Lot of 22 CDVs, featuring 7 wartime copy cartes of Confederate officers, an uncredited copy view of CSA President Jefferson Davis, and 16 civilian portraits, some members of the family of Confederate Army Colonel Edward Parke Custis Lewis, including his brothers and CSA officers John and Henry. Many of the cartes are credited to photographers in the south such as C.R. Rees & Bros. of Richmond, VA, Washburn of New Orleans, LA, Bingham and Y. Day, both from Memphis, TN, as well as studios in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and St. Louis. Identified Confederate officers include: uncredited period copy photograph of Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry Corps commander, J.E.B. Stuart, mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864, after original photograph taken by Vannerson of Richmond in 1862, plus outdoor view of memorial honoring Stuart, with sign attached that reads Stuart / Dead, Yet Alive / Mortal, Yet Immortal; General Richard S. Ewell, by Lumpkin & Tomlinson, Richmond, VA, with 2 cent revenue stamp; General Robert E. Rodes, by Lumpkin & Tomlinson, with 2 cent revenue stamp; the oldest Confederate general in the Civil War, David E. Twiggs, uncredited; and Lieutenant General and South Carolina Governor Wade Hampton, uncredited. Members of the Edward Parke Custis Lewis family include two brothers, John Redman Coxe Lewis (posed with one of his children) and Henry Llewellyn Dangerfield Lewis. John served in the US Navy for 11 years and was with Commodore Perry during the US expedition to Japan. In 1861, he entered the Confederate army as a major, commanding Jamestown Island and Mobile, AL under the leadership of General Stephen D. Lee. Initially a drillmaster with the 27th VA Infantry, Henry went on to serve with the 1st and 6th VA Cavalries, working as a courier with J.E.B. Stuart's staff while with the 6th VA. Additional family members include Esther Mariah Coxe Lewis, mother to Edward, John, and Henry; Edward's wife Lucy Balmain Ware; charming portraits of young children, one being a studio view of a little boy in traditional Scottish or Irish dress and a portrait of a well dressed young lad posed with a rifle; and unidentified subjects, likely Lewis family members or friends. See also Lots 89-90. Provenance: Descended Directly in the Family of Edward Parke Custis Lewis Condition: Range in wear to CDVs, most good to very good. Some light spotting, soiling on few views. Memorial photo of Stuart is partially lifted from mount. Some CDVs with rounded corners. Period and modern penciled notes on verso of many cartes.
Lot of 22 CDVs, featuring 7 wartime copy cartes of Confederate officers, an uncredited copy view of CSA President Jefferson Davis, and 16 civilian portraits, some members of the family of Confederate Army Colonel Edward Parke Custis Lewis, including his brothers and CSA officers John and Henry. Many of the cartes are credited to photographers in the south such as C.R. Rees & Bros. of Richmond, VA, Washburn of New Orleans, LA, Bingham and Y. Day, both from Memphis, TN, as well as studios in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and St. Louis. Identified Confederate officers include: uncredited period copy photograph of Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry Corps commander, J.E.B. Stuart, mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864, after original photograph taken by Vannerson of Richmond in 1862, plus outdoor view of memorial honoring Stuart, with sign attached that reads Stuart / Dead, Yet Alive / Mortal, Yet Immortal; General Richard S. Ewell, by Lumpkin & Tomlinson, Richmond, VA, with 2 cent revenue stamp; General Robert E. Rodes, by Lumpkin & Tomlinson, with 2 cent revenue stamp; the oldest Confederate general in the Civil War, David E. Twiggs, uncredited; and Lieutenant General and South Carolina Governor Wade Hampton, uncredited. Members of the Edward Parke Custis Lewis family include two brothers, John Redman Coxe Lewis (posed with one of his children) and Henry Llewellyn Dangerfield Lewis. John served in the US Navy for 11 years and was with Commodore Perry during the US expedition to Japan. In 1861, he entered the Confederate army as a major, commanding Jamestown Island and Mobile, AL under the leadership of General Stephen D. Lee. Initially a drillmaster with the 27th VA Infantry, Henry went on to serve with the 1st and 6th VA Cavalries, working as a courier with J.E.B. Stuart's staff while with the 6th VA. Additional family members include Esther Mariah Coxe Lewis, mother to Edward, John, and Henry; Edward's wife Lucy Balmain Ware; charming portraits of young children, one being a studio view of a little boy in traditional Scottish or Irish dress and a portrait of a well dressed young lad posed with a rifle; and unidentified subjects, likely Lewis family members or friends. See also Lots 89-90. Provenance: Descended Directly in the Family of Edward Parke Custis Lewis Condition: Range in wear to CDVs, most good to very good. Some light spotting, soiling on few views. Memorial photo of Stuart is partially lifted from mount. Some CDVs with rounded corners. Period and modern penciled notes on verso of many cartes.
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