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CIVIL WAR US NAVY SEAMAN’S CAP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

CIVIL WAR US NAVY SEAMAN’S CAP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

A very nice condition, very strong example of the regulation Civil War US navy seaman’s cloth cap. These are instantly recognizable, made of thick blue cloth with wide, soft crown, and no visor. The… (1268-665). Learn More »

STAFF CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER STRAPS

STAFF CAPTAIN’S SHOULDER STRAPS

A very good set of Civil War Captain’s shoulder straps. These are a nicely made pair with the center ground made of velvet and the base material not only turned over on the back, but also given a… (1299-07). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS

CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS

Civil War brigadier generals were not relegated to background positions, but held field commands, leading brigades, usually four or five regiments, under fire, with a commensurate mortality rate. This… (1299-06). Learn More »

A CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S (ACTING MAJOR'S) UNIFORM GROUP, EDWARD CLIFTON WHARTON

A CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN'S (ACTING MAJOR'S) UNIFORM GROUP, EDWARD CLIFTON WHARTON

Offered is an outstanding uniform ensemble consisting of a frock coat, a vest, a high crowned kepi, a pair of pants and a sash. These belonged to Edward Clifton Wharton Acting Quarter Master CS Army… (1268-062). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED TRIPLE BORDER LT. COLONEL STAFF STRAPS

IDENTIFIED TRIPLE BORDER LT. COLONEL STAFF STRAPS

This is a really nice set of bullion embroidered triple-border shoulder straps for a Lieutenant Colonel on staff duty, showing deep black velvet centers, bright silver oak leaves, and triple borders… (1299-14). Learn More »

SCARCE DOUBLE-BORDER INFANTRY COLONEL SHOULDER STRAP

SCARCE DOUBLE-BORDER INFANTRY COLONEL SHOULDER STRAP

Infantry colonels were combat officers, commanding their regiments from the front lines and with only one colonel to thirty line officers in a regiment, their shoulder straps are hard to find. This is… (1299-35). Learn More »

SCARCE DOUBLE-BORDER COLONEL’S SHOULDER STRAP

SCARCE DOUBLE-BORDER COLONEL’S SHOULDER STRAP

This is a single strap, constructed with a black velvet ground showing a spread-winged U.S. eagle indicating a full Colonel serving on staff duty in embroidered bullion and sequins, and is a step up… (1299-36). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR NAVY SEAMAN’S BLUE AND WHITE PLAID COTTON SHIRT OF JOSEPH DUFFY, USS PORT ROYAL 1862-1865, NORTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON

CIVIL WAR NAVY SEAMAN’S BLUE AND WHITE PLAID COTTON SHIRT OF JOSEPH DUFFY, USS PORT ROYAL 1862-1865, NORTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON

Blue and white shirt of Civil War US Ordinary Seaman Joseph Duffy, formerly on display at the Texas Civil War Museum. A stencil identified pair of white duck trousers belonging to Duffy are also… (1268-1167). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR SMOKING CAP OF JOHN F. CROSSMAN, 36th MASSACHUSETTS

CIVIL WAR SMOKING CAP OF JOHN F. CROSSMAN, 36th MASSACHUSETTS

Formerly in the collections of the Texas Civil War Museum, this is a great piece for a display focused on Civil War army camp life- an identified Massachusetts soldier’s “smoking cap.” These… (1179-342). Learn More »

SUPERB IDENTIFIED MARYLAND OFFICER'S "PLUG HAT" AND IMAGE – THOMAS H. MARSHALL, 1ST & 2ND MARYLAND US

SUPERB IDENTIFIED MARYLAND OFFICER'S "PLUG HAT" AND IMAGE – THOMAS H. MARSHALL, 1ST & 2ND MARYLAND US

The small yet divided state of Maryland sent its sons to fight and die for the Union or the Confederacy. This rare style officer's hat was worn by Thomas H. Marshall who chose the Northern cause and… (1284-11). Learn More »

TRIPLE-BORDER CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

TRIPLE-BORDER CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

These shoulder straps for a Captain serving on staff duty fall into the “extra rich” category of offerings by some military goods dealers of the period. The borders and rank bars are edged with… (1299-08). Learn More »

AMERICAN MIILITARY HEADGEAR INSIGNIA BY CAMPBELL & O’DONNELL

AMERICAN MIILITARY HEADGEAR INSIGNIA BY CAMPBELL & O’DONNELL

Excellent condition, as new First Edition. Written by J. Duncan Campbell & Michael J. O’Donnell. Published 2004, O’Donnell Publications. Hardcover, 311 pages. Heavily illustrated with black… (602-33). Learn More »

SUPERBLY DOCUMENTED AND WONDERFULLY MAKER-MARKED BY CASSIDY OF NEW ORLEANS CONFEDERATE SIGNAL FLAG CAPTURED AT FORT ST. PHILIP

SUPERBLY DOCUMENTED AND WONDERFULLY MAKER-MARKED BY CASSIDY OF NEW ORLEANS CONFEDERATE SIGNAL FLAG CAPTURED AT FORT ST. PHILIP

This is great example of a Confederate signal flag, taken from the “flag room” of Louisiana Confederate Fort St. Philip by Joseph Davis, then Hospital Steward of the 30th Massachusetts, which… (1179-275). Learn More »

“HAVE I DONE RIGHT, FATHER?” SIGNAL FLAG SENT HOME TO THE FAMILY OF ACTING ENSIGN WALTER L. TITCOMB, USS TECUMSEH, SUNK IN THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY

“HAVE I DONE RIGHT, FATHER?” SIGNAL FLAG SENT HOME TO THE FAMILY OF ACTING ENSIGN WALTER L. TITCOMB, USS TECUMSEH, SUNK IN THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY

Walter Livingston Titcomb was made an Acting Ensign in the U.S. Navy on Oct. 7, 1863, and served just under a year before drowning with most of the crew of the monitor U.S.S. Tecumseh, which struck a… (1179-276). Learn More »

$450.00
ON HOLD

ARTILLERY 2nd LIEUTENANT’S FROCK COAT, COMMISSION TIN, AND BILLFOLD OF LT. A. T. MCMILLAN (MACMILLAN) BATTERY C 1st RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

ARTILLERY 2nd LIEUTENANT’S FROCK COAT, COMMISSION TIN, AND BILLFOLD OF LT. A. T. MCMILLAN (MACMILLAN) BATTERY C 1st RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

This artillery officer’s group was on display in the Texas Civil War Museum and consists of regulation Union artillery officer’s frock coat, the japanned tin tube that held his officer’s… (1268-547). Learn More »

$5,500.00
ON HOLD

IMPRESSIVE SILK AMERICAN MILITARY FLAG

IMPRESSIVE SILK AMERICAN MILITARY FLAG

At first glimpse this now 29 inch by 29-inch hand painted white silk flag appears to be of Civil War vintage, and although that may be exactly what it is, it is not impossible that it dates a half a… (2025-1887). Learn More »

24th MICHIGAN IRON BRIGADE LT. COLONEL MARK FLANIGAN’S HARDEE HAT INSIGNIA WITH HIS LT. COLONEL AND BREVET BRIG. GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS: WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG

24th MICHIGAN IRON BRIGADE LT. COLONEL MARK FLANIGAN’S HARDEE HAT INSIGNIA WITH HIS LT. COLONEL AND BREVET BRIG. GENERAL SHOULDER STRAPS: WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG

“Lieutenant-Colonel Flanigan lost his leg in this battle. His conduct here, as everywhere in battle, was gallant and daring.” So wrote Colonel Henry Morrow of the 24th Michigan in his official… (1255-01). Learn More »

$7,500.00
Originally $8,950.00

A GROUP BELONGING TO CAPTAIN TO MAJOR DAVID SCHOOLEY

A GROUP BELONGING TO CAPTAIN TO MAJOR DAVID SCHOOLEY

Battery M, Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pennsylvania Volunteers) was recruited by Capt. David Schooley, July and August 1862. It was known then as Schooley’s Independent Battery.… (1268-550). Learn More »

INDIAN WARS PERIOD FROCK COAT WITH CIVIL WAR STYLING

INDIAN WARS PERIOD FROCK COAT WITH CIVIL WAR STYLING

This double-breasted, dark blue officer’s-style frock coat shows some Civil War styling indicating it might have been made for a veteran or perhaps for a militia unit that retained older, more… (36-106). Learn More »

1863 DATED NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT

1863 DATED NAVY COMMISSIONING PENNANT

Red, white and blue US Navy commissioning pennant, measuring about 16-1/2 feet (roughly 198 inches) long overall. These pennants were hoisted when a ship was commissioned and with a few exceptions,… (1179-1423). Learn More »


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FROM LIFE CDV VIEW OF CUSTER BY GOLDIN

This is a very nice “from-life” view of Custer by John Goldin & Co. in May 1865, Katz #70 in his Custer in Photographs, taken in May 1865. Custer is shown seated, from mid-calf up, resting one arm on the back of the photographer’s chair,… (2024-450). Learn More »

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