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1856 SURGICAL BOOK IDENTIFIED TO NORTH CAROLINA SURGEON

1856 SURGICAL BOOK IDENTIFIED TO NORTH CAROLINA SURGEON

The full title of this volume is “THE PRINCEPLES AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY – A NEW AMERICAN FROM THE LAST AND IMPROVED LONDON EDITION” by Robert Druitt, fellow of the Royal College of… (1179-618). Learn More »

SINGLE VOLUME OF SCOTT’S INFANTRY TACTICS ID TO 148TH NEW YORK SERGEANT-MAJOR INFANTRY TACTICS WITH ID

SINGLE VOLUME OF SCOTT’S INFANTRY TACTICS ID TO 148TH NEW YORK SERGEANT-MAJOR

Manual is titled “INFANTRY TACTICS OR, RULES FOR THE EXERCISE AND MANEUVERS OF THE UNITED STATES INFANTRY -NEW EDITION” by Maj. Gen. Scott, U.S. Army. Published by Harpers & Brothers of New… (2023-414). Learn More »

 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK

Volunteers in the Spanish American War were just as anxious to illustrate the hardships of army life by bringing home souvenir hardtack as their fathers had been after the Civil War. That staple of… (1219-43). Learn More »

INSCRIBED ORIGINAL COPY OF THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS

INSCRIBED ORIGINAL COPY OF THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS

The full title of this volume is “HISTORY OF THE SECOND ARMY CORPS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC” by Francis A. Walker and published by Charles Scribner’s Sons of New York in 1891. Second… (1180-166). Learn More »

$150.00
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1913 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 50TH REUNION GRANITEWARE PLATE ID’D TO 13TH VERMONT SOLDIER – SGT. HENRY O. CLARK

1913 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 50TH REUNION GRANITEWARE PLATE ID’D TO 13TH VERMONT SOLDIER – SGT. HENRY O. CLARK

These were given out by the government to each veteran attending the reunion.  The plate center has a decoupaged cut out of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Memorial (ded. Jan 24, 1912) surrounded by a… (635-587). Learn More »

US CIVIL WAR 1862 POCKET TESTAMENT IDENTIFIED TO 38TH MASSACHUSTTS SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DISEASE

US CIVIL WAR 1862 POCKET TESTAMENT IDENTIFIED TO 38TH MASSACHUSTTS SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DISEASE

Small New Testament meas. approx. 3.00 x 4.75 inches with embossed covers with raised scrollwork decoration. Hardcovers are bound in brown cloth that shows minor edge wear. Spine is marked… (1179-464). Learn More »

$225.00
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US CIVIL WAR BOOK OF DEVOTIONS IDENTIFIED TO A 104TH PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIER

US CIVIL WAR BOOK OF DEVOTIONS IDENTIFIED TO A 104TH PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIER

This little volume looks very much like the small pocket testaments of the period but this one is titled “THE BOOK OF PRIVATE DEVOTION: A SERIES OF PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS; WITH AN INTRODUCTORY… (1179-713). Learn More »

$265.00
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US CIVIL WAR WALLET IDENTIFIED TO 16TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER KILLED AT 2ND BULL RUN

US CIVIL WAR WALLET IDENTIFIED TO 16TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER KILLED AT 2ND BULL RUN

Wallet is made of brown leather and is of the usual tri-folding type with two bill sized interior pockets with leather divider and another of three pockets held closed by a leather flap. The wallet is… (1179-624). Learn More »

$750.00
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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 »

REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS OF 1861 ID’D TO 83RD ILLINOIS COLONEL & BRIGADIER GENERAL ABNER C. HARDING

REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS OF 1861 ID’D TO 83RD ILLINOIS COLONEL & BRIGADIER GENERAL ABNER C. HARDING

Volume is titled “REVISED REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1861 WITH A FULL INDEX.” The book is bound in a blue cloth with an embossed spread-winged eagle with sunburst and stars at… (1179-707). Learn More »

SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER GIVEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS TO HER NEPHEW

SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER GIVEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS TO HER NEPHEW

This small silver two-piece toothpick holder with rococo designs is accompanied by two calling cards on which are printed: “Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir House, Mississippi”. The first example is… (1179-449). Learn More »

$950.00
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REMAINS OF HARDTACK ISSUED TO 115TH ILLINOIS SOLDIER

REMAINS OF HARDTACK ISSUED TO 115TH ILLINOIS SOLDIER

Item is an old pasteboard box that meas. approx. 6.25 x 5.00 x 1.50 inches. Across the top is a piece of glass. All is held together by a piece of string wrapped twice around the box. Inside the box… (1179-642). Learn More »

$950.00
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BEAUTIFUL LEATHER-BOUND BIBLE PRESENTED TO COLONEL DARIUS N. COUCH – LATER MAJOR GENERAL

BEAUTIFUL LEATHER-BOUND BIBLE PRESENTED TO COLONEL DARIUS N. COUCH – LATER MAJOR GENERAL

This leather-bound Bible was printed in England in 1857. The thick leather covers are deeply embossed with linear as well as geometric decorations. Cover edges do show wear from rubbing. Spine has… (1179-514). Learn More »

“SIEGE AND REDUCTION OF FORT PULASKI” ID’D TO RHODE ISLAND ARTILLERY OFFICER

“SIEGE AND REDUCTION OF FORT PULASKI” ID’D TO RHODE ISLAND ARTILLERY OFFICER

Rebound book “Papers on Practical Engineering. No. 8. Official Report to the United States Engineer Department, of the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, February, March, and April,… (236-846). Learn More »

$100.00
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US CIVIL WAR ARMY, NAVY AND CENSUS MANUAL FOR 1862 IDENTIFIED TO FATHER OF 15TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER

US CIVIL WAR ARMY, NAVY AND CENSUS MANUAL FOR 1862 IDENTIFIED TO FATHER OF 15TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER

The full title of this little volume is “STATISTICAL POCKET MANUAL, OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AND CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOGETHER WITH STATISTICS OF ALL FOREIGN NAVIES” published by D. P.… (1179-513). 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 »

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 »

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 »


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GREAT LOT OF ACCOUTREMENTS ID'D TO 11TH MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY SOLDIER

This group of items all came together with two wonderful old handwritten tags testifying to the fact that they all belonged to Private James W. Pierce of the 11th Massachusetts Battery. All the items in this group show uniform wear and age and have… (1179-295). Learn More »

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