ANTIETAM SOUVENIR CANE WITH RELIC BAYONET SCABBARD TIP POINT

ANTIETAM SOUVENIR CANE WITH RELIC BAYONET SCABBARD TIP POINT

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The battlefield wood souvenir cane is 36-1/2” overall. The sides were planed down to taper to a point with a curved, upper end forming a handle, and the maker then cut two long panels along the body with raised letters reading on one side “CUT FROM NEAR BURNSIDES BRIDGE,” with small, square periods between the words, and in another panel, “THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT SEPT THE 17TH 1862,” also in raised letters with square periods between the words.

The lettering has a great, folk-art look, showing some unevenness to the letters and spacing, but completely legible with no chipping or damage to the lettering. The shows some wears spots and a narrow, lengthwise crack at the upper end. This may have been caused by the in insertion of a small round piece of metal with a hollow base, perhaps meant to suggest a bullet in wood. The wood is nevertheless stable. The maker also decided to sheath the tip in a relic, certainly Antietam-found, brass bayonet scabbard tip. This has a nice, even green patina with a few shallow dents, pretty typical of most scabbard tips, relic or otherwise, and has the pointed finial in place.

Civil War battlefield souvenirs are an interesting collecting category, whether associated with a specific battlefield or not. They were meant to be novelty souvenirs for visitors and more serious mementos for veterans. The use of wood cut from the battlefield, often containing bullets, shell fragments, etc., or fitted with a battlefield relic as here, contrasted man’s destructiveness with nature’s power of growth and healing, along with hints of man’s ephemeral nature. Having a practical use, like a walking stick for an aged veteran, was clearly also a selling point.  [sr][ph:L]

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