This collection consists of manuscript and other paper items collected by Rosanna A. Blake. Included are letters, diaries, correspondence, unit rosters, Confederate imprint forms and currency, 1860-1865. Also included are 3D items including firearms, edged weapons, tin soldiers, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, and Southern periodicals relating to the Civil War. Notably, the collection includes 3 original Robert E. Lee letters, 1 Jefferson Davis letter, and 2 general orders dictated by Lee. The O'Brien sub-collection contains Civil War pamphlets and booklets, over 300 monographs and books, photos, CDV's, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, ambrotypes and tintypes, one original Robert E. Lee letter, original Civil War sketches and etchings, and other 3D items. Most materials are Confederate related.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000.
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. James Patton Anderson, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. James Patton Anderson, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Jeremy F. Gilmer, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Jeremy F. Gilmer, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. John Bankhead Magruder, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. John Bankhead Magruder, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. John Pegram, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. John Pegram, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Mansfield Lovell, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Mansfield Lovell, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Matthew W. Ransom, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Matthew W. Ransom, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Simon Boliva Buckner, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Stephen Dill Lee, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Stephen Dill Lee, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. William H. C. Whiting, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting, b&w
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Etching of Confederate Gen. William Thompson Martin, ca. 1890
Charles B. Hall
Etching of Confederate Gen. William Thompson Martin, b&w
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Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson
"Stonewall Jackson and His Boyhood Home," color lithograph Caption reads: The above is a true picture of Stonewall Jackson and his boyhood home. Note attached states it was made in 1889 by a three-color photomechanical process.
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Print of "Kearsarge sinking the Alabama, June 19, 1864." Print of "Kearsarge sinking the Alabama, June 19, 1864."
Print of "Kearsarge sinking the Alabama, June 19, 1864." Crewmen of an 11-inch gun on the Kearsarge cheering at the sinking of the CSS Alabama.
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Cigarette favor-images of Pres. Grover Cleveland & Mrs. Cleveland.
Cigarette favor with images of Pres. Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland, printed on silk, in cardboard frame, ca. 1886-1897, by Allen & Ginter's Cigarettes. This was printed by Allen & Ginter's Cigarette Co., which also printed baseball cards. The images are printed on silk and are probably made just following their wedding in 1886.
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Shell Bursting on the Deck of the Alabama
Original painting of "Shell Bursting on the Deck of the Alabama," by Michael J. Burns, painting on board.. Artist: Michael J. Burns See appraisal info for auction and apprailal numbers. This was first published in "Century Magazine," Vol XXXI, No. 6, April, 1886.
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Speech by Isaac R. Trimble at annual meeting of West Point graduates, 1884.
Speech by Isaac R. Trimble at annual meeting of West Point graduates, 1884. After the War, and equipped with an artificial leg, Trimble resumed his engineering work. He resided in Baltimore, where he died January 2, 1888. He is one of five Confederate generals, buried in that city's Green Mount Cemetery. Trimble was a graduate of West Point.
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"Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #20: "Albert S. Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Battle in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #4: "Battle in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861," from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
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"Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip"
Adalbert Johann Volck
Etching #23: "Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip" from Volck's "Confederate War Etchings" folio. From the 1863 copper plates. "The Work of Adalbert Johann Volck 1828-1912," by George McCullough Anderson.
