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DUG PATTERN 1853 ENFIELD BAYONET FROM ANTIETAM

DUG PATTERN 1853 ENFIELD BAYONET FROM ANTIETAM

Bayonet has full length blade and socket with mortise. Locking ring is missing. No markings are visible. Iron surface is dark and covered in a light rust. Item was recovered in 1980 or 81 near the… (2023-2470) SOLD. Learn More »

90TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY MONUMENT REPLICA BY GARY CASTEEL

90TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY MONUMENT REPLICA BY GARY CASTEEL

This resin piece is a copy of the monument erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry for their valor at Gettysburg. The monument was dedicated in 1888. One of… (2023-2662) SOLD. Learn More »

SELECTION OF AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 BUTTONS

Below is listed a selection of relic condition American War of 1812 buttons.  Click on the links to see photos of the front and back of each button.  All are coat size except where noted. Please… SOLD. Learn More »

$0.00
SOLD

RARE .31 CALIBER VOLCANIC PISTOL CARTRIDGE

RARE .31 CALIBER VOLCANIC PISTOL CARTRIDGE

This is a very nice .31 caliber Volcanic “Number 1” cartridge. This Volcanic cartridge has the post-December 1855 brass cap, cork wafer, and iron anvil. This version features multiple fine… (1212-37) SOLD. Learn More »

US GENERAL SERVICE EAGLE COAT BUTTON RECOVERED AT CULP’S HILL, GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

US GENERAL SERVICE EAGLE COAT BUTTON RECOVERED AT CULP’S HILL, GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

Light chocolate patina to face, with a few scattered spots of verdigris. Shank present though partially bent.  It appears there is a backmark present but is not legible. This button was found by… (1163-131I) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

US EARLY CIVIL WAR LEATHER PERCUSSION CAP BOX

US EARLY CIVIL WAR LEATHER PERCUSSION CAP BOX

Box is in good, almost unused condition. Outer flap is shield shaped with the latch tab being a separate piece sewn to the underside of the flap. Flap is in excellent condition with a smooth surface.… (490-5869) SOLD. Learn More »

UNOPENED PACK OF 1870 SPENCER CARBINE BLANKS

UNOPENED PACK OF 1870 SPENCER CARBINE BLANKS

This full pack has the original brown wrapper in good condition with the ends pasted closed and has the original tear-string protruding from the right end. Light blue label with black printing reads… (1212-241) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

PATTERN 1885 METAL BAYONET SCABBARD & BRASS FROG ONLY

PATTERN 1885 METAL BAYONET SCABBARD & BRASS FROG ONLY

Metal scabbard has much of its original finish with scattered amounts of oxidation and several spots of surface rust. Leather yoke is excellent and shows only some light surface wear. Stitching is… (1202-05) SOLD. Learn More »

$30.00
SOLD

SET OF TWO CABINET CARD VIEWS TAKEN ON THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD

SET OF TWO CABINET CARD VIEWS TAKEN ON THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD

The first card is an image of two couples posed in front of the 1st Massachusetts Infantry monument near the site of the Rogers House along the Emmitsburg Road. Two women are posed seated in the grass… (2023-2618) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

MODEL 1855/61 GUN TOOL ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

MODEL 1855/61 GUN TOOL ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

Recovered at Gettysburg, this item is a complete Model 1855/61 gun tool. It is heavily rusted and the screwdriver tip is rusted tight.   At the time of the Gettysburg campaign, twenty-two year-old… (224-792) SOLD. Learn More »

$87.50
SOLD

MODEL 1855/61 GUN TOOL ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

MODEL 1855/61 GUN TOOL ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

Recovered at Gettysburg, this item is a complete Model 1855/61 gun tool. It is heavily rusted and the screwdriver tip is rusted tight.   At the time of the Gettysburg campaign, twenty-two year-old… (224-791) SOLD. Learn More »

$87.50
SOLD

IRON WATERING BIT ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

IRON WATERING BIT ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

This is a good condition bit that you can tell was an early Gettysburg battlefield pick-up. Light surface rust throughout with spots of original finish.   At the time of the Gettysburg campaign,… (224-785) SOLD. Learn More »

SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF MILITIA MEMBER IN COLONIAL UNIFORM WITH WIFE

SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF MILITIA MEMBER IN COLONIAL UNIFORM WITH WIFE

This ambrotype shows a man and woman seated, arm in arm, from the knees up. The man wears a full chin beard typical of the 1850s and dressed in an 1850s version of a Continental Army uniform of dark… (1138-1884) SOLD. Learn More »

$1,000.00
Originally $1,500.00


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SCARCE TINTYPE OF GENERAL WILLIAM STARKE, LOUISIANA BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION AT ANTIETAM WHILE IN DIVISION COMMAND

SCARCE TINTYPE OF GENERAL WILLIAM STARKE, LOUISIANA BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION AT ANTIETAM WHILE IN DIVISION COMMAND

This very clear sixth-plate tintype is from the collection of the late Bill Turner and shows William Edwin Starke as Lieutenant Colonel. He is posed wearing an early war Confederate uniform showing… (1138-1839) SOLD. Learn More »

$10,000.00
Originally $22,500.00


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ORIGINAL, CIVIL WAR C.S. 3” READ SHELL BASE FRAGMENT ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

ORIGINAL, CIVIL WAR C.S. 3” READ SHELL BASE FRAGMENT ONCE OWNED BY J. HOWARD WERT

This Gettysburg artifact is an original iron base fragment from a CS 3” Read artillery shell that literally ‘blew its top off’. The shell fragment base and its iron sabot are in very good relic… (224-782) SOLD. Learn More »

SOUVENIR CARTRIDGE BOX FOR THE 24TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE GAR – BOSTON 1890

SOUVENIR CARTRIDGE BOX FOR THE 24TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE GAR – BOSTON 1890

Box meas. approx. 5.00 x 2.75 x 1.00 and is made a thick black cardboard material. Outer flap has gold lettering that reads “24TH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G.A.R. BOSTON, MASS. AUG. 12TH TO 16TH, 1890.”… (490-5897) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

BURNSIDE CARBINE TOMPION

BURNSIDE CARBINE TOMPION

This is a nice piece to accompany any Burnside carbine. This has the characteristic ball top, pointed tip and cruciform slotted body of the Burnside tompions. They are occasionally seen in photos, but… (490-4401) SOLD. Learn More »

RELIC PATTERN 1839 OVAL US BELT PLATE WITH REMOVED LEAD

RELIC PATTERN 1839 OVAL US BELT PLATE WITH REMOVED LEAD

Plate has a mixed green & black patina. The green patina usually means that this plate came from a fertilized field. Fertilized fields are plowed and this plate shows the effects of a plow strike… (998-803) SOLD. Learn More »

$100.00
Originally $200.00


SOLD

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $1,000 BOND

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $1,000 BOND

This Bond was authorized by Act of Congress CSA on the 19th of August 186, printed on white paper. The total number of Bonds issued were 2,302. This Bond is numbered 863 and was issued on the 8th of… (998-2162) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
Originally $95.00


SOLD

MITCHELLES MAP, NO. 12 – “MAP OF THE CHIEF PART OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND PART OF THE WESTERN”

MITCHELLES MAP, NO. 12 – “MAP OF THE CHIEF PART OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND PART OF THE WESTERN”

Engraved to illustrate Mitchelles School and Family Geography, by W. Williams. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1852. 17.75 x 11.5”.  Attractive colored map of southern states:  North Carolina,… (998-1209) SOLD. Learn More »

$50.00
Originally $95.00


SOLD


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HISTORICAL FIREARMS STOLEN FROM THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM IN HARRISBURG, PA

Please click on the photograph above to view a flyer containing information regarding a Model 1860 Henry Rifle and pair of cased presentation Colt Revolvers identified to Secretary of War Simon Cameron which were stolen from the museum on February… . Learn More »

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