Identified Personal Items

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ID’D 3 VOLUME SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS – BREVET COLONEL MARCUS P. BESTOW, 26th OHIO & USV ADJUTANT GENERAL DEPARTMENT

ID’D 3 VOLUME SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS – BREVET COLONEL MARCUS P. BESTOW, 26th OHIO & USV ADJUTANT GENERAL DEPARTMENT

Offered is a complete set of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, dated 1862.  Each volume is complete and in good condition with appropriate wear given their previous ownership and purpose.  Green cloth… (2026-2122). Learn More »

REMARKABLE ID DISC BELONGING TO GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN COMBAT VETERAN

REMARKABLE ID DISC BELONGING TO GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN COMBAT VETERAN

This exceedingly rare ID disc belonged to Jas. H. Smythe of Co. H, 2nd (Maryland) E.S. Volunteers - a 9-month regiment.  He enlisted on February 19, 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland at age 42. Before the… (490-7168). Learn More »

$2,500.00
ON HOLD

MANUSCRIPT WAR DIARY OF GEORGE A. SARGENT, BUGLER, 1st RHODE ISLAND CAVALRY (1st NEW ENGLAND CAVALRY) — EXTENSIVE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT, 1861-1864, WITH PASTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS

MANUSCRIPT WAR DIARY OF GEORGE A. SARGENT, BUGLER, 1st RHODE ISLAND CAVALRY (1st NEW ENGLAND CAVALRY) — EXTENSIVE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT, 1861-1864, WITH PASTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS

Offered is the manuscript war diary of George A. Sargent, who served as a Bugler in Co. H and later Co. L of the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry (also known as the 1st New England Cavalry), enrolled and… (2026-2193). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS (3 VOLS) – CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 11th NEW JERSEY

IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS (3 VOLS) – CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 11th NEW JERSEY

Offered is a complete set of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, identified to Captain John H. Smith of the 11th New Jersey.  Published by D. Van Nostrand, Volume I is dated 1863 (but dated 1862 on the upper… (490-7668). Learn More »

$695.00
ON HOLD

EXPLANATIONS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS TO ACCOMPANY THE WIND AND CURRENT CHARTS — SEVENTH EDITION, WITH A CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY SCRAPBOOK FOR M.F. MAURY, OWNED BY WM. LEWIS MAURY

EXPLANATIONS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS TO ACCOMPANY THE WIND AND CURRENT CHARTS — SEVENTH EDITION, WITH A CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY SCRAPBOOK FOR M.F. MAURY, OWNED BY WM. LEWIS MAURY

Maury, M.F. (Matthew Fontaine Maury). Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts. Approved by Commodore Charles Morris, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and… (1179-054A). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE P.O.W. FOLK-ART GROUP: THOMAS A. WALKER 11th MISSISSIPPI, CAPTURED AT GETTYSBURG - PICKETT’S CHARGE!

CONFEDERATE P.O.W. FOLK-ART GROUP: THOMAS A. WALKER 11th MISSISSIPPI, CAPTURED AT GETTYSBURG - PICKETT’S CHARGE!

Soldiers of both sides had downtime in camp during which they engaged in various pastimes, carving and whittling among them, creating a whole sub-category of folk art. This was particularly true of… (490-7649). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED COPY OF CRAIGHILL’S CIVIL WAR “ARMY OFFICER’S POCKET COMPANION”

IDENTIFIED COPY OF CRAIGHILL’S CIVIL WAR “ARMY OFFICER’S POCKET COMPANION”

A nicely identified copy of William Craighill’s Army Officer's Pocket Companion by William P. Craighill. Based largely on French sources, this is a detailed manual, “principally designed for staff… (2026-1347). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR "SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL" BROADSIDE — COMPANY C, 67TH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

CIVIL WAR "SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL" BROADSIDE — COMPANY C, 67TH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

An uncolored lithographic "Soldiers' Memorial" broadside commemorating Company C, 67th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, published by Baker, Walrad & Case of Washington, D.C., lithographed by… (2025-955). Learn More »

$50.00
SOLD

1ST MAINE CAVALRYMAN’S RAZOR

1ST MAINE CAVALRYMAN’S RAZOR

A horn-handled razor cased in a sewn brown leather tube with removable plug at one end, 7” long and 1-1/4” in diameter. The tube was lightly carved with a pair of crossed sabers, edges down, with… (302-118). Learn More »

$645.00
Originally $895.00
ON HOLD

A TOUCHING POSTHUMOUS GIFT TO A FORMER STUDENT BY A MORTALLY WOUNDED SOLDIER OF THE 36th ILLINOIS

A TOUCHING POSTHUMOUS GIFT TO A FORMER STUDENT BY A MORTALLY WOUNDED SOLDIER OF THE 36th ILLINOIS

A book of etiquette for young girls titled, “I Will Be A Lady” by Mrs. Tuthill. This is cloth bound, the 38th edition, dated 1863, published in Boston by Crosby and Nichols, and is inscribed on… (844-143). Learn More »

THE BLOODY PILLOWCASE (AND MORE) OF CAPTAIN GOULD – MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT; 5TH VERMONT INFANTRY

THE BLOODY PILLOWCASE (AND MORE) OF CAPTAIN GOULD – MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT; 5TH VERMONT INFANTRY

The principle and poignant artifact in this grouping is a plain linen "hospital issue" pillowcase stained with the blood of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Captain Charles Gould Company H 5th… (1268-755). Learn More »

COPPÉE’S FIELD MANUAL OF COURTS-MARTIAL IDENTIFIED TO LT. OMAR P. CRAM, 2ND MARYLAND VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

COPPÉE’S FIELD MANUAL OF COURTS-MARTIAL IDENTIFIED TO LT. OMAR P. CRAM, 2ND MARYLAND VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

A pocket-sized hardcover, Field Manual of Courts-Martial by Captain Henry Coppée, late instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863). The… (2024-2380). Learn More »

ID’D 1858 NY STATE MILITIA REGULATIONS – COMPANY D, CANASERAGAS LIGHT INFANTRY/MILITIA

ID’D 1858 NY STATE MILITIA REGULATIONS – COMPANY D, CANASERAGAS LIGHT INFANTRY/MILITIA

This book, a copy of the 1858 regulations for the Militia of the State of New York.  It features a marbled cover with leather binding on the corners and spine.  Much use is noted, but the integrity… (2026-1376). Learn More »

ID’D BAYONET EXERCISE MANUAL – SGT. CHARLIE CURRIER AND LT. HORATIO JENKINS, 40th MASSACHUSETTS

ID’D BAYONET EXERCISE MANUAL – SGT. CHARLIE CURRIER AND LT. HORATIO JENKINS, 40th MASSACHUSETTS

This 1852 copy of George McClellan’s Manual for Bayonet Exercise was printed by order of the War Department in Philadelphia by Lippincott.  Condition is quite good, with minimal wear to the cloth… (2026-1375). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION SILVER GOBLET  - 11th PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY FEBRUARY 1864

CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION SILVER GOBLET - 11th PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY FEBRUARY 1864

An elegant silver goblet presented by Captain R.B. Ward to Lieutenant Colonel Stetzel of the 11th PA Cavalry in February 1864 as, “A token of esteem.” Stetzel was a fighting officer in more than… (2026-475). Learn More »

CAPTURED BLOCKADE RUNNER BIBLE

CAPTURED BLOCKADE RUNNER BIBLE

This bible, dated 1861 and printed by Oxford University Press for the “British and Foreign Bible Society,” was among the cargo of the blockade runner “Minna,” captured by the USS… (2026-488). Learn More »

ID’D NEW TESTAMENT – PRIVATE GEORGE BELL, 3rd NJ and 23rd PA – WITH INSCRIPTION AND LOCK OF HAIR

ID’D NEW TESTAMENT – PRIVATE GEORGE BELL, 3rd NJ and 23rd PA – WITH INSCRIPTION AND LOCK OF HAIR

Private George R. Bell was a 28-year-old carpenter when he enlisted on 4/27/1861 Trenton and mustered into the 3rd New Jersey, serving with them a 3-month term before mustering out.  On August 8th,… (2025-1933). Learn More »

2nd WISCONSIN CAVALRY IDENTIFIED CAVALRY TACTICS VOLUMES

2nd WISCONSIN CAVALRY IDENTIFIED CAVALRY TACTICS VOLUMES

Complete three-volume set of Cavalry Tactics nicely identified in ink by Major Harry Eastman of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry, who wrote his initials on the page edges of two of the volumes and in volumes… (2026-101). Learn More »

$595.00
ON HOLD

ID DISC PRESENTED AT MUSTER OUT TO CAPTAIN PATRICK SMITH, 2nd PA RESERVES, COMPANY K

ID DISC PRESENTED AT MUSTER OUT TO CAPTAIN PATRICK SMITH, 2nd PA RESERVES, COMPANY K

The men of the Pennsylvania Reserves Division were among the most respected and effective troops in the Army of the Potomac, seeing service through some of the most arduous combat in the Eastern… (2026-31). Learn More »

OUTSTANDING ISSUE BLANKET WITH SOLDIER ART  ID'D TO 1ST MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRYMAN

OUTSTANDING ISSUE BLANKET WITH SOLDIER ART ID'D TO 1ST MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRYMAN

This is a standard Federal issue blanket that has been cut down by the soldier and decorated with corps badges, his name and where he was at the time he applied the decoration. There is a lot to cover… (1179-468). Learn More »


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