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CONFEDERATE .36 CALIBER COLT REVOLVER BULLET – 3RD PATTERN, RICHMOND LABORATORY

CONFEDERATE .36 CALIBER COLT REVOLVER BULLET – 3RD PATTERN, RICHMOND LABORATORY

.36 caliber bullet for Colt and other “Navy” revolvers. This is the later-war, enlarged, 3rd pattern bullet made at the Richmond Laboratory. This bullet has a more-bulbous nose, solid base and one… (2022-2506). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS –GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS –GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

These are .58 caliber, two-groove, Gardner patent bullets. This is the regulation bullet for the .58 rifle muskets used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The bullets feature a good white patina… (1163-45). Learn More »

WONDERFUL WAR LOG FROM FREDERICKSBURG CONTAINING THREE BULLETS & AN IMPACT FROM A FOURTH

WONDERFUL WAR LOG FROM FREDERICKSBURG CONTAINING THREE BULLETS & AN IMPACT FROM A FOURTH

This hefty chunk of wood measures just under 3 ½ feet long by approx. 7.00 inches thick. The bark is gone and the wood has a gnarled appearance but is strong. Cut into the wood in four places are… (2022-2451). Learn More »

FIRED .52 CAL. SPENCER BULLET RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

FIRED .52 CAL. SPENCER BULLET RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17340). Learn More »

MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

These plates, measuring 56 X 87mm, followed the standard U.S. 1839 version, but with VMM stamped in the rolled brass indicating Volunteer Militia of Maine. These were paired on equipment with the… (1184-148). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR NCO ROUND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE

CIVIL WAR NCO ROUND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE

These plates were introduced in 1826 for use on the bayonet shoulder belt. When the bayonet was switched to wear on the waistbelt in the early 1840s these plates with hooks were relegated to use on… (1184-136). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

These are .58 caliber, two-groove, Gardner patent bullets. This is the regulation bullet for the .58 rifle muskets used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The bullets feature a good white patina… (1163-85). Learn More »

EARLY RELIC FIRE STRIKERS (A.K.A. STRIKE-A-LIGHTS)

EARLY RELIC FIRE STRIKERS (A.K.A. STRIKE-A-LIGHTS)

Offered here are a variety of steel fire strikers; the “steel” part of “flint and steel.” A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge… (160-93). Learn More »

FIRED .577 ENFIELD BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

FIRED .577 ENFIELD BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17332). Learn More »

DROPPED .54 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

DROPPED .54 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17331). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

DROPPED .58 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17327). Learn More »

US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION (YORK SPRINGS, PA)

US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION (YORK SPRINGS, PA)

This Federal shoulder belt plate is of the regulation 1826 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a clear eagle in the center. Face has a… (2022-1849). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI STYLE CAVALRY SPUR

CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI STYLE CAVALRY SPUR

This Confederate spur uses oval, slotted strap plates, and somewhat crudely cast convex side bars that extend smoothly into the goose-neck style neck with rounded tip and flat sides at the rowel box.… (1184-160). Learn More »

MAINE VOLUNTEER “VMM” BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VA

MAINE VOLUNTEER “VMM” BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VA

O’Donnell and Campbell date the purchase of these plates by the state of Maine between 1855 and 1861 for the Volunteer Militia of Maine, organized in 1851, and which furnished ten regiments of… (1184-144). Learn More »

PIECE OF WORLD WAR ONE SHRAPNEL MADE INTO A LETTER OPENER

PIECE OF WORLD WAR ONE SHRAPNEL MADE INTO A LETTER OPENER

Item was originally a jagged piece of shrapnel approx. 9.50 inches long. Someone fashioned the last 6.00 inches into a scimitar shaped blade for letter opening use while leaving the handle in its… (490-3826). Learn More »

RELIC WORLD WAR ONE BRITISH SMLE WIRE CUTTER HEAD

RELIC WORLD WAR ONE BRITISH SMLE WIRE CUTTER HEAD

During World War One the ubiquitous wire cutters played an important role in trench raids and assaults. Leading elements would use these cutters to penetrate the enemies wire entanglements and clear a… (490-3926). Learn More »

RELIC – BIG BROKEN BRASS SPUR FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

RELIC – BIG BROKEN BRASS SPUR FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

This is about half of an excavated spur…very large and heavy western-style spur. This piece consists of one are and the neck/rowel. The other arm is broken off and missing. Measures approximately… (1184-389). Learn More »

FIELD-MADE COPY OF STAR AND CRESCENT CAPE PIN

FIELD-MADE COPY OF STAR AND CRESCENT CAPE PIN

This is an excavated relic from a camp near Orange, Virginia. Using a brass star and crescent cape pin, some creative or bored soldier made this piece. Creating a mold by pressing the original cape… (1184-288). Learn More »

DUG BRASS BULLET MOLD”

DUG BRASS BULLET MOLD

This is a very nice brass bullet mold. In “dug” condition, the brass has an even green patina. Measures 4” long overall. The mold is stuck partially opened. It has two cavities; casting two .31… (1184-337). Learn More »

RELIC ISAAC & CAMPBELL KNAPSACK HOOK

RELIC ISAAC & CAMPBELL KNAPSACK HOOK

This is an excavated Confederate knapsack buckle from an imported knapsack manufactured by S. Isaac Campbell & Company in London. This company supplied numerous articles of war to the… (1184-304). Learn More »


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HALF-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF C.S. MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR AND C.S. COLONEL FRANK KINCLOCH HUGER AS WEST POINT CADETS BY JAMES EARLE McCLEES, PHILADELPHIA

This important half-plate daguerreotype comes from the collection of the late Bill Turner and shows future Confederate Major General Stephen Ramseur on the left and future Confederate artillery Colonel Frank Huger, son of CS General Benjamin Huger on… (1138-1780). Learn More »

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