Identified Accoutrements

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ID’D M1858 PHILADELPHIA DEPOT CANTEEN COVERED WITH FLAG - PVT. ADAM SEIDS, 84th PA INFANTRY

ID’D M1858 PHILADELPHIA DEPOT CANTEEN COVERED WITH FLAG - PVT. ADAM SEIDS, 84th PA INFANTRY

This canteen comes to us in an interesting condition.  Though typical of the M1858 smooth side canteen, this example retains its tan jean cover and sports a neat polished-linen US flag material with… (1256-08). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR FIELD GEAR OF BENJAMIN F. GOODWIN, 6th MAINE INFANTRY AND 1st MAINE VET. VOLUNTEERS

CIVIL WAR FIELD GEAR OF BENJAMIN F. GOODWIN, 6th MAINE INFANTRY AND 1st MAINE VET. VOLUNTEERS

This group of Civil War soldier’s field gear was brought home by Maine veteran Benjamin Franklin Goodwin, who served in the 6th Corps in the Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah from 1862… (2025-3676). Learn More »

1839 PATTERN CARTRIDGE BOX WITH DRAGOON EAGLE PLATE: POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE WAR SOUVENIR BROUGHT HOME BY BVT. BRIG. GEN. W.H. NOBLE 17th CT.

1839 PATTERN CARTRIDGE BOX WITH DRAGOON EAGLE PLATE: POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE WAR SOUVENIR BROUGHT HOME BY BVT. BRIG. GEN. W.H. NOBLE 17th CT.

This is an 1839 pattern infantry cartridge box that was fitted with an 1833 dragoon style plate on its outer flap and seems very likely a prewar militia box used by a Confederate soldier and sent home… (1309-533). Learn More »

M1851 ENLISTED MAN’S SWORD BELT - KNOX FAMILY, FREDERICKSBURG, VA

M1851 ENLISTED MAN’S SWORD BELT - KNOX FAMILY, FREDERICKSBURG, VA

This model 1851 enlisted man’s sword belt came from the collection of Civil War relics and family mementos retained by the Knox family of Fredericksburg, VA. The family was large, prosperous, and… (1262-01). Learn More »

SCARCE WV (US) HONORABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL – GEORGE FRADD - 1st WV, BATTERY E

SCARCE WV (US) HONORABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL – GEORGE FRADD - 1st WV, BATTERY E

As with many West Virginia Volunteers, George Fradd’s records lack generous detail.  He enlisted in 1862, mustered in in Buckhannon, and served with the Battery for its full term. The medal itself… (2025-853). Learn More »

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF CHARLES D. BACON 4th MASS INF, 1st & 4th MASS CAV: SHOWN WEARING THE MEDAL IN THE MINUTEMEN OF 1861 ROSTER

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF CHARLES D. BACON 4th MASS INF, 1st & 4th MASS CAV: SHOWN WEARING THE MEDAL IN THE MINUTEMEN OF 1861 ROSTER

Authorized in 1902, these impressive, two-piece bronze medals consist of a rectangular pin-back bar reading, “MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN OF 1861” and a circular drop with the  Seal of the State of… (2025-849). Learn More »

NAMED CONFEDERATE CARTRIDGE BOX

NAMED CONFEDERATE CARTRIDGE BOX

This leather pouch is a homespun Southern copy of the typical “Pattern 1861” infantry cartridge box of the time with soldier’s name carved on flap. The large outer flap has the slightly… (1268-023). Learn More »

SILVER MOUNTED PRESENTATION WOOD FIFE OF EUGENE JEWELL 18th OHIO: CAPTURED AT STONES RIVER; HE SERVED BESIDE TWO OF HIS SONS, AND UNDER ONE OF THEM!

SILVER MOUNTED PRESENTATION WOOD FIFE OF EUGENE JEWELL 18th OHIO: CAPTURED AT STONES RIVER; HE SERVED BESIDE TWO OF HIS SONS, AND UNDER ONE OF THEM!

This is not only a real, identified Civil War fife—in contrast to the vast sea of postwar and even wartime fifes out there with bogus inscriptions and stampings- but also a great piece of Civil War… (1268-166). Learn More »

SILVERED PRESENTATION FIFE TO MARTIN MURPHY, 4th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 17th NY VETERAN ZOUAVES, AND REGULAR ARMY

SILVERED PRESENTATION FIFE TO MARTIN MURPHY, 4th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 17th NY VETERAN ZOUAVES, AND REGULAR ARMY

This elegant silvered fife, 15-1/4” long, bears a great presentation and was carried by a company musician with Civil War service in two New York regiments, one of them a zouave regiment, and… (1268-167). Learn More »

RARE ID’D FIELD PRESENTATION BUGLE JACOB KECK - 7TH NEW YORK, 9TH NYSM (83RD NY), 97TH NEW YORK

RARE ID’D FIELD PRESENTATION BUGLE JACOB KECK - 7TH NEW YORK, 9TH NYSM (83RD NY), 97TH NEW YORK

This handsome instrument is in exquisite condition and is professionally inscribed in cursive with the words, “Presented to / J. F. Keck, / By the Members of the / 9th N.Y.S.M / in the Field. /… (2024-1443). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE CAP BOX OF DOUGLAS HAMILTON KNOX CO. B VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE BATTALION OF INFANTRY: SERVICE AT RICHMOND/PETERSBURG 1864

IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE CAP BOX OF DOUGLAS HAMILTON KNOX CO. B VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE BATTALION OF INFANTRY: SERVICE AT RICHMOND/PETERSBURG 1864

This identified Confederate cap box comes from collection of Civil War relics and family mementos retained by the Knox family of Fredericksburg, VA., and is one of several items labelled by the family… (1246-07). Learn More »

INSCRIBED “US INFANTRY AND RIFLE TACTICS” AND INSCRIBED VIELE’S “HANDBOOK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE,” WITH DYNAMIC CDV, OF ADJUTANT LEWIS PARMELEE, BERDAN’S 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS, KIA ANTIETAM!

INSCRIBED “US INFANTRY AND RIFLE TACTICS” AND INSCRIBED VIELE’S “HANDBOOK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE,” WITH DYNAMIC CDV, OF ADJUTANT LEWIS PARMELEE, BERDAN’S 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS, KIA ANTIETAM!

Lewis Clark Parmelee was born in 1839, the son of a wealthy New Haven, CT, businessman. The history of Berdan’s sharpshooters noted, “Adj. Parmelee was a great favorite in the regiment, a young… (2024-333). Learn More »

SILVER CONFEDERATE ID BADGE RECOVERED NEAR FALLING WATERS - GETTYSBURG POW

SILVER CONFEDERATE ID BADGE RECOVERED NEAR FALLING WATERS - GETTYSBURG POW

This silver badge is crescent shaped and meas. approx. 1.00 inch long. It is engraved around the edges with a linear decoration and engraved on its face is “SKIDS.” Reverse has the remains of a… (2024-29). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN’S GROUPING INCLUDING WARTIME IDENTIFICATION DISK, IDENTIFICATION SHIELD, AND FREEMANTLE ROTARY VALVE CORNET/VALVED BUGLE: JOHN J. WEAVER- 10th and 56th PA- AND CUTLER’S BRIGADE BAND 1861-1865

CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN’S GROUPING INCLUDING WARTIME IDENTIFICATION DISK, IDENTIFICATION SHIELD, AND FREEMANTLE ROTARY VALVE CORNET/VALVED BUGLE: JOHN J. WEAVER- 10th and 56th PA- AND CUTLER’S BRIGADE BAND 1861-1865

This wonderful grouping includes two wartime identification badges, a rotary valve cornet dating about 1864, along with his GAR membership badge and veteran’s id badge. To top it off, in addition to… (1179-420). 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 »

BOOK OF MILITARY TEXTBOOK ENGINEERING PLATES BELONGING TO JAMES MERCUR, US ENGINEERS AND WEST POINT INSTRUCTOR

BOOK OF MILITARY TEXTBOOK ENGINEERING PLATES BELONGING TO JAMES MERCUR, US ENGINEERS AND WEST POINT INSTRUCTOR

This is a book of fold out plates, many with “explanatory tables,” illustrating battlefield deployments, camp layouts, diagrams of fortifications, etc. They come from a two-volume work, title not… (1052-664). Learn More »

RARE CONFEDERATE KNAPSACK

RARE CONFEDERATE KNAPSACK

The knapsack offered was the product of S. Isaac and Campbell of London. Here, in part, is what William Albaugh had to say about this company in his book Confederate Edged Weapons.".... Isaac,… (1164-54). Learn More »

HONORABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL OF GEORGE L. JAMES,  CO. A 11th WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY

HONORABLE DISCHARGE MEDAL OF GEORGE L. JAMES, CO. A 11th WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY

The state of West Virginia authorized medals for its Union veterans in 1866. Some 26,099 were produced by A. Demarest of New York, die-sinker and engraver, with J. Sigel finishing the dies. These were… (844-07). Learn More »

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF RICHARD H. FISHER 4th MASS, AND LATER 39th MASS, WIA WILDERNESS

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF RICHARD H. FISHER 4th MASS, AND LATER 39th MASS, WIA WILDERNESS

The edge of this Massachusetts Minuteman Medal is stamped “RICHARD H. FISHER PRVT. H 4TH. REG. Fisher, a 28 year-old stonecutter from Quincy, who joined the 4th Mass. Militia Infantry, a three-month… (844-18). Learn More »

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF JOHN FIRTH: 3rd BATTALION OF RIFLES, MASS VOLUNTEER MILITIA

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMAN MEDAL OF JOHN FIRTH: 3rd BATTALION OF RIFLES, MASS VOLUNTEER MILITIA

Authorized in 1902, the two-piece bronze medal consists of a rectangular pin-back bar reading “MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN OF 1861” and a circular drop with the Seal of the State of Massachusetts at… (844-17). Learn More »


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