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

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Auction Report
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
127 LYNCH, Charles H. (d. 1924)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Civil War Diary 1862-1865 of Charles H. Lynch, 18th Conn. Vol's.

[Hartford, CT] [1915] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
128 MACKALL, William W. (1894-1962)

[CIVIL WAR]. [MACKALL, William Whann (1817-1891), subject]. A Son's Recollections of His Father

New York [1930] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
129 MATHES, J. Harvey (1839-1902)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Old Guard in Gray. Researches in the Annals of the Confederate Historical Association

[Memphis, TN] [1897] USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
130 MAXWELL, James Robert (1844-1930)

[CIVIL WAR]. Autobiography of James Robert Maxwell of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

New York 1926 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
131 DROMGOOLE MOONEY, Mrs. Sue F. (1837-1920)

[CIVIL WAR]. My Moving Tent

Nashville, TN 1903 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
132 MERRILL, Chaplain Samuel H. (1805-1873)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Campaigns of the First Maine and First District of Columbia Cavalry

Portland, ME 1866 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
133 MORGAN, Mrs. Irby

[CIVIL WAR]. How It Was; Four Years Among the Rebels

Nashville, TN 1892 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
134 MORGAN, Marshall

[CIVIL WAR]. The Battle of Franklin

[Franklin, TN] [1931] USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 156.25
135 MOSBY, Col. John S. (1833-1916)

[CIVIL WAR]. Mosby's War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns

New York [1887] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
136 SCOTT, Major John

[CIVIL WAR]. [MOSBY, Col. John S. (1833-1916), subject]. Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby

New York 1867 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
137

[CIVIL WAR]. [MOSBY, Col. John S. (1833-1916), subject]. Pair of Titles Related to Mosby's Rangers...

USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
138 MCMURRAY, W. J., M. D.

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A.

Nashville, TN 1904 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
139 MAYS, Samuel Elias, Jr.

[CIVIL WAR]. Geneaological Notes ... on the ... Family of Mays ... and ... Reminiscences of the War Between the States ... and ... Some References to The Earle Family

[Plant City, FL] [1927] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
140 MCCLELLAN, General George B. (1826-1885)

[CIVIL WAR]. McClellan's Own Story. The War for the Union...

New York 1887 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
141 STEWART, Rev. Nixon B. (1842-1908)

[CIVIL WAR]. [MCCOOK, Col. Daniel (1834-1864), subject]. Dan. McCook's Regiment, 52nd O. V. I. A History of the Regiment, Its Campaigns and Battles. From 1862-1865

[Alliance, OH] 1900 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 218.75
142 MCDONALD, Captain William N. (1834-1898)

[CIVIL WAR]. A History of the Laurel Brigade Originally The Ashby Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia and Chew's Battery...

[Baltimore, MD] 1907 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
143 MCGEE [sic], B. F.

[CIVIL WAR]. History of the 72d Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Mounted Lightning Brigade...

LaFayette, IN 1882 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 437.50
144 MOSGROVE, George Dallas (1845-1907)

[CIVIL WAR]. Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie or The Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman

Louisville, KY 1895 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 562.50
145 MULHOLLAND, Brevet Major-General St. Clair A. (1839-1910)

[CIVIL WAR]. The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion...

[Philadelphia] 1903 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
146 OATES, General William C. (1835-1910)

[CIVIL WAR]. The War Between the Union and the Confederacy and Its Lost Opportunities with a History of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the Forty-Eight Battles in Which it Was Engaged

New York and Washington 1905 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
147

[CIVIL WAR]. Pair of First Edition Regimental Histories...

Boston 1887 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
148

[CIVIL WAR]. Pair of First Edition Regimental Histories...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
149

[CIVIL WAR]. Pair of First Edition Regimental Histories...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
150

[CIVIL WAR]. Pair of First Edition Military Biographies...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
151

[CIVIL WAR]. Pair of Modern Limited First Edition Memoirs...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
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