Lot of 4, including 3 Manassas Battle maps owned by Colonel Harper along with his personal copy of Battle of Young's Branch or Manassas Plain, by T.B. Warder & Jas. M. Catlett. Richmond, VA: Enquirer Book and Job Press, Tyler, Wise, Allegre and Smith, 1862. This rare Confederate imprint was published with two fold-out maps. Rarely are the maps ever seen as they would deteriorate from being folded, etc. Colonel Harper had both of these maps preserved in his archive and the larger of the two, titled Battle Field of Young's Branch or Manassa Plains. Battle fought July 21, 1861, measuring 19 x 21.25 in., includes annotations in Harper's hand in over 15 locations. The second map, titled Map of the country occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861, measures 11.25 x 15.25 in. These two maps present tremendous visual impact for display. The third map, Seat of War, Manassas and its Vicinity, 11 x 11.5 in., is printed on blue paper and was originally issued by the Richmond Enquirer. Each map has been de-acidified and conserved. Besides writing his name on the front of Battle of Young's Branch, Harper made some comments in the back about the success in taking Rickett's Battery: Col. Harper's Regt. drove the enemy from Ricketts' Battery, (six rifled pieces) and took the Captain prisoner, wounded and had him removed to the house which had been occupied by our General headquarters. (The Lewis home) Capt. Ricketts was an acquaintance of both the Colonel (Harman) and Lt. Col. in the Mexican War. And their competition was mutual on the field. There has been some controversy as to the Regt. which took the battery, first but it had been taken and recaptured several times before, and in the final struggle this Regt. had nine men shot down at the guns, and the lines were so close that one of the men killed his antagonist with a shot after the fight. The Regt. camped in pursuit of the enemy near the Stone Bridge. This work in the capturing of the Ricketts Battery by Capt. J.F. Preston's Regt. which Gen. Beauregard attributed to Colonel Withers. The latter I understand formally disclaimed it. His Regt. was not within a quarter mile of that engagement and Col. Bartow arrived up with about fifty guns of his command, from my left as my men were down in the grass. Condition: Each map has been de-acidified and conserved.
Lot of 4, including 3 Manassas Battle maps owned by Colonel Harper along with his personal copy of Battle of Young's Branch or Manassas Plain, by T.B. Warder & Jas. M. Catlett. Richmond, VA: Enquirer Book and Job Press, Tyler, Wise, Allegre and Smith, 1862. This rare Confederate imprint was published with two fold-out maps. Rarely are the maps ever seen as they would deteriorate from being folded, etc. Colonel Harper had both of these maps preserved in his archive and the larger of the two, titled Battle Field of Young's Branch or Manassa Plains. Battle fought July 21, 1861, measuring 19 x 21.25 in., includes annotations in Harper's hand in over 15 locations. The second map, titled Map of the country occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861, measures 11.25 x 15.25 in. These two maps present tremendous visual impact for display. The third map, Seat of War, Manassas and its Vicinity, 11 x 11.5 in., is printed on blue paper and was originally issued by the Richmond Enquirer. Each map has been de-acidified and conserved. Besides writing his name on the front of Battle of Young's Branch, Harper made some comments in the back about the success in taking Rickett's Battery: Col. Harper's Regt. drove the enemy from Ricketts' Battery, (six rifled pieces) and took the Captain prisoner, wounded and had him removed to the house which had been occupied by our General headquarters. (The Lewis home) Capt. Ricketts was an acquaintance of both the Colonel (Harman) and Lt. Col. in the Mexican War. And their competition was mutual on the field. There has been some controversy as to the Regt. which took the battery, first but it had been taken and recaptured several times before, and in the final struggle this Regt. had nine men shot down at the guns, and the lines were so close that one of the men killed his antagonist with a shot after the fight. The Regt. camped in pursuit of the enemy near the Stone Bridge. This work in the capturing of the Ricketts Battery by Capt. J.F. Preston's Regt. which Gen. Beauregard attributed to Colonel Withers. The latter I understand formally disclaimed it. His Regt. was not within a quarter mile of that engagement and Col. Bartow arrived up with about fifty guns of his command, from my left as my men were down in the grass. Condition: Each map has been de-acidified and conserved.
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