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DUG CIVIL WAR ID DISK FOR 12TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES (41st PENNSYLVANIA) SOLDIER

DUG CIVIL WAR ID DISK FOR 12TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES (41st PENNSYLVANIA) SOLDIER

Front of the tag has a bust of General McClellan surrounded by “MAJOR GENERAL GEO. B. MCCLELLAN / WAR OF 1861.” Face is dark with gilt remaining in the low areas. Reverse is stamped “DANIEL… (1000-1836). Learn More »

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BOOK – CIVIL WAR RELICS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

BOOK – CIVIL WAR RELICS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

Limited Edition, Numbered and Signed. Hardcover by Celeste and David Topper. Black covers with title on front cover and spine, 8.5” x 11”, 201 pages, inscribed to William Turner. Number 123 of… (1266-1058). Learn More »

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE OR DRESS COAT FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE OR DRESS COAT FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This is a piece from the lapel of a US Army jacket showing part of the blue outer fabric, the lining and the remains of five corroded brass buttons. From the size and spacing of the buttons this is… (1052-608). Learn More »

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

The army had vast stocks of Civil War material left over at the end of the war. These supplies, along with the reduction of the postwar army meant U.S. troops were getting Civil War gear well into the… (1052-617). Learn More »

SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

SCARCE INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-620). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, NDA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-619). Learn More »

SPRINGFIELD 1838 DATED M1816 PERCUSSION CONVERSION MUSKET FROM THE YORK SPRINGS, PA., G.A.R. POST, WITH MILITARY RACK MARKINGS

SPRINGFIELD 1838 DATED M1816 PERCUSSION CONVERSION MUSKET FROM THE YORK SPRINGS, PA., G.A.R. POST, WITH MILITARY RACK MARKINGS

A good example of a classic early Civil War musket: a Model 1816 converted from flintlock to percussion in the early 1850s to bring it up to par with the new, percussion M1842 muskets. These are .69… (1202-429). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR UNIFORM LAPEL FROM FORT PEMBINA

This strip of cloth showing three buttonholes (and what seems to be part of a fourth) is the remnant of an army dress coat discarded after its useful days were done at Fort Pembina, a small frontier… (1052-610). Learn More »

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN PIECE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

INDIAN WAR SOLDIER’S MITTEN PIECE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, occupied 1870-1895, where cold weather in winter months might well be a concern. The army began issuing mittens in 1873. Before that men were left to… (1052-621). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR FORAGE CAP VISOR

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR FORAGE CAP VISOR

This is a well preserved leather visor from a forage cap recovered at Fort Pembina, ND, where it was preserved in remarkable condition by wet, anaerobic soil conditions. This is typical of the simple… (1052-485). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR FORAGE CAP VISOR

CIVIL WAR-INDIAN WAR FORAGE CAP VISOR

This is a well preserved leather visor from a forage cap recovered at Fort Pembina, ND, where it was preserved in remarkable condition by wet, anaerobic soil conditions. This is typical of the simple… (1052-482). Learn More »

RELIC US CIVIL WAR CANTEEN: FROM YORK SPRINGS, PA, GAR POST #9

RELIC US CIVIL WAR CANTEEN: FROM YORK SPRINGS, PA, GAR POST #9

This regulation, smooth-sided canteen came from the York Springs G.A.R. post, is pretty clearly an early battlefield pick-up, and may well have a Gettysburg origin. It is untagged, however, with the… (2023-2674). Learn More »

U.S. 3” SCHENKL PERCUSSION SHELL – EAST CAVALRY FIELD, GETTYSBURG - GEISELMAN COLLECTION

U.S. 3” SCHENKL PERCUSSION SHELL – EAST CAVALRY FIELD, GETTYSBURG - GEISELMAN COLLECTION

This Federal, intact 3” Schenkl percussion shell specimen is a wonderful artillery relic recovered from East Cavalry Field sometime after the Battle of Gettysburg. The percussion shell measures 9”… (2024-2389). Learn More »

RELIC -- US NAVAL WATERCAP FUSE WITH BUSHING, DATED 1864

RELIC -- US NAVAL WATERCAP FUSE WITH BUSHING, DATED 1864

Excavated naval watercap fuse dated 1864 and in good condition. This fuse is made of brass with flange on top, with threaded portion and tapered body. A brass bushing is on this fuse to fit into… (2024-2327). Learn More »

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER

EXCAVATED CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER

If they gave out awards for crudely made cavalry sabers, this one would be in the running. The guard is simple flat iron, curving in a broad semicircle, with a simple hole in one end through which the… (490-6746). Learn More »

ROUND EAGLE CARTRIDGE BOX SHOULDER BELT PLATE FROM 18th CORPS LINES, COLD HARBOR, EX-KERKSIS

ROUND EAGLE CARTRIDGE BOX SHOULDER BELT PLATE FROM 18th CORPS LINES, COLD HARBOR, EX-KERKSIS

This regulation belt plate for the cartridge box sling was in the collection of Syd Kerksis, well-known and respected early collector and author. It comes with his annotated envelope indicating he… (766-2044). Learn More »

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WOODWARD GETTYSBURG LAMP USING A CONFEDERATE 12-POUND SIDE-LOADING SPHERICAL CASE SHOT

WOODWARD GETTYSBURG LAMP USING A CONFEDERATE 12-POUND SIDE-LOADING SPHERICAL CASE SHOT

Local gunsmith Edward Woodward turned his talents to the relic business not long after the battle, selling relics picked up here to veterans and visitors as early as 1865, and is particularly known… (490-6965). Learn More »

SPEARHEAD FROM A BROKEN LANCE

SPEARHEAD FROM A BROKEN LANCE

This is the spearhead section only from a broken lance. The piece meas. approx. 38.50 inches long overall. The iron point of the spearhead itself is double edged with a raised ridge on each side… (490-3235). Learn More »

RELIC US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE

RELIC US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE

This Federal belt plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a very clear “US”. Face has an even brown… (1256-102). Learn More »

RELIC, HAND-MADE UNION 8TH ARMY CORPS BADGE

RELIC, HAND-MADE UNION 8TH ARMY CORPS BADGE

Six-pointed star carved from a flat piece of white metal, likely pewter. In fine, “dug” condition with light oxidation on points and edges. Measures approximately 1.25” across points. Unknown… (490-6757). Learn More »


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A CONFEDERATE SURGEON'S GREATCOAT, SASH AND SHIRT

Dr. J. P. Rasser was contracted by the Confederacy and among his duties in Georgia was the examination of Conscripts for the Army. THE OVERCOAT or army great coat is certainly "Homespun" that is a woven woolen fabric originally made from homespun… (1268-706). Learn More »

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