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Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023

Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 1033

Hand Drawn Civil War Map, Manassas, Battle of Bull Run

Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

period hand drawn map of first Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, highly detailed in ink, with legend showing "cannon, woods, trenches, roads, r. roads", also illustrated locations for "S.C. N.C. Reg", "dead horses", "hospital", "first man killed", advancement of the "yankee camp", location of dead German-American Union soldiers so labeled "dead Hessians", map and notations reputedly by the hand of Confederate Dr. Joseph Hill present at battle, sight 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.

 

Provenance: descended in family; on exhibit at South Carolina State Museum 1969-1994; Private Spartanburg Collection

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Condition

light foxing, toning, some thin areas and minor losses at fold intersections, not examined out of frame