Howard Crouch published this pattern of Confederate cavalry spur with the nickname of the “Brandy Spur” from the number recovered from the area of the Brandy Station battlefield, fought in June 1863 when Union cavalry under Pleasonton attacked Stuart’s cavalry near Culpepper at the beginning of the Gettysburg campaign. Crouch does not commit on a maker, but says it is mid-war and “undoubtedly the product of a large Richmond area production facility.”

The pattern shares characteristics of the other “Richmond” pattern in using flat side bars with squared slots and a straight neck with rounded end, but side bars are contoured in profile and the neck is round in cross section. Crouch notes that some have rings cast in the neck and others don’t. This one does not, but does show the base of the neck was finished, which he mentions as another characteristic. This one has a ten-point iron rowel similar to that on another Richmond spur we are offering, found, like this one, in Orange, Virginia. Crouch notes that “many of these spurs we made and used by the Confederates.”

This is a classic Confederate cavalry spur and is in very good condition. The iron rowel is complete and shows some surface rust but has all its points. The brass has an even brown patina with some green and some brownish gray. There are no bends, breaks or repairs.  [sr] [ph:L]

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