Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

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Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 WILSON, Joseph T. (1837-1891)

[CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65

 Hartford, CT 1888 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
53 AVIRETT, James B. (1835-1912)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Memoirs of General Turner Ashby and His Compeers

 Baltimore 1867 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
54 BANKS, R. W. (1843-1919)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Battle of Franklin November 30, 1864

 New York and Washington 1908 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
55 BARNES, Surgeon -- General Joseph K. (1817-1883)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion

 Washington 1870-1888 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
56 BARNHILL, Sr., Floyd R. and COLLIER, Major Calvin L.

[CIVIL WAR]. The Fighting Fifth

 Jonesboro, AK [1990] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
57 BARNARD, Major J. G. (1815-1882)

[CIVIL WAR]. The C. S. A. and the Battle of Bull Run

 New York 1862 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
58 BARTLETT, Napier (1836-1877)

[CIVIL WAR]. Military Record of Louisiana

 New Orleans, LA 1875 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,062.50
59 BARTLETT, Napier (1836-1877)

[CIVIL WAR]. Military Record of Louisiana

 New Orleans, LA 1875 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 2,375.00
60 ROMAN, Alfred (1824-1892)

[CIVIL WAR]. [BEAUREGARD, General P. G. T. (1818-1893), subject]. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States 1861 to 1865...

 New York [1883] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
61 BEERS, Mrs. Fannie A. (1832-1894)

[CIVIL WAR]. BEERS, Mrs. Fannie A. (1832-1894). Memories

 Philadelphia, PA 1888 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 312.50
62 BIRD, Hiram Thornton (1846-1926)

[CIVIL WAR]. Memories of the Civil War

 [N.p.] [ca. 1925] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
63 BLACKFORD, Charles M., Jr. (1865-1924)

[CIVIL WAR]. Annals of the Lynchburg Home Guard

 Lynchburg, VA 1891 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
64 [BOOTH, Andrew B., compiler]

[CIVIL WAR]. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands

 New Orleans, LA 1920 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
65 LOSSING, Benson J. (1813-1891)

[CIVIL WAR]. [BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer]. A History of the Civil War 1861-65 and the Causes That Led Up to the Great Conflict...

 New York 1912 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
66

[CIVIL WAR]. [BRAGG, General Braxton (1817-1876), subject]. Pair of First Editions About Bragg...

 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
67 BRITTON, Wiley (1842-1930)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Civil War on the Border. A Narrative of Operations in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory During the Years 1861-62...

 New York 1891 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 218.75
68 [SANBORN, F. B. (1831-1917), editor]

[CIVIL WAR]. [BROWN, John (1800-1859), subject]. The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia

 Boston 1885 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 218.75
69 BROWN, J. Willard

[CIVIL WAR]. The Signal Corps, U. S. A. in the War of the Rebellion

 Boston 1896 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
70 BRYANT, Edwin E. (1835-1903)

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865

 Madison, WI 1891 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
71 CALDWELL, J. F. J. (1837-1925)

[CIVIL WAR]. The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade"

 Philadelphia 1866 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,187.50
72 CAMMACK, Private John Henry (1843-1920)

[CIVIL WAR]. Personal Recollections of Private John Henry Cammack

 Huntington, WV [n.d.] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,187.50
73 CAPERS, Rev. Walter B

[CIVIL WAR]. [CAPERS, General (later Bishop) Ellison (1837-1908), subject]. The Soldier-Bishop Ellison Capers (2 Copies)

 New York 1912 USD 350.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
74 CHAMBERLAIN, Brevet Major-General Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)

[CIVL WAR]. The Passing of the Armies. An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps

 New York and London 1915 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,250.00
75 [CHILTON, F. B., compiler and publisher]

[CIVIL WAR]. Unveiling and Dedication of Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade on the Capitol Grounds at Austin, Texas...

 Houston, TX 1911 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
76 CLARK, Captain Charles T. (1845-1912)

[CIVIL WAR]. Opdycke Tigers 125th O. V. I. A History of the Regiment and of the Campaigns and Battles of the Army of the Cumberland

 Columbus, OH 1895 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
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