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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR—PHOTOGRAPHY.) HOWARD, GENERAL
OLIVER O.
Carte-de-visite, photograph [with] a card of the same size.
SIGNED
“
OLIVER O
.
HOWARD
,
BRIG
.
GEN
.
U
.
S
.
ARMY
.” Omaha, NE, 16 November 1885
[400/600]
A
FINE
,
CRISP IMAGE OF GENERAL HOWARD
,
who fought at First Manassas, Seven Pines (lost an
arm), Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Atlanta campaign. Having seen the enthusi-
asm of the newly freed slaves for education, Howard (1830-1909) worked tirelessly to establish a
place of learning for them. The fruit of his labors was Howard University, for which he served as
President from 1867 to 1873.
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR—PHOTOGRAPHY.) CARNEY, SERGEANT
WILLIAM.
Albumen portrait photograph of William H. Carney in his later
years, wearing his Gillmore medal pinned to his jacket.
Albumen photograph, 3
7
/
8
x 2
7
/
8
inches, on the original photographer’s cardboard mount; corners of the mount
rubbed.
[Massachusetts, circa 1900]
[1,000/1,500]
RARE PHOTOGRAPH OF SERGEANT WILLIAM HARVEY CARNEY
, (1840-1908),
HERO OF THE
ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER
.
Carney achieved super-hero status when he caught the 54th
Regiment’s flag after the bearer was shot dead. Carney seeing the colors falling with their bearer, seized
the flag and kept it from falling to the ground despite wounds to legs, his right arm and chest. Almost
miraculously, he made his way across the battle ground and gave the flag to another survivor of the
fierce battle. The present photograph, taken in his later years, shows Carney proudly wearing his
medal. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at Fort Wagner, but did not receive his
honor until 1900. The Gillmore medal, struck privately by General Quincy A Gillmore, was
awarded to troops that fought under his command, in and around Charleston, SC in the fall of 1863.
400 were made. While unofficial, the medal was the first and only regular medal of the war until the
Campaign medal was authorized in 1905. The Gillmore medal did not have a pin to facilitate
attaching to one’s jacket; so improvised pins were contrived, somewhat like the manner in which
Carney’s medal is pinned. See lot 352.
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