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Three CDVs, New York BBGs: John Tidball, Thomas Thorp, James Lyman Van Buren
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Three CDVs, New York BBGs: John Tidball, Thomas Thorp, James Lyman Van Buren
4/30/2014 - Firearms and Militaria: Live Salesroom Auction
Lot of 3: Sutton & Newman carte of of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Thorp alongside his wife, Capt., 85th NY Inf.; Col., 1st NY Dragoons; POW Trevillian Station, VA 6/64 (confined at Macon, GA and Columbia, SC); received single brevet. H.W. Vaughan carte of Bvt. Brig. Gen. John Tidball, signed on verso with 1866 date, Lt. Col., US Army 1st Light Artillery; Col., 4th New York Heavy Artillery; received 3 brevets. CDV of Bvt. Brig. Gen. James Lyman Van Buren, by Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, Philadelphia, Maj., Judge Advocate, & Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Burnside; Signal Officer for Gen. Foster; cousin of US Pres. Martin Van Buren; received single brevet.
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