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PRESENTATION FIELD MANUAL TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE 1st RHODE ISLAND
A very good copy of Coppee’s “Field Manual of Evolutions of the Line …” Green cloth binding with impressed eagle with shield and strars on the covers and gilt title on the spine. Printed by… (2024-2381). Learn More »
UNION SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF JAMES H. GIBBS, 97th NEW YORK: HE FUDGED HIS AGE GOING INTO THE ARMY AND HIS NAME AFTER GETTING OUT
Stories of boys lying about their age in order to get into the army and “see the elephant,” are not uncommon. Rarer are men at the other end of the age spectrum, over the 44-year age limit for… (490-7295). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF SHEPHERD B. CRAM - 17th N.H. CONSOLIDATED WITH THE 2nd NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE GETTYSBURG
Civil War items don’t get much more personal or identifiable than a soldier’s stencil. These were commercial products marketed to soldiers and to their friends and family as a considerate parting… (490-7292). Learn More »
ID’D GILHAM’S MANUAL FOR VOLUNTEERS & MIITIA – BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS BUTLER, 9th BRIGADE, ALABAMA MILITIA
After John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Governor Wise, of Virginia, ordered Major William Gilham to write a manual to train volunteers and militia. Finished in the fall of 1860, it was entitled… (1268-049). Learn More »
ID’D NEW MANUAL OF THE BAYONET – CAPT. THOMAS HOYT, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GEN. OF VOLUNTEERS
This copy of A New Manual of the Bayonet was published in 1861 by D. Van Nostrand and, according to a small pasted tag of the period, was purchased directly from the Metropolitan Book Store in… (1268-284). Learn More »
DUG CIVIL WAR ID DISK FOR 12TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES (41st PENNSYLVANIA) SOLDIER
Front of the tag has a bust of General McClellan surrounded by “MAJOR GENERAL GEO. B. MCCLELLAN / WAR OF 1861.” Face is dark with gilt remaining in the low areas. Reverse is stamped “DANIEL… (1000-1836). Learn More »
$1,800.00
Originally $2,250.00
CIVIL WAR VETERAN’S WATCH FOB: 96th PENNSYLVANIA
A white metal shield-shaped watch or key fob stamped “W E HAY, G.A.R. No. 146 Colorado. PO. Pa.” with crossed rifles with bayonets and three chain links. Measures approx. 1" x 1 1/4". Pennsylvania… (2024-2393). Learn More »
FOLDING MAP OF VIRGINIA – ID’D TO COLONEL JOHN TOWERS, 8th GEORGIA INFANTRY – WIA GETTYSBURG
This map was part of the wartime collection of John Towers, Colonel of the 8th Georgia Infantry and comes to us in a good condition given its age and use. This high-quality map is a Lloyd’s… (846-561). Learn More »
“WAR OF 1861” EAGLE IDENTIFICATION DISK: 15th NEW HAMPSHIRE, SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON AND THE TWO ASSAULTS
A very good example of a Civil War “Eagle/War of 1861” pattern identification disk worn by a soldier who saw action in the siege of Port Hudson from May 27 to July 9, 1863, Gen. Nathaniel… (172-6078). Learn More »
$1,850.00
ON HOLD
2ND PA CAVALRY VETERAN’S IDENTIFICATION SHIELD
The badge is brass, made in the shield shape popular for identification pins during war and is pierced at the top for suspension. The face had the outline of a billowing banner or pennant engraved at… (172-6082). Learn More »
EXCEPTIONAL CIVIL WAR ID DISK – POW CHARLES BADGER, 9th MARYLAND, Co. G
This is an exciting piece of specifically identified Civil War history. This ID disk is in wonderful condition and reads “CHARLES BADGER CO. G 9TH MD. V. ENLISTED JUNE 30TH 1863 BALTIMORE”. … (490-7167). Learn More »
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
IDENTIFICATION SHIELD OF JAMES H. WOODS, 29th MASSACHUSETTS: WITH THE IRISH BRIGADE ON THE PENINSULA AND AT ANTIETAM!
This jeweler-made identification shield is similar to the hollow-stamped silver varieties, but is made of flat metal, though measuring about the same as that type, roughly an inch from point to point.… (172-6075). Learn More »
“WAR OF 1861” SILVER IDENTIFICATION SHIELD OF DENNIS TITUS - 31st NEW JERSEY, LATER IN THE 11th PA CAVALRY
Dog tags were not an item of issue in the Civil War and soldiers wishing to carry some ready form of identification were thrown upon their own resources, with various commercial suppliers offering a… (172-6076). Learn More »
A SOUVENIR FROM STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE
This attractive 11” x 14” unframed display features a 2 5/8” x 1 1/4” piece of coverlet that was owned by Colonel Elijah W. Penny who had service in three Indiana Union regiments and was… (M26440). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED US NAVAL OFFICER’S GROUPING OF CHARLES S. NORTON
An identified US naval officer’s grouping with an old family note and coming from Charles Stuart Norton (1836-1911,) an officer who put in 43 years of service from his graduation from Annapolis in… (766-2056). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED ISSUE RED BLANKET OF THEODORE P. BOWKER 13th MASSACHUSETTS - DIED OF WOUNDS AT ANTIETAM!
This is a rare, early-war, identified Massachusetts issue red blanket carried by a soldier in the 13th Massachusetts who was wounded at Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, and died of those wounds at a U.S.… (490-7138). Learn More »
$6,500.00
Originally $7,500.00
IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS OF LT. E.A. WILSON, BERDAN’S SHARPSHOOTERS, AT GETTYSBURG, CORPORAL TO 1st LIEUTENANT TWICE WIA
This is a good condition copy of volume 1 of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, officially adopted by the Army in August 1862 and this copy was printed by Van Nostrand that year. Volume 1 encompasses the… (2024-1968). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE
This Book of Psalms was published in 1860 by the American Bible Society and bears a very clear, old black ink presentation on the flyleaf: “James C. Dame Co. A 1st Regt. N.H.V. Concord NH 1861 with… (557-251). Learn More »
U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)
Authorized by the War Department, 1861. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Owner inscription, in front eps (in pencil): “Fred. A. Ross / Union Rifles 133rd Regt”. 450 pp., plates. In… (825-48). Learn More »
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AMBROTYPE OF IDENTIFIED MUSICIAN OF THE PETERSBURG MILITIA
Formerly in the collection of Bill Turner, this sixth plate ambrotype has a great pedigree, having been published as Figure 2 in Albaugh’s landmark “Confederate Faces.” Identified there as a, “Musician named Crowder, of Petersburg, Va., in… (1138-1866). Learn More »
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