August 18 & 19, 2020 Edged Weapons, Armor, & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/18/2020
This lot consists of about a dozen printed and manuscript copies of pro-southern poems and songs with a focus on Maryland. These come from the effects of David E. Pendleton, a Baltimore native who, like many, made his way across the border to enlist and serve in a Virginia unit. Pendleton was born in Maryland in 1844 and mustered into Co. A of the 7th Virginia Cavalry at Berryville, Va. on 11/1/62. The regiment was extremely active in the Department and the Army of Northern Virginia, serving in the Valley District in 1862 and 1864. CWData lists an astounding 620 points at which it was engaged with some loss including large engagements like Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, Upperville, Fairfield, and Gettysburg, and serving under famous leaders like Rosser, Hampton, and Fitz Lee. The collection includes a penny ballad titled "The Baltimore Rebel Song: 1776 versus 1861" and an 1861 newspaper poem titled "The Charge of the Night Brigade," which is a satirical account of the brave arrest of Baltimore Marshal Lane by a rather large Union force at night. There are also manuscript copies of poems such as: "Dixie Southrons, Hear Your Country Call You" by Albert Pike; "God Save the South;" "The Flag," by "a lady of South Carolina;" Rebel Poetry: Harpers Ferry to Baltimore;" and "Maryland Zouaves Own." Many of the manuscript copies bear wartime dates and locations indicating they are personal copies transcribed from papers or other surreptitiously circulated manuscript copies. Pendleton was reportedly captured, "While charging his horse over the breastworks" at Reams Station 8/25/64. He was exchanged in February 1865, paroled after the surrender, and returned to Baltimore. He belonged to The Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland and in the 1880 census seems to be married with a wife and daughter and running a millinery shop. His name may be wrongly transcribed in the 1860 census as Daniel, in which cases he may be the son of wealthy Baltimore merchant and Virginia native Philip Pendleton. CONDITION: Very Good. Ex-Hazard Collection. SR
Item Dimensions: Book: 11 - 1/2" x 9 - 1/2".