CDV, William Lloyd Garrison

The Famous Abolitionist, and Prominent Advocate of Women's Rights!

(1805-79) Born in in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he was a newspaper publisher, and editor of the "The Liberator," a Boston newspaper that was a strong and influential voice for abolition which he began in 1831, and continued for 35 years. He was one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society and promoted the immediate and uncompensated emancipation of slaves in the United States. A price was put on his head, and he was burned in effigy, and gallows were...  

CDV, Children of the Gettysburg Battlefield

This image was found clutched in the hands of Sergeant Amos Humiston, 154th New York Infantry, as he lay dead on the Gettysburg battlefield

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Group view of the 3 Sergeant Amos Humiston children. Imprint on the front mount identifying the children from left to right as Frank, Frederick and Alice. Back mark: "The Children Of The Battle Field." This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of Sergeant Amos Humiston, of the 154th N.Y. Volunteers as he lay...  

Photograph, General George E. Pickett

Pickett's Charge, at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

(1825-1875) Graduated last in the West Point class of 1846, and was brevetted twice for gallantry in the Mexican War. Appointed brigadier general, January 14, 1862, he led a Confederate brigade with skill during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, and was severely wounded at Gaines's Mill. Serving with General James Longstreet's 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, he was present at Fredericksburg and Suffolk, Va., and was promoted to major general, October 10, 1862. Pickett gained...  

CDV, Poet James Russell Lowell

Served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, England

(1819-91) Born and died at Cambridge, Mass. He was a world known poet, writer, educator, public servant, and foremost American man of letters in his time. He graduated from Harvard, and the Harvard Law School. He succeeded Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as Smith professor of French and Spanish, and professor of belles letters at Harvard. Lowell became involved in the movement to abolish slavery, using poetry to express his anti-slavery...  

Advertisement, W.H. Tipton, Gettysburg Battlefield Photographer

3 3/4 x 6, imprint. Copyrighted 1887 By W.H. Tipton, with his trademark logo which incorporates the interlocking initials "W.H.T.," and "Established 1859, Artistic Photography." Below the logo is their archival photograph number and title, "No. 734. John L. Burns." It continues with a detailed biographical description regarding Mr. Burns: "At the commencement of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 1863, John L. Burns, then past 70 years of age and a citizen of the place, inspired by the spirit of true patriotism,...  

Photograph, The McLean House, Appomattox Court House, Virginia

The house where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865

8 x 10, black and white copy photograph, of the famous Wilmer McLean Hose, located in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Choice condition. Suitable for framing.

WBTS Trivia: Wilmer McLean was born at Manassas, Va., on May 3, 1814, and he died at Alexandria, Va., on June 5, 1882. At the time one of the very first battles of the Civil War took place, the McLean family was living in Manassas, where the great battle of Bull Run, as it was called...  

Confederate Prisoners of War at Gettysburg, July 1863

This superb scene was taken by Mathew Brady on Seminary Ridge on about July 15, 1863. An historic image, it is one of the finest to come out of the Civil War documenting Confederate uniforms and equipment. An extremely popular Confederate image.

8 x 10, black and white copy photograph. Printed on high quality glossy photographic paper, this would be a great image to frame or use in a Gettysburg display.