NOTE: Pop 2 in a PSA 8, Top Graded Specimen

Up for bid here is one from a remarkable run of 141 cards courtesy of the American Chicle Company of Louisville, Kentucky to promote its "KIS-ME Chewing Gum" brand, featuring prominent members of the Confederate Army. To be clear, you are bidding just on the card listed but I do have the rest of the set available in separate listings in my ebay store.

Printed just 35 years after the end of the Civil War, these cards have a remarkable history to them and serve as a window into the United States at the time. Each card offered is the highest graded example from PSA with the majority being Pop 1's. There is even one elusive PSA 10! For a 120+ year old issue to survive in such pristine shape, being inserted with gum at the turn of the century is a remarkable feat in and of itself. This set was curated by a dedicated collector, working on this set for many years.  The backs of the scarce and fragile, individual cards—which are rendered on thin, delicate paper—note the respective subjects' names and describe the redemption offer for obtaining an album to store the cards. Each presents beautifully and is like a piece of art.

The set is in the process of being broken up - happy to keep it together if that is the buyer's desire. All perfect, crisp museum-worthy pieces! You will not be disappointed in this set. Each card will be listed as a separate auction, so please do make sure to check out my other items. Also included below, I will include a history on each of the subjects represented on the card. A fun walk through time! Thanks for looking.

GEN CARTER STEVENSON HISTORY:

Stevenson was born to a prominent family in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father and namesake served as the Commonwealth of Virginia's attorney for Fredericksburg. Carter Stevenson was an 1838 graduate of the United States Military Academy, receiving a commission as a brevet second lieutenant in the 5th Infantry Regiment and assigned to garrison duty in Wisconsin. Two years later, he was promoted to first lieutenant and participated in the Second Seminole War in Florida. He married Martha Silvery Griswold at Fredericksburg on June 15, 1842. They had four children, but their first two died in infancy.

Transferred to Texas, Stevenson served on frontier duty until the Mexican-American War. He fought with distinction in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, and participated in several other fights before returning to the United States at posts in Mississippi, Indian Territory, and Texas. He helped explore parts of the proposed Southern route for the Pacific railroad, often skirmishing with Apache Indians.

In 1856–57, Stevenson again was in combat in Florida, this time in the Third Seminole War, fighting in the battles of Big Cypress Swamp and Bowleytown. By now a veteran warrior, Stevenson returned to the West and fought in the Utah War. During his stay in the Utah Territory, Stevenson joined Rocky Mountain Lodge #205 of the Freemasons. He later returned to routine garrison duty on the frontier until 1861.
Civil War

Stevenson, as with many other officers from Virginia stationed in the West, returned home when the state seceded from the Union in early 1861. He rendered his services to the governor and received a commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army. He was soon promoted to colonel and given command of the 53rd Virginia Infantry at the recommendation of Pierre G. T. Beauregard. When openings were created with Beauregard's transfer of several officers to serve with him in the Western Theater, Stevenson was promoted to brigadier general in February 1862. On March 15, he reported to General Benjamin Huger and assigned to guard the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in Virginia. However, this duty was short-lived, as Stevenson was sent to East Tennessee and given command of a division.

When Federals seized the Cumberland Gap, Stevenson, exercising independent command, led a Confederate force that captured the Union garrison at Munfordsville and compelled Gen. George W. Morgan's withdrawal. In July, Stevenson's division helped pursue the Union forces into Kentucky, where he combined his forces in the Department of East Tennessee with Edmund Kirby Smith, serving under Smith during the return trip to the Confederate base at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Recognized again for his leadership ability, he was promoted to major general in October 1862 and led his division at the Battle of Perryville.

In December, Braxton Bragg sent Stevenson with 10,000 men to reinforce John C. Pemberton's force at Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was threatened by a Union army under Ulysses S. Grant. His division bore the brunt of fighting at the Battle of Champion's Hill. The main Federal assault (nearly 25,000 troops) was against Stevenson's line, held by barely 6,500 men. After stubborn resistance, Stevenson finally withdrew when his lines began breaking. When Pemberton's force was defeated at Big Black Bridge, Stevenson (whose men had seen no significant action in the battle) commanded the retreating columns while General Pemberton hastened to Vicksburg to prepare the defenses of the city. During the Siege of Vicksburg, Stevenson commanded the right of the entire Confederate defensive line. When Pemberton surrendered the army on July 4, 1863, Stevenson briefly became a prisoner of war before receiving a parole.

General Stevenson reported to the Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was given command of a division in William J. Hardee's corps, stationed on the right flank guarding Lookout Mountain. He withdrew his troops after the Battle of Lookout Mountain and destroyed the bridges over Chickamauga Creek and other waterways to delay the advance of Joseph Hooker's Union corps. He reinforced the main Confederate battle line on Missionary Ridge just before the Battle of Chattanooga. During the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Stevenson's division was in John Bell Hood's corps and fought in the battles around Atlanta, including Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Peachtree Creek. When General Hood was elevated to command of the army, Stevenson temporarily assumed command of Hood's Corps.

During the Tennessee Campaign, Stevenson commanded a division in Stephen D. Lee's corps in the center of the line at the Battle of Nashville. When Lee was wounded, he took charge of organizing and leading the retreat. His division had suffered enormous casualties and had been unable to recruit significant numbers of replacements. Down to approximately 2,600 men, the depleted division participated in the Carolinas Campaign against William T. Sherman, including the Battle of Bentonville. For the second time in the war, Stevenson surrendered to the Federals when Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army in April 1865 to Sherman. Stevenson again was paroled and sent home.
Postbellum activities

After the war, he was occupied as a civil and mining engineer until his death in Caroline County, Virginia. He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg.

In 1914, Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson was commemorated with a marble bust at the Vicksburg National Military Park.

I am presently breaking up a collection of Kahn's cards ranging from 1961-1963, all are black and white issues. Due to their oversized nature I will ship all cards via bubble mailer, secured in oversized top loaders. Thanks for looking. 

I have over 25,000 Chipper Jones cards in inventory with tons of rarities, game used, and autographed cards. I specialize in 1990's inserts.Just let me know if there is anything that you are looking for. Best of luck with your Chipper collection and go Braves!

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