guns (4), tonnage, and draught. Ranking officers and engineers also identified on mount. Little Rebel was a former Confederate cottonclad, captured and taken into Navy service in January 1863. She served primarily on the Mississippi River on patrol duty while Jacobs was aboard. In April 1865 she and other Union ships of the Mississippi Squadron were alerted to prevent the escape of Jefferson Davis. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection Lots 79-98; 116; 138-153; and 266 Cowan's is pleased to offer the third installment of Richard B. Cohen's collection of Civil War Brown Water Navy photography. Richard was known to many in the field as a "disciplined collector who maintained a relatively narrow focus having built an important, perhaps unsurpassed collection in his area of specialization." From cartes de visite to large format photographs, this portion of the collection features a noteworthy selection of images of Brown Water Navy warships, among them, the USS Benton, Choctaw, Lafayette, and Louisville. Many important identified naval officers are also represented, including an exquisite CDV of the promising young officer, Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, who died of wounds aboard the USS Benton following an artillery duel with Confederate forces at Snyder's Bluff, and an exceptionally large war-date photograph of the controversial commander of the USS Pittsburgh, Egbert Thompson. This auction also features a premiere selection of autographs and manuscripts from Richard's carefully curated collection. Highlights include a letter from Jefferson Davis to his distant cousin, John J. Pettus, Governor of Mississippi, dated a year before secession, conveying intricate plans for securing armaments in preparation for the war; an Abraham Lincoln signed endorsement; a letter from Admiral D.G. Farragut from New Orleans, offering excellent insight into his "political" thinking as well as his dedication to his work; correspondence from Gideon Welles, David Dixon Porter U.S. Grant, and W.T. Sherman; and a pair of superb letters with highly descriptive accounts of the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac. Provenance:The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection
7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. oval albumen photograph on cardstock mount, framed and glazed, 11 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (even toning to image, mount shows faint water staining). Ink identified on mount below image, with faint notations on number of guns (4), tonnage, and draught. Ranking officers and engineers also identified on mount. Little Rebel was a former Confederate cottonclad, captured and taken into Navy service in January 1863. She served primarily on the Mississippi River on patrol duty while Jacobs was aboard. In April 1865 she and other Union ships of the Mississippi Squadron were alerted to prevent the escape of Jefferson Davis. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection Lots 79-98; 116; 138-153; and 266 Cowan's is pleased to offer the third installment of Richard B. Cohen's collection of Civil War Brown Water Navy photography. Richard was known to many in the field as a "disciplined collector who maintained a relatively narrow focus having built an important, perhaps unsurpassed collection in his area of specialization." From cartes de visite to large format photographs, this portion of the collection features a noteworthy selection of images of Brown Water Navy warships, among them, the USS Benton, Choctaw, Lafayette, and Louisville. Many important identified naval officers are also represented, including an exquisite CDV of the promising young officer, Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, who died of wounds aboard the USS Benton following an artillery duel with Confederate forces at Snyder's Bluff, and an exceptionally large war-date photograph of the controversial commander of the USS Pittsburgh, Egbert Thompson. This auction also features a premiere selection of autographs and manuscripts from Richard's carefully curated collection. Highlights include a letter from Jefferson Davis to his distant cousin, John J. Pettus, Governor of Mississippi, dated a year before secession, conveying intricate plans for securing armaments in preparation for the war; an Abraham Lincoln signed endorsement; a letter from Admiral D.G. Farragut from New Orleans, offering excellent insight into his "political" thinking as well as his dedication to his work; correspondence from Gideon Welles, David Dixon Porter U.S. Grant, and W.T. Sherman; and a pair of superb letters with highly descriptive accounts of the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac. Provenance:The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection
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