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THBCivil War Naval CDVs, Including Amputee & USS Hartford
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
With offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver, Cowan’s holds over 40 auctions each year, with annual sales exceeding $16M. We reach buyers around the globe, and take pride in our reputation for integrity, customer service and great results. A full-service house, Cowan’s Auctions specializes in Am...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 4 CDVs, including three views of Richard Dunfy, identified in one of the portraits as "Richard D. Dunphy, Of Admiral Farragut's Flag Ship, HARTFORD, lost his arms by a shell, from the Rebel Ram TENNESSEE, in Mobile Bay, Aug'st. 5th 1864." One view credited to W.S. Pendleton's Photographic Gallery, New York, while the others lack a studio mark. Accompanied by a CDV of the USS Hartford, dated in caption, "Oct. 1st, 1864" and credited on verso to McPherson & Oliver, New Orleans, LA.
Irish native, Richard D. Dunphy was a US Navy coal heaver aboard Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the USS Hartford, during its two hour contest with the Confederate ironclad, Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, AL in August of 1864. Though the Battle of Mobile Bay ended in a Union victory, Dunphy was among the many injured, losing both arms when a shell from the Tennessee exploded below deck. Dunphy's skill and courage in the costly battle was recognized four months later when he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Though nationally recognized, Dunphy still found himself in financial need. Therefore, he and other disabled veterans sold photographs of themselves in order to augment their pensions. In Dunphy's case, a women's organization based out of Connecticut helped sell CDVs featuring Dunphy with his story printed on the back.
Source: Leisenring, Jr., Richard. "Philanthropic Photographs," Military Images, Spring 2018.
CDVS with some discoloration, one with clipped corners.Condition
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