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BOOK – “PITTSBURGH DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1860-1865”

BOOK – “PITTSBURGH DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1860-1865”

By Arthur B. Fox, 8.5” x 11”, 236 pages. Blue cloth boards with foil imprint on cover and spine. Overall condition is very good. Ink inscription and signature in front. A good amount of… (236-1066) SOLD. Learn More »

$50.00
SOLD

BOOK – “THE BRITISH SOLDIER’S FIREARM, 1850-1864”

BOOK – “THE BRITISH SOLDIER’S FIREARM, 1850-1864”

By C.H. Roads, 6” x 9”, 332 pages, 1964 edition. Blue cloth boards with foil imprint on spine. Dust jacket with several tears. Cover and text pages remain in fine condition. This book is filled… (236-1068) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

MODEL 1860 SPENCER CAVALRY CARBINE

MODEL 1860 SPENCER CAVALRY CARBINE

This is a very good condition Model 1860 Spencer carbine, serial number 29168, dating around late July or August 1864 by Marcot’s production and payment tables. The mechanics and bore are good.… (2025-340) SOLD. Learn More »

CIVIL WAR “EXTRA RICH, THREE ROW” MAJOR OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

CIVIL WAR “EXTRA RICH, THREE ROW” MAJOR OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

A good pair of Civil War officer’s shoulder straps with the gold oak leaves of a Major set on a black velvet ground indicating a posting to staff. This is not to say a desk job. Staff officers were… (490-7264) SOLD. Learn More »

CASED 9th PLATE AMBROTYPE OF A UNION CAVALRYMAN

CASED 9th PLATE AMBROTYPE OF A UNION CAVALRYMAN

This Union cavalry private is shown seated, from the waist up, and wears a regulation issue forage cap and a mounted services jacket whose piping the photographer has helpfully tinted gold, along with… (2025-228) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

PAIR OF TWO-CENT COINS

PAIR OF TWO-CENT COINS

Offered here is a pair of two-cent coins. One is a “dug” coin dated 1864 and the other “non-dug” but “holed” directly over the date. The “holed” coin shows light wear but retains good… (236-1100) SOLD. Learn More »

$35.00
SOLD

AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS TWO-DOLLAR NOTE FROM 1862

AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS TWO-DOLLAR NOTE FROM 1862

Paper note measures 7” x 3”. Black print overall with red “TWO” in background. Back is blank. Very thin paper. Numbered, dated, and signed in ink. Dated April 25, 1862. Centered well, a few… (236-1094) SOLD. Learn More »

$50.00
SOLD

BATON ROUGE ONE-DOLLAR NOTE FROM 1861

BATON ROUGE ONE-DOLLAR NOTE FROM 1861

Paper note measures 7” x 3”. Black print overall with green “ONE” in background. Oval with steam engine image at top, center. Back displays fine green print and image. Numbered and signed in… (236-1092) SOLD. Learn More »

$45.00
SOLD

BATON ROUGE FIVE-CENT NOTE FROM 1861

BATON ROUGE FIVE-CENT NOTE FROM 1861

Small paper note measures 5” x 2.25”. Black print overall with faint red image in background. Blank back. Numbered and signed in ink. Dated December 17th 1861. Centered well, several small chips… (236-1081) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

1818 RECEIPT FROM NEW YORK STATE ARSENAL TO 11TH NEW YORK STATE ARTILLERY

1818 RECEIPT FROM NEW YORK STATE ARSENAL TO 11TH NEW YORK STATE ARTILLERY

This is a paper receipt filled out in ink. Measures 7.75” by 3”, dated September 25, 1818. The ink portion reads, “twelve for casks of cannon powder   Seventy shot for 6 Pdr  Six yards of… (236-1105) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

EXCELLENT 1863 DATED CIVIL WAR CARTRIDGE BOX

EXCELLENT 1863 DATED CIVIL WAR CARTRIDGE BOX

This is a Pattern 1861 US infantry cartridge box made and marked by Longley & Co. of Lewiston, ME, in 1863, one of the few makers to date their products. This is complete, with both magazine tins… (632-84) SOLD. Learn More »

BOOK – “AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PROVINCE AND COUNTRY OF PENSILVANIA AND OF WEST-NEW-JERSEY IN AMERICA”

BOOK – “AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PROVINCE AND COUNTRY OF PENSILVANIA AND OF WEST-NEW-JERSEY IN AMERICA”

This is the 1848 reprint of the 1698 original. By Gabriel Thomas, 5.5” x 7.75”. Rebound in blue cloth boards with foil imprint on spine. Folding map at front present but split along fold. Cover… (236-1078) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

BOOK – WILLIAM GLAZE AND THE PALMETTO ARMORY

BOOK – WILLIAM GLAZE AND THE PALMETTO ARMORY

By Jack Allen Meyer, this book is 6” x 9” with 64 pages. Well illustrated and signed by the author. Details history of Mr. Glaze and the Armory before, during, and after the Civil War. A fine… (236-1080) SOLD. Learn More »

$45.00
SOLD

1862 INDIAN HEAD PENNY – 2ND CORPS HOSPITAL, GETTYSBURG

1862 INDIAN HEAD PENNY – 2ND CORPS HOSPITAL, GETTYSBURG

This item is a dug Indian head penny featuring good detail and a green patina. Dated 1862. Recovered at the site of the Union 2nd Corps field hospital at Gettysburg. Recovered by author/publisher Dean… (236-1098) SOLD. Learn More »

$45.00
SOLD

RELIC LOT FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE

RELIC LOT FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE

Housed in a 9” x 6” wood framed case is a nice group of relics recovered from a trench line at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Included are ten assorted bullets (US & CS), a bone, an artillery… (236-1083) SOLD. Learn More »

BULLET LOT FROM 2ND BULL RUN

BULLET LOT FROM 2ND BULL RUN

Offered here is a very nice group of bullets recovered from the Battle of 2nd Bull Run. Included are .54 and .58 caliber 3-ringers, .54 and .58 caliber Confederate Gardner 2-ringers, English and… (236-1101) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

BRASS “OILER” FOR MARTINI-HENRY RIFLE

BRASS “OILER” FOR MARTINI-HENRY RIFLE

This is an original 19th century British oil bottle for the Martini-Henry Rifle. Brass oil bottle with screw cap and long iron “needle” mounted inside the cap. Brass has mellow tone with traces of… (236-1104) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

FRAMED WEST AFRICAN MANILLA

FRAMED WEST AFRICAN MANILLA

This piece measures approximately 2.25” tall x 2.25” across its widest point. Crudely cast copper or brass, this has a nice dark green patina. This comes mounted with descriptive labels in a 9”… (236-1085) SOLD. Learn More »

$35.00
SOLD

CIVIL WAR-ERA ELEY BROTHERS CAP TIN WITH BRASS LABEL

CIVIL WAR-ERA ELEY BROTHERS CAP TIN WITH BRASS LABEL

Here is an original Civil War era tin for pistol-sized percussion caps made by Eley Brothers of London. This is the taller (1.4” tall) 250 count size tin. The tin remains in very good condition and… (236-1102) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

OLD BALDY (MEADE’S HORSE) CABINET CARD PHOTO

OLD BALDY (MEADE’S HORSE) CABINET CARD PHOTO

‘Old Baldy’, the most famous of the war horses used by General George G. Meade was raised on the western frontier, and brought east as a U.S. Cavalry mount. At the outbreak of the Civil War… (2024-5119) SOLD. Learn More »

U.S. M-1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET SCABBARD

U.S. M-1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET SCABBARD

Original early production black bridle leather scabbard. The leather body is in nice condition with a good tight seam running up the back with only minor crazing to the finish. Brass scabbard tip was… (632-85) SOLD. Learn More »

BOOK – “DIARY OF THE AMERICAN WAR, A HESSIAN JOURNAL”

BOOK – “DIARY OF THE AMERICAN WAR, A HESSIAN JOURNAL”

Cloth covered boards with dust jacket. Imprint on spine. 7” x 10”, 467 pages, maps, index. Good condition overall. This book presents a translation of the diary written by Hessian mercenary… (236-1062) SOLD. Learn More »

$50.00
SOLD

ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG PHOTO – 5 GENTLEMEN AT THE HIGH WATER MARK

ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG PHOTO – 5 GENTLEMEN AT THE HIGH WATER MARK

This neat and likely singular photograph is mounted to a dark gray card with decorative border designs and depicts 5 men standing at the High Water Mark Monument – near The Angle and along Hancock… (2024-6914) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

EARLY GETTYSBURG TOURISM PHOTO – ANTIQUE CAR AND GROUP AT DEVIL’S DEN

EARLY GETTYSBURG TOURISM PHOTO – ANTIQUE CAR AND GROUP AT DEVIL’S DEN

This interesting early photograph features a group of tourists in what appears to be an early model Chevrolet.  Five men sit in the automobile as one poses while standing. Another man standing in the… (2024-6908) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

SCARCE CANTEL PATENT CANTEEN WITH PAINTED SOLDIER’S INITIALS

SCARCE CANTEL PATENT CANTEEN WITH PAINTED SOLDIER’S INITIALS

Patented October 14, 1862, by Lazare Cantel, a New York City maker of trunks and other leather items, these canteens were designed to obviate the objectionable taste leather canteens gave to their… (1268-221) SOLD. Learn More »

SIGNED US ARMY REGULATIONS OF LT. J. H. BULLOCK, 1st MICH. CAV, CUSTER’S MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE & BROTHER OF DEADWOOD SHERIFF SETH BULLOCK

SIGNED US ARMY REGULATIONS OF LT. J. H. BULLOCK, 1st MICH. CAV, CUSTER’S MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE & BROTHER OF DEADWOOD SHERIFF SETH BULLOCK

Custer and the Michigan Cavalry Brigade need no introduction to collectors or students of the Civil War. This is an excellent condition copy of the revised US Army Regulations of 1863 belonging to an… (2024-2379) SOLD. Learn More »

69th OHIO SOLDIER’S STENCIL: COMPANY MUSICIAN 1861 TO 1865, 14th ARMY CORPS- THE REGIMENT FOUGHT FROM STONES RIVER TO BENTONVILLE

69th OHIO SOLDIER’S STENCIL: COMPANY MUSICIAN 1861 TO 1865, 14th ARMY CORPS- THE REGIMENT FOUGHT FROM STONES RIVER TO BENTONVILLE

This is in excellent condition, with no bends or tears, just a few age stains. These were commercially sold, made of a thin sheet of metal wrapped around a sturdier metal frame, and stamped through… (490-7291) SOLD. Learn More »

ENGLISH SIDE KNIFE WITH SHEATH, C. 1850-60

ENGLISH SIDE KNIFE WITH SHEATH, C. 1850-60

Maker mark: “Manson/ Sheffield”. Measures 11.25 in total length; spear-shaped blade 6.375” in length, 1.125” in width at base. Frosted blade inscription: “Never Draw Me Without… (172-3645) SOLD. Learn More »

$750.00
Originally $975.00


SOLD

RELIC, BRASS FLAG STAFF TIP (POINTY)

RELIC, BRASS FLAG STAFF TIP (POINTY)

Offered here is a “dug” flag staff tip. This is made of brass, measures 5” long and 1” in diameter. Features a raised band and there is a single screw hole to attach to wood flag staff. Very… (236-213) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

RELIC, BRASS FLAG STAFF TIP (ROUND)

RELIC, BRASS FLAG STAFF TIP (ROUND)

Offered here is a “dug” flag staff tip. This is made of brass, measures approximately 3.75” long and 1” in diameter. Features a raised band and there is a single screw hole to attach to wood… (236-214) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

CDV OF COLONEL FRANCIS STEBBINS BARTOW, THE FIRST COMMANDER KILLED IN BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR AT FIRST MANASSAS

CDV OF COLONEL FRANCIS STEBBINS BARTOW, THE FIRST COMMANDER KILLED IN BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR AT FIRST MANASSAS

Here we have a view of Colonel Bartow in civilian clothing, likely around 1860 when Bartow was a congressman for his home state of Georgia. The image is an oval shaped vignette of Bartow seated in a… (846-584) SOLD. Learn More »

CDV BUST VIEW OF CS GEN. JAMES H. LANE – 1ST NORTH CAROLINA, 28TH NORTH CAROLINA; THREE TIMES WOUNDED IN ACTION

CDV BUST VIEW OF CS GEN. JAMES H. LANE – 1ST NORTH CAROLINA, 28TH NORTH CAROLINA; THREE TIMES WOUNDED IN ACTION

Born July 28, 1833, in Mathews County, Virginia, and educated by tutors and private schools, in 1851 Lane entered the Virginia Military Institute where Stonewall Jackson was one of his instructors. He… (846-575) SOLD. Learn More »

SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF OLIVER SIDENSPARKER, 24th MAINE: SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON

SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF OLIVER SIDENSPARKER, 24th MAINE: SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON

A very nice condition Civil War soldier’s stencil reading, “O. Sidensparker, / Co. B. 24th Me. Reg’t.” These were privately purchased by or for soldiers to mark their personal possessions and… (490-7293) SOLD. Learn More »

GETTYSBURG VETERAN PHOTOGRAPH – THE ANGLE/71st PA MONUMENT LOCATION WITH PERIOD NOTATION

GETTYSBURG VETERAN PHOTOGRAPH – THE ANGLE/71st PA MONUMENT LOCATION WITH PERIOD NOTATION

This image depicts three men standing at the low stone wall of “The Angle”, looking out across the rolling fields between Cemetery and Seminary Ridges.  The man in the bowler hat at left is… (2024-6737) SOLD. Learn More »

$85.00
SOLD

U.S. PATTERN 1861 INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX “WATERTOWN ARSENAL 1863”

U.S. PATTERN 1861 INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX “WATERTOWN ARSENAL 1863”

Pattern 1861 US cartridge box in good unissued condition. The outer flap is cut for “US” cartridge box plate but never had one mounted. There is scuffing of the bridle leather surface overall from… (2024-1894) SOLD. Learn More »

ID’D US FROCK COAT AND FORAGE CAP – CORPORAL ALFRED CARPENTER, 44th MASSACHUSETTS (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

ID’D US FROCK COAT AND FORAGE CAP – CORPORAL ALFRED CARPENTER, 44th MASSACHUSETTS (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

The 44th Massachusetts was born of the 4th Battalion of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a unit formed at the outset of the American Revolution which called itself the “New England Guards”. … (1268-266) SOLD. Learn More »

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF ELIJAH M. GRANT 27th MAINE: THE MEDAL OF HONOR REGIMENT!

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF ELIJAH M. GRANT 27th MAINE: THE MEDAL OF HONOR REGIMENT!

Elijah Milton Grant did two tours of service during the war: first in the 27th Maine and then in the 6th Mass, where records transpose his first and middle name, carrying him as Milton E. Grant, but… (490-7294) SOLD. Learn More »

AUGUST 1861 PENNSYLVANIA SURGEON-GENERAL’S OFFICE LETTER & COVER

AUGUST 1861 PENNSYLVANIA SURGEON-GENERAL’S OFFICE LETTER & COVER

Cover address: Surgeon-General’s Office /State of Pennsylvania. Address to “Surgeon B. Rohrer / care of Col. M Calmont/ 10th Regt. Penna Regt. Penna Reserve Vol. Corps.”  Letter dated “1112… (2021-1098) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

FINE CONFEDERATE CANTEEN COMPLETE WITH STOPPER, COVER, & STRAP

FINE CONFEDERATE CANTEEN COMPLETE WITH STOPPER, COVER, & STRAP

Offered here is an atypical Confederate tin canteen. Not a “drum” canteen and not a “M1858” style either; more of a hybrid of the two. Called a “oblate spheroid” by Sylvia and O’Donnell… (1268-004) SOLD. Learn More »

RARE GETTYSBURG PHOTO – 8th REGIMENT, PA NATIONAL GUARD – CAMP QUAY, 1904

RARE GETTYSBURG PHOTO – 8th REGIMENT, PA NATIONAL GUARD – CAMP QUAY, 1904

Camp Quay was a Pennsylvania National Guard camp established for a short summer term in 1904.  The 8th Pennsylvania, featured in this photo, camped near the Sherfy Peach Orchard for several weeks to… (699-01) SOLD. Learn More »

LARGE MOUNTED GETTYSBURG TOUR/REUNION PHOTO – OAK RIDGE TOWER, 1910

LARGE MOUNTED GETTYSBURG TOUR/REUNION PHOTO – OAK RIDGE TOWER, 1910

Completed in 1896 by the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission, the Oak Ridge Observation Tower still stands in a much shorter capacity at its original location.  Offering a captivating view of the major… (2024-6945) SOLD. Learn More »

HALLTOWN / LOUDON HEIGHTS / MARYLAND HEIGHTS RELIC GROUP FOUND BY BILL GAVIN

HALLTOWN / LOUDON HEIGHTS / MARYLAND HEIGHTS RELIC GROUP FOUND BY BILL GAVIN

These relics are from historically significant sites surrounding Harpers Ferry. Maryland and Loudon Heights overlook the town and were covered with artillery redoubts and camps throughout the Civil… (601-739) SOLD. Learn More »

APPOMATTOX STATION RELIC GROUPING #5 – LAST CAVALRY FIGHT OF THE EASTERN THEATER

APPOMATTOX STATION RELIC GROUPING #5 – LAST CAVALRY FIGHT OF THE EASTERN THEATER

On the day preceding the surrender at Appomattox, the last cavalry engagement of the Eastern Theater took place at Appomattox Station. Identifying an opportunity to neutralize and capture an entire… (173-4354) SOLD. Learn More »

BEAUTIFUL N.P. AMES MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD WITH EAGLE CROSS GUARD AND SCABBARD

BEAUTIFUL N.P. AMES MILITIA OFFICER’S SWORD WITH EAGLE CROSS GUARD AND SCABBARD

This is a high-quality Ames militia staff sword with knight’s helmet pommel, spread-winged eagle cross guard, and engraved scabbard. This is a pre-Civil War sword produced circa 1850 by the Ames… (1268-213) SOLD. Learn More »

CONFEDERATE LAUREL WREATH KEEPER FROM TWO-PIECE INTERLOCKING CS BELT PLATE

CONFEDERATE LAUREL WREATH KEEPER FROM TWO-PIECE INTERLOCKING CS BELT PLATE

This is a good example of the wreath portion of the quintessential Confederate sword belt plate. This is an excavated example showing a pleasing olive-green patina mixed with some light brown in… (915-21) SOLD. Learn More »

 EXCELLENT CONDITION TENNESSEE RECOVERED CONFEDERATE WISHBONE FRAME BUCKLE

EXCELLENT CONDITION TENNESSEE RECOVERED CONFEDERATE WISHBONE FRAME BUCKLE

One of the most distinctive Confederate belt buckles is the forked-tongue or wishbone frame style, so named from the shape of the movable tongue mounted on the center bar. The buckle is simple,… (1285-02) SOLD. Learn More »

OFFICIAL ORDER OF MARCH FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG IN 1893 — NEW YORK DAY AT GETTYSBURG

OFFICIAL ORDER OF MARCH FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG IN 1893 — NEW YORK DAY AT GETTYSBURG

This is a scarce copy of the official order for the composition and order of march for the procession of veterans for the dedication of the NY State monument at Gettysburg on July 2, 1893. This was… (595-1984) SOLD. Learn More »

FIRST REVISED EDITION COPY OF “CONFEDERATE CARBINES & MUSKETOONS” BY MURPHY

FIRST REVISED EDITION COPY OF “CONFEDERATE CARBINES & MUSKETOONS” BY MURPHY

Nice, clean, tight, copy of the above titled book. Volume was written by John M. Murphy with supplemental research done by Howard Michael Madaus and published in 2002. The volume runs 320 pages with… (1285-06) SOLD. Learn More »

BURNSIDE 5TH MODEL CARBINE

BURNSIDE 5TH MODEL CARBINE

This is the Burnside single shot percussion carbine, Model 1864, aka "5th model". It is a .54 caliber carbine manufactured by the Burnside Rifle Co., in Providence, Rhode Island. General Ambrose… (2025-341) SOLD. Learn More »

U.S. M1861 INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND PLATES

U.S. M1861 INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND PLATES

This leather box is for carrying an infantryman’s supply of .58 caliber rifle musket cartridges. The large outer flap remains soft and flexible with good finish overall; there is one small… (1268-219C) SOLD. Learn More »


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RARE CONFEDERATE IMPORTED CARTRIDGE BOX

This English made cartridge box was run through to the blockaded South early in the war. It was made under Confederate direction by English contractor Alexander Ross. Major Edward Anderson CSA between July and September 1861 made arrangements to have… (2025-304). Learn More »

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