Civil War Collection of the late Edgar Ewing - Day 1

John M. Hess Auction Service, Inc.

Date(s) 1/10/2025 - 2/7/2025

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Mr. Ewing retired from teaching history at the Oley Valley School District in Oley, PA and began acquiring the items in his sizable collection of contract muskets and pistols, edged weaponry, books, ephemera, accoutrements, and battlefield relics. The Civil War was his main interest, with the Confederate items holding a special place. Included in the over 900 lots, along with the above-mentioned items, are many CDV’s, photos and tintypes, a large assortment of cast lead soldiers, box, belt and shoulder plates, cartridge boxes, relic cannonballs and minie balls, powder flasks, Confederate currency, and more.

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3 Civil War New England CDV's

Group of Union General Civil War CDV's

4 Union Company Grade Officer Civil War CDV's

Group of 3 Union Civil War CDV's

55th PA Civil War Clothing Account Book

Group of Identified 2nd PA Heavy Artillery Images

6 Civil War CDV's from 3rd PA Heavy Artillery

CDV Officer Allegheny Co. PA 6th Heavy Artillery

Small Group of Pennsylvania Civil War CDV's

2 Ink-Signed Identified CDV's 14th PA Cavalry

Officer CDV Tyson Gettysburg Photographer

Identified CDV Officer 7th & 15th PA Cavalry

2 Identified CDV Images 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Group of Pennsylvania Backmark Civil War CDV's

Ink Signed CDV Co K 1st PA Reserves

Collection of 5th Penna. Reserves Civil War Images

3 Civil War CDV's 12th Pennsylvania Reserves

CDV of James McK Snodgrass 9th Penna. Reserves

Group of Civil War CDV's

7 Images with Ties to the 23rd Pennsylvania

2 CDV Civil War Officer Images 47th Pennsylvania

Signed CDV's of McCord Brothers 49th Pennsylvania

Group of 3 Identified CDV's from the 49th Penna.

Dead Letter Office CDV of Standing Union Private

Collection of 14 Civilian Views of Women

6 CDV's of Unidentified Union Officers

Great View of PA Officer Holding Colt Army Pistol

6 CDV's of Union Soldiers Associated with 51st PA

3 Civil War Military Images, Reading PA

5 Union Civil War CDV's

5 Civil War CDV's from Lancaster Co., PA

Gettysburg Veteran 57th Penna. Civil War CDV

3 Identified CDV's from the 58th Pennsylvania

CDV Images from the 71st, 72nd & 73rd Pennsylvania

Identified 78th Pennsylvania Officer CDV

Group of PA CDV's Including KIA Colonel 84th PA

Collection of 9 CDV's 87th Pennsylvania

CDV of 48th Penna. Schuylkill Co. Union Officers

Seated CDV View Col. Daniel Leasure 100th Penna.

CDV of Col. Henry Cake, 25th & 96th Penna.

Collection of 8 Civil War CDV's 93rd Pennsylvania

CDV Image of Corp. David Alva Barnett 99th Penna.

Identified Civil War CDV's 48th & 53rd Penna.

4 CDV's from the 101st, 103rd & 104th PA Regiments

CDV of Col. Charles Albright, Penna.

2 CDV's of Jonathan T. Rorer, Co I 138th Penna.

CDV of Fife Maj. William Snyder 130th Penna.

Group of 10 PA Civil War CDV's, Some Identified

Small Collection Identified CDV's 195th Penna.

Group of 4 Images of Armed Civil War Soldiers

Identified CDV Colonel Robert Cox 207th Penna.

Lot of 7 Penna. Civil War CDV's, Some Identified

12 Civil War Images, Most with PA Backmarks

Collection of 16 Images of Civil War Officers

Lot of Civil War and Post War Images

Group of Civil War Letters, Albumen Photo & Docs

Sm. Group of Civil War Docs from Various Regiments

Antietam Campaign 63rd/68th/105th Penna. Document

8 Documents from the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

20 Documents from Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments

25 War Date Documents from PA Infantry Regiments

27 Civil War Documents from PA Infantry Regiments

Penna. Documents Including 55th and 93rd Discharge

Archive Belonging to Abraham Lowman, 2nd PA Cav.

Collection of Confederate Georgia Documents

Confederate 38th Georgia Civil War Letter

Confederate Railroad-Related Civil War Documents

1st South Carolina Volunteers Civil War Document

Confederate Quartermaster Civil War Documents

Excellent Confederate Letter Relating to Uniforms

Confederate Doc. Signed by General "Grumble" Jones

2 Confederate Officer's Pay Account Documents

Southern Telegraph Confederate Document

Lot of 8 Confederate Bonds and Checks

Confederate Furlough Doc. for 36th Alabama Soldier

War Date Confederate Letter, South Carolina

Lot of 14 Confederate Documents

Lot of 11 Confederate Documents