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CHEST-UP VIEW OF A ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY SOLDIER

CHEST-UP VIEW OF A ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY SOLDIER

CDV is a vignette view identified on the reverse as William Kean. He is posed looking directly into the camera. He wears a medium-colored shell jacket buttoned only at the collar. Clarity is good but… (1138-1019). Learn More »

CDV OF CONFEDERATE ARTILLERYMAN OTHO G. KEAN BY REES

CDV OF CONFEDERATE ARTILLERYMAN OTHO G. KEAN BY REES

Photo is a chest-up view of Kean in a dark shell jacket with large flat buttons that could be either wood or bone. Contrast and clarity are good. Paper has some light staining in the lower left… (1138-1018). Learn More »

BUST VIEW CDV OF CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN

BUST VIEW CDV OF CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN

Image shows a bearded officer identified as Captain Henry Robinson of Staunton, Virginia. The subject wears a light-colored double-breasted frockcoat with a dark collar bearing the three horizontal… (1138-1010). Learn More »

LEATHER HOLSTER WITH VERBAL ID TO 17TH & 56TH NORTH CAROLINA CAPTAIN

LEATHER HOLSTER WITH VERBAL ID TO 17TH & 56TH NORTH CAROLINA CAPTAIN

Small black leather holster made for a small model pistol like a Colt pocket or Bacon revolver. Leather is very thin but in good supple condition. Outer flap has a 5.00 inch long strap sewn to the… (1179-533). Learn More »

PRESENTATION AMES M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD WITH SCARCE ENGRAVED GILT BRASS FACTORY SCABBARD -  CAPT. N. H. KEMP, 6TH & 1ST MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA

PRESENTATION AMES M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD WITH SCARCE ENGRAVED GILT BRASS FACTORY SCABBARD - CAPT. N. H. KEMP, 6TH & 1ST MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA

This Model 1850 foot officer’s is nicely etched by Ames on the blade ricasso and also stamped by the company on the reverse of the gilt brass scabbard near the throat showing the scabbard was not… (870-645). Learn More »

WAIST-UP CDV OF MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT GENERAL DANIEL “DAN” BUTTERFIELD ALSO UNION ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF AT GETTYSBURG

WAIST-UP CDV OF MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT GENERAL DANIEL “DAN” BUTTERFIELD ALSO UNION ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF AT GETTYSBURG

Image shows Butterfield in a slight left profile wearing the uniform of a major general. Contrast and clarity are excellent. Paper and mount are also very good. Reverse has photographer’s imprint… (410-838). Learn More »

BUST VIEW OF THE VICTOR OF GETTYSBURG-MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE

BUST VIEW OF THE VICTOR OF GETTYSBURG-MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE

View shows Meade wearing a dark double-breasted frock coat with black felt collar and brigadier general’s shoulder straps. Image has very good contrast and clarity. Mount and paper have light… (410-837). Learn More »

BUST VIEW OF THE COMMANDER OF THE UNION ARMIES AT GETTYSBURG-MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE

BUST VIEW OF THE COMMANDER OF THE UNION ARMIES AT GETTYSBURG-MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE

View shows Meade in left profile wearing a dark double-breasted frock coat with black felt collar and major general’s shoulder straps. Image has very good contrast and clarity. Bottom has period ink… (410-836). Learn More »

FULL STANDING VIEW OF CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIRKLAND

FULL STANDING VIEW OF CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIRKLAND

CDV shows Kirkland posed leaning on his walking stick in front of a painted backdrop of a pastoral scene with a full balustrade behind him. He wears a dark forage cap with braid around the base and up… (1189-101). Learn More »

US CIVIL WAR 1862 FIELD MANUAL WITH PRESENTATION FROM GENERAL ROBERT COWDIN

US CIVIL WAR 1862 FIELD MANUAL WITH PRESENTATION FROM GENERAL ROBERT COWDIN

Book is titled “THE FIELD MANUAL OF EVOLUTIONS OF THE LINE, ARRANGED IN A TABULAR FORM, FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS OF THE U.S. INFANTRY: BEING A SEQUAL TO THE AUTHORIZED U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS.… (1179-685). Learn More »

BEAUTIFUL GOLD AND BLUE ENAMEL WARTIME CORPS BADGE OF LT. WILLIAM STORMENT 36th NEW YORK; LATER DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AS A SERGEANT IN THE 22ND NY CAVALRY

BEAUTIFUL GOLD AND BLUE ENAMEL WARTIME CORPS BADGE OF LT. WILLIAM STORMENT 36th NEW YORK; LATER DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AS A SERGEANT IN THE 22ND NY CAVALRY

This beautiful badge is gold, circular, hollow backed, mounted with a T-bar pin and catch, inlaid in the front with a Greek Cross in blue enamel, the symbol of the 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps,… (480-344). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED FIRST LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY SMITH PATENT SHOULDER STRAPS: MARION COUNTY REGIMENT INDIANA LEGION AND 104th INDIANA “MINUTE MEN”

IDENTIFIED FIRST LIEUTENANT OF INFANTRY SMITH PATENT SHOULDER STRAPS: MARION COUNTY REGIMENT INDIANA LEGION AND 104th INDIANA “MINUTE MEN”

These infantry 1st Lieutenant shoulder straps are the Smith patent, using thin stamped gilt brass in imitation of bullion embroidery for the borders and the rank bars, which are attached to a light… (480-335). Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER DIARY GROUPING - PRIVATE DAVID C. THOMPSON, COMPANY “C”, NEW YORK 1ST LIGHT ARTILLERY [GETTYSBURG UNIT] / CO “A”, 101ST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY

UNION SOLDIER DIARY GROUPING - PRIVATE DAVID C. THOMPSON, COMPANY “C”, NEW YORK 1ST LIGHT ARTILLERY [GETTYSBURG UNIT] / CO “A”, 101ST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY

Consists of three standard-size pocket diaries—dated 1861, 1862, 1863—detailing Thompson’s service activities, entries running from 10/4/1861 to 12/4/1863. Inscription front eps, 1863 diary—in… (2023-2639). Learn More »

GERMAN SILVER BUGLE AND DISCHARGE OF BEVERLY W. MUSSELMAN, COMPANY MUSICIAN AND PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN: 13th PA Militia, 178th PA, 210th PA. MENTIONED IN A 1915 COUNTY HISTORY

GERMAN SILVER BUGLE AND DISCHARGE OF BEVERLY W. MUSSELMAN, COMPANY MUSICIAN AND PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN: 13th PA Militia, 178th PA, 210th PA. MENTIONED IN A 1915 COUNTY HISTORY

This German silver bugle is made with a double-coil tube fitted with ferrules joining the sections and has a bell garland. It matches very closely a horn made by Joerdans of NY, illustrated as Figure… (2023-2833). Learn More »

1847 PRESENTATION SWORD – CAPT. RICHARD LILY, 1ST BALTIMORE SHARPSHOOTERS

1847 PRESENTATION SWORD – CAPT. RICHARD LILY, 1ST BALTIMORE SHARPSHOOTERS

A striking, published example of an 1840 militia officer’s sword presented to Captain Richard Lilly of the “First Baltimore Sharp Shooters" in 1847. Excitingly, a period newspaper describes the… (846-550). Learn More »

1839 AMES PRESENTATION MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD OF CAPT. JOHN C. HELME FROM THE GULICK GUARDS, “FIREMEN WITH PLEASURE – SOLDIERS AT LEISURE.” LATER POLICE CAPTAIN IN THE 1863 NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS

1839 AMES PRESENTATION MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD OF CAPT. JOHN C. HELME FROM THE GULICK GUARDS, “FIREMEN WITH PLEASURE – SOLDIERS AT LEISURE.” LATER POLICE CAPTAIN IN THE 1863 NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS

The “Gulick Guards” were organized in New York City in 1836, composed largely of firemen, current and former, and apparently taking their name from the former Chief Engineer of the Fire… (870-690). Learn More »

HIGH GRADE US M1850 STAFF & FIELD OFFICER'S SWORD PRESENTED TO LT. COON OF THE 12th NEW YORK

HIGH GRADE US M1850 STAFF & FIELD OFFICER'S SWORD PRESENTED TO LT. COON OF THE 12th NEW YORK

Overall length: 39 1/4". Blade length: 32". The blade has a single wide fuller with a secondary fuller near the spine. Blade is etched over about 2/3 of its length with various foliate motifs and a… (1081-26). Learn More »

CAMP AX OF ALBERT H. HILL - 4th RHODE ISLAND, 7th RHODE ISLAND, DETACHED SERVICE WITH BATTERY A 1st PA ARTILLERY

CAMP AX OF ALBERT H. HILL - 4th RHODE ISLAND, 7th RHODE ISLAND, DETACHED SERVICE WITH BATTERY A 1st PA ARTILLERY

Camp axes were privately purchased by soldiers for common chores like chopping firewood when in winter camps or even barracks. This one nicely carved on the handle by the soldier with his name, likely… (1179-710). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE GENERAL THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON’S SIGNED, PERSONAL COPY OF <i>A COMPLETE TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATIONS</i>

CONFEDERATE GENERAL THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON’S SIGNED, PERSONAL COPY OF A COMPLETE TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATIONS

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Signed Copy of His West Point Textbook, A Complete Treatise on Field Fortifications. The future Confederate general's bold signature, signed "Thos. J. Jackson" ca. 1846,… (1179-682). Learn More »

FRAMED SCRAPBOOK PAGE WITH 8 CDV SIZED IMAGES FROM 26TH MASSACHUSETTS & LATER COLORED TROOPS OFFICER WILLIAM J. WILEY

FRAMED SCRAPBOOK PAGE WITH 8 CDV SIZED IMAGES FROM 26TH MASSACHUSETTS & LATER COLORED TROOPS OFFICER WILLIAM J. WILEY

Manila scrapbook page meas. approx. 12.50 x 16.50 inches framed and adorned with eight CDV sized images relating to the service of William J. Wiley of the 26th Massachusetts and later the 75th &… (915-17). Learn More »

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JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July 24th 1863, Col. Chamberlain details the fight of… (557-250). Learn More »

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