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IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE OFFICER'S FROCK COAT WITH EXTRAORDINARILY RARE BUTTONS

IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE OFFICER'S FROCK COAT WITH EXTRAORDINARILY RARE BUTTONS

Offered is the uniform coat of 2nd/1st Lieutenant John Calhoun Clemson. This fine frock coat has 20 rare "CS Palmetto Guards" overcoat and cuff buttons (SC17). John Calhoun Clemson was the grandson of… (1268-056). Learn More »

ANTEBELLUM/CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA CAVALRY TROOPER"S JACKET

ANTEBELLUM/CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA CAVALRY TROOPER"S JACKET

This is a really great looking cavalry shell jacket. It was probably made just prior to the war and later modified as the war progressed. This short jacket is made of dark gray wool broadcloth. It is… (1268-365). Learn More »

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LAP WRITING DESK – PRESENTED TO GENERAL BUTLER, 1864 (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

LAP WRITING DESK – PRESENTED TO GENERAL BUTLER, 1864 (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

Perhaps no popular figure of the Civil War is as controversial or contradictory as General Benjamin F. Butler.  One of the political generals to survive well into General Grant’s tenure as overall… (1268-1014). Learn More »

PRESENTATION INSCRIBED FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD AND SCABBARD OF LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN EDWARD EVERETT CLAPP, 155th PENNSYLVANIA: WIA FREDERICKSBURG, COMMANDED CO. F AT GETTYSBURG; KIA SPOTTSYLVANIA

PRESENTATION INSCRIBED FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD AND SCABBARD OF LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN EDWARD EVERETT CLAPP, 155th PENNSYLVANIA: WIA FREDERICKSBURG, COMMANDED CO. F AT GETTYSBURG; KIA SPOTTSYLVANIA

This Schuyler, Hartley and Graham M1850 foot officer’s sword was presented to Lt. Edward Everett Clapp on the evening of August 29, 1862, five days before his company left Pittsburgh with seven…. Learn More »

IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE "TAIT TYPE" JACKET

IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE "TAIT TYPE" JACKET

This is a rare, published, artillery shell jacket made by Peter Tait of Ireland. It was run through the Union Blockade for the Confederacy. We will present this offering in 5 parts: 1) The Tait story.… (1268-552). Learn More »

A CONFEDERATE SURGEON'S GREATCOAT, SASH AND SHIRT

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… (1268-706). Learn More »

MORTON’S BATTERY FLAG OF FORREST’S CAVALRY: EX-GUNTHER COLLECTION, CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, & TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

MORTON’S BATTERY FLAG OF FORREST’S CAVALRY: EX-GUNTHER COLLECTION, CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, & TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

This is one of two wartime Confederate flags flown by Capt. John W. Morton consecutively as guidons for his battery or simultaneously with one likely as the battery flag and the other as a personal or… (1286-621). Learn More »

COLONEL SAMUEL COLT PRESENTATION REVOLVERS OF MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS

COLONEL SAMUEL COLT PRESENTATION REVOLVERS OF MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS

To say the pistols are National Treasures is an understatement. There is probably no more iconic revolver from the American Civil War era than the US Model 1860 Army revolver produced by the famous… (1268-180). Learn More »

CAPTAIN’S FROCK COAT, TROUSERS AND SASH OF FREDERICK SCHUMACHER 6th WISCONSIN; LATER KIA AS MAJOR 21st WISCONSIN AT PERRYVILLE

CAPTAIN’S FROCK COAT, TROUSERS AND SASH OF FREDERICK SCHUMACHER 6th WISCONSIN; LATER KIA AS MAJOR 21st WISCONSIN AT PERRYVILLE

This Union infantry captain’s frock coat, trousers and sash are in excellent condition and were worn by Frederick Schumacher of Milwaukee during his service with the 6th Wisconsin. Born in Denmark… (1268-304). Learn More »

CLOSE TO REGULATION VIRGINIA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S FROCK COAT

CLOSE TO REGULATION VIRGINIA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S FROCK COAT

The coat is made of mid- gray wool, possibly imported from England. It has full-length skirts ending in the typical and desirable raw edge. The sleeves have an 8 1/2-inch billow at the elbow. The dark… (1268-060). Learn More »

M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD OF JULIUS ELLENDORF, 42nd NEW YORK: THE TAMMANY REGIMENT – LIEUTENANT, ADJUTANT, AND CAPTAIN; SAW ACTION AT THE ANGLE DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG!

M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD OF JULIUS ELLENDORF, 42nd NEW YORK: THE TAMMANY REGIMENT – LIEUTENANT, ADJUTANT, AND CAPTAIN; SAW ACTION AT THE ANGLE DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG!

This Model 1850 Foot Officer’s Sword bears an old paper label glued to the scabbard between the upper and middle mounts that is faded, but clearly reads “Sword belonging to/Capt. Julius… (2025-423). Learn More »

MAGNIFICENT SET OF SILVER GAMECOCK HEAD SPURS PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST DELAWARE TO MAJOR GENERAL W.H. FRENCH

MAGNIFICENT SET OF SILVER GAMECOCK HEAD SPURS PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST DELAWARE TO MAJOR GENERAL W.H. FRENCH

Unique in our experience, these impressive silver spurs are cast and chased in the form of a fighting rooster or gamecock. Intricately worked feathers spread back on the sidebars from the neck of each… (1287-08). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE MAJOR CRITTENDEN'S COLONEL'S FROCK COAT

CONFEDERATE MAJOR CRITTENDEN'S COLONEL'S FROCK COAT

This begs an explanation! This Confederate Officer Charles T. Crittenden grew up near Cedar Mountain, Virginia. When the Civil War began, he was elected a Lieutenant in Company B, 13th Virginia this… (1268-1006). Learn More »

A SOUTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S SUPERB FROCK COAT

A SOUTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S SUPERB FROCK COAT

Worn by Robert Chisolm who formed Chisolm's Company, 1st Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters on July 23,1862 after service in the artillery. This unit subsequently became Company A, 1st South… (1268-1006). Learn More »

NON-REGULATION SNARE DRUM WITH STICKS, SLING & PLATE -- ID’D TO 34TH NEW YORK DRUMMER

NON-REGULATION SNARE DRUM WITH STICKS, SLING & PLATE -- ID’D TO 34TH NEW YORK DRUMMER

This is constructed in the standard fashion, with a wood body fastened at the overlapping seam by brass tacks arranged in circular patterns around the vent hole. The maple shell measures 17” in… (1268-165). Learn More »

A LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY CAPTAIN'S FROCK COAT

A LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY CAPTAIN'S FROCK COAT

This is an outstanding example that was until recently in the Fort Worth Texas Civil War Museum.  The coat is double breasted and made of a dark gray wool satinet. There are seven Louisiana state… (1268-557). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR MASSACHUSETTS 1864 PRESENTATION GERMAN SILVER BUGLE

CIVIL WAR MASSACHUSETTS 1864 PRESENTATION GERMAN SILVER BUGLE

This is an untouched Civil War German Silver double-twist bugle with mouthpiece in place, in very good condition, standing 10-3/4” tall with a 4-1/8” diameter bell fitted with a matching floating… (1273-06). Learn More »

RARE PHILADELPHIA RESERVE BRIGADE CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

RARE PHILADELPHIA RESERVE BRIGADE CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

This is a very good example of a very scarce plate. See O’Donnell and Campbell Plate 588 for a parallel example and commentary. This retains a very good edge and detail to the raised design on the… (2025-779). Learn More »

RARE OHIO CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE

RARE OHIO CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE

These cartridge box belt plates were patterned after the US 1826 round eagle breast plates and, like them, are made of stamped rolled brass that is given a lead solder fill to stiffen it and anchor a… (2025-769). Learn More »

RARE YANKEE "PLUG HAT" STRUCK AT ANTIETAM

RARE YANKEE "PLUG HAT" STRUCK AT ANTIETAM

This hat, a rarely seen form of the slouch hat, was in two museums prior to our acquiring it - the Eastern Washington State Historical Society Museum of Spokane, Washington State where it was on… (1268-267). Learn More »


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WELL-WORN CIVIL WAR BROGANS

Officially known as the M1851 Jefferson Bootee, the simple but rugged “brogan” was the standard issue shoe for both US and CS forces during the Civil War. They have a medium rise upper with four eyelets for laces, a square toe, and pegged sole.… (1268-019). Learn More »

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