Lot
3257 
1st Regiment U.S. National Guard, N.Y., Excelsior, blue allover illustrated design showing Eagle, Flags and other allegories, on cover to Prospectville, Pa., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Old Point Comfort, Va., Feb 28" cds, with original enclosure with Union Flag in Star patriotic letter headlined "Camp Butler, Newport News, Va." with detailed content regarding what it looks like in battle…The military sight is fine showing nothing but troops enveloped in smoke going through the manouveres of loading and firing, skirmishing & c., but tis the sound that makes the feeling of the soldiers raise to the highest pitch. The rumbling & Thunder of cannon, mingled with the rattling of musketry and the groans of the wounded and dying. The men falling all around you makes you feel timorous at first but soon you recover from that, and spring into the thickest of the fight thirsty for the blood of your enemy.; some cover edge wear, otherwise Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
3258
34-Star American Flag, allover design on cover to Warren, R.I., franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Colchester, Ct., Aug 7" cds's; cover slight reduced at left, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
The United States National 34-Star flag was adopted with the admission of Kansas as the 34th state in January 1861. It was used until 1863 when West Virginia became a state.
Current Opening Bid: $160
Lot
3259
50th Reg't New York Vol. Engineers, Co. "E.", Captain O.E. Hine., bronze castle insignia design on cover to Napoli, N.Y., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Washington, D.C., Mar 28, '64" cds and circle of wedges duplex, with original enclosure with matching illustrated letterhead datelined "Hazel River, Va., March 27th, 64"; stamp with corner crease and natural s.e. at right, F.-V.F.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
3260
Blue Jay on Apple Tree Branch, skillfully executed design in pen on cover to Marlow, N.H., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by light Washington, D.C. cds, with original 12-page enclosure on three red "Fourteenth New-Hampshire Regiment" regimental design lettersheets, Very Fine, a wonderful hand drawn design.Estimate $500 - 750.
Current Opening Bid: $250
Lot
3261
Capt. Thomas' New Position in the Naval Bureau, blue humorous caricature design with Upham imprint below, on cover to Shannock Mills, R.I., congressional free frank at upper right with "Washington, D.C., Dec 12, 1861" cds, frank not recognized upon arrival with manuscript "Due 3" and "Shannock Mills, R.I., Dec 14" receiving cds, Very Fine, ex-Bischel.Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $400
Lot
3262
"Contraband Barricade", red, white and blue design showing Troops in Battle on cover to New York with "New York Union Envelope" imprint at left, franked with 1861 3¢ rose (large even margins, trivial perf flaws) tied by bold crossroads cancel with no cds, Very Fine, ex-J. Robertson & E. Haub.Estimate $100 - 150.
Current Opening Bid: $50
Lot
3263
Ellsworth - The Star of Liberty, portrait in bannered star design in violet, on cover to Whitehall, N.Y., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Nashville, Ten, Mar 28, '64" cds and target duplex, Very Fine, ex-Bischel.Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
3264
Flag & Verse, design on cover to the Manual Labor School in Baltimore, Md., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Chestertown, Md., Nov 30" cds, with scarce blue Baltimore "1" in circle carrier rate handstamp; cover missing most of backflaps, F.-V.F. appearance.Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $130
Lot
3265
General Prentiss, portrait design on cover to Bedford, Mich., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (65), small flaws, tied by blue "Cumberland, Md., Jan 16" cds, with original enclosure with red Eagle and "One People - One Government" Banner patriotic letter head, datelined Cumberland, Jan 15th, 1862 with interesting content written just after the Battle of Hancock (Jan 5-6)…Jackson with his army of fifteen or twenty thousand men were doing quite a driving business down where we were they drove the federals from the little town of Bath where they were entrenched about one thousand strong drove our forces across the river at Hancock but General Banks was soon there with a part of his division so the rebels did not dare to cross. I cannot tell where Jackson is at present I do not hear of anymore of his depredations. There seems to be quite a movement of troops for this point. I think it is calculated to make this a place from which to send troops where required. There has been some talk of an attack here but I guess it is unfounded for the present at least Our Regt has nearly all come in here from Hancock. Some of the companies lost everything they had even to their knapsacks, some of the officers lost their commissions. In all of the fights our Regt did not get a man hurt but Co. D. lost 8 men taken prisoner & Co. K lost 4. I do not think however that Jackson made much after all he ownes to the loss of between two and three hundred men. He is beginning to learn the mettle of the 39th…It seems that the great expedition has started down the Miss River and I am in hopes something important will take place throughout the army a general movement is looked for and it is thought by many that it will be the decisive blow one way or the other, F.-V.F.Estimate $300 - 400.
The Battle of Hancock was fought during the Confederate Romney Expedition of the American Civil War on January 5 and 6, 1862, near Hancock, Maryland. Major General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate States Army, commanding his own Valley District and Brigadier General William W. Loring's force known as the Confederate Army of the Northwest, began moving against Union Army forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson's men reached the vicinity of Hancock late on January 4 and briefly fired on the town with artillery. Union Brigadier General Frederick W. Lander refused a Confederate request to surrender on January 5, and that day and the next saw exchanges of artillery fire between the two sides. The Confederates burned a bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on January 5, but withdrew on the 7th.
Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
3266
Henry Clay, red portrait design with verse and Mumford & Co. imprint, on cover to Findlay, O., franked with manuscript 1861, 3¢ rose (65) with manuscript "Bacon Creek, Ky., Jan 21, 1862" postmark; stamp with some perf erosion at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce; with 2021 P.F. certificate.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100