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SEA CHANTIES AND CAMPFIRES: CONCERTINA OF JOHN MARTIN, PRIVATE 47th MASS AND MARINER

SEA CHANTIES AND CAMPFIRES: CONCERTINA OF JOHN MARTIN, PRIVATE 47th MASS AND MARINER

A very nice condition concertina in is original hexagonal wood case. This is attractively identified in black ink on one face: “John / Martin / 47th / Mass.” with a bar of music following his… (1268-178) Learn More »

CONFEDERATE DEEP SOUTH DEPOT ENLISTEDMAN'S KEPI

CONFEDERATE DEEP SOUTH DEPOT ENLISTEDMAN'S KEPI

Federal soldier George Wilson, 21st Missouri Infantry (US), captured this cap at the Fort Blakely fight near Mobile, Alabama April 9th, 1865.  The cap appears to have been mass produced at a clothing… (2025-300) Learn More »

VERY NICE SHEFFIELD FIGHTING KNIFE IDENTIFIED TO 24TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER

VERY NICE SHEFFIELD FIGHTING KNIFE IDENTIFIED TO 24TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER

Offered here is a bone-handle Sheffield knife with scabbard, belt frog, and the perfect Civil War “fighting knife” look! The knife is approximately 13” long overall with an 8.25” blade. Knife… (1268-256) Learn More »

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER,  POST-WAR ALS

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, POST-WAR ALS

Dated “Washington, Feb. 4, 1876.” Addressed to Oaks A. Ames / North Easton, Mass.  2 pp., on unlined paper in ink, w/post-script in pencil on reverse. Exhibits fold-marks. Else… (490-6493) Learn More »

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 32—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 32—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF

Dated New Orleans, May 27, 1862. One page, 5” x 8. Small foxed spot on bottom margin. Else VG plus. Text:   “No officer or soldier is permitted to take the property, to shut up any house or place… (490-6627) Learn More »

$25.00
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PERIOD STEREOVIEW CARD – LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND

PERIOD STEREOVIEW CARD – LIBBY PRISON, RICHMOND

Many Prisoner of War camps earned their infamous reputations, with one of the most famous being Libby Prison in Richmond.  Originally intended to house captured Union officers during the Peninsula… (2024-5618) Learn More »

RARE STEREOVIEW OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

RARE STEREOVIEW OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

This period stereoview card was published by E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO. and features one of the most photographed locations of the Civil War - Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.  Site of the… (2024-5620) Learn More »

SILVER MOUNTED PRESENTATION WOOD FIFE OF EUGENE JEWELL 18th OHIO: CAPTURED AT STONES RIVER; HE SERVED BESIDE TWO OF HIS SONS, AND UNDER ONE OF THEM!

SILVER MOUNTED PRESENTATION WOOD FIFE OF EUGENE JEWELL 18th OHIO: CAPTURED AT STONES RIVER; HE SERVED BESIDE TWO OF HIS SONS, AND UNDER ONE OF THEM!

This is not only a real, identified Civil War fife—in contrast to the vast sea of postwar and even wartime fifes out there with bogus inscriptions and stampings- but also a great piece of Civil War… (1268-166) Learn More »

1862 OR EARLIER ROTARY VALVE E-FLAT CIRCULAR HELICON CORNET BY FIRTH POND & CO, NY

1862 OR EARLIER ROTARY VALVE E-FLAT CIRCULAR HELICON CORNET BY FIRTH POND & CO, NY

A very scarce German silver helicon cornet with three rotary valves, nicely marked on the lower portion of the bell, just above the garland in stamped in block letters “FIRTH POND & Co / NEW… (1268-171) Learn More »

TAYLOR FUSE IGNITER

TAYLOR FUSE IGNITER

Here is a tin fuse igniter for Taylor’s time fuse. The Taylor fuse was patented April 11, 1865, so did not see any use during the Civil War. The purpose of these tin “igniters” was to direct the… (1202-455) Learn More »

TAYLOR FUSE IGNITER

TAYLOR FUSE IGNITER

Here is a tin fuse igniter for Taylor’s time fuse. The Taylor fuse was patented April 11, 1865, so did not see any use during the Civil War. The purpose of these tin “igniters” was to direct the… (1202-454) Learn More »

ARTILLERY PRIMING WIRE FOR CANNONS

ARTILLERY PRIMING WIRE FOR CANNONS

This is a tool for punching a hole in the powder bag through the cannon vent hole. Made of stout wire, it is 16.5” long overall with a 2” diameter loop handle at the top. The business end features… (1202-472) Learn More »

$75.00
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ARTILLERY PRIMING WIRE FOR LARGE CANNONS

ARTILLERY PRIMING WIRE FOR LARGE CANNONS

This is a tool for punching a hole in the powder bag through the cannon vent hole. Made of stout wire, it is 25” long overall with a 2” diameter loop handle at the top. The business end features a… (1202-473) Learn More »

ARTILLERY VENT PUNCH FOR FIELD GUNS

ARTILLERY VENT PUNCH FOR FIELD GUNS

This is a tool for clearing the vent of any obstructions such as pieces of fired friction primers. It has a six-sided head with a hole in the center, and an 8” wire brazed to it. The wire ends with… (1202-471) Learn More »

RARE PACK OF CONFEDERATE, RICHMOND ARSENAL, FIVE-SECOND ARTILLERY FUZES

RARE PACK OF CONFEDERATE, RICHMOND ARSENAL, FIVE-SECOND ARTILLERY FUZES

Offered here is a rare, nice condition, original pack of five-second time fuzes manufactured at the Richmond Arsenal in Virginia during the Civil War. Pack is constructed of a drilled wood block that… (1268-513) Learn More »

CONFEDERATE OFFICER’S BELT WITH TWO-PIECE VIRGINIA PLATE AND DRAGOON REVOLVER HOLSTER

CONFEDERATE OFFICER’S BELT WITH TWO-PIECE VIRGINIA PLATE AND DRAGOON REVOLVER HOLSTER

The belt plate is a Viriginia two-piece interlocking plate of very good quality. Belt loops for tongue and wreath are plain, slightly beveled. The wreath is a laurel wreath with berries, secured with… (1283-03) Learn More »

UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – SUMMIT OF LITTLE ROUND TOP LOOKING NORTH

UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – SUMMIT OF LITTLE ROUND TOP LOOKING NORTH

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from the summit of Little Round Top looking over the 155th Pennsylvania monument and north down Cemetery Ridge. The photo is mounted to a black… (2024-6884) Learn More »

$35.00
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UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM OAK RIDGE TOWARD 11th CORPS POSITION

UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM OAK RIDGE TOWARD 11th CORPS POSITION

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from Oak Ridge looking down over the mostly flat ground north of town, held by the 11th Corps prior to their retreat. The photo is mounted to a… (2024-6882) Learn More »

UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM THE ANGLE LOOKING WEST

UNKOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM THE ANGLE LOOKING WEST

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from the vicinity of The Angle on Cemetery Ridge, looking west over the fields of “Pickett’s Charge” and to the South Mountain range… (2024-6881) Learn More »

MINTY COLT “SPECIAL MODEL 1861” MUSKET, DATED 1863

MINTY COLT “SPECIAL MODEL 1861” MUSKET, DATED 1863

This original Civil War shoulder arm is a Colt “Special Model 1861” contract rifle musket made from 1861 to 1865 by the Colt Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Though no serial… (1268-185) Learn More »

EXCELLENT CDV OF UNION MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO G. WRIGHT

EXCELLENT CDV OF UNION MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO G. WRIGHT

Presented is an excellent Civil War image of Union Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright in his full military uniform. In this CDV image, the seated Horatio Wright presents a ¾ size view and looks… (2025-318) Learn More »

CDV OF US GENERAL WILLIAM BUEL FRANKLIN

CDV OF US GENERAL WILLIAM BUEL FRANKLIN

CDV is a waist-up sitting view of General William B. Franklin. He is wearing a dark colored double breasted frock coat with shoulder boards. Reverse is marked with the photographer’s imprint which… (2025-316) Learn More »

CDV OF US GENERAL HUGH JUDSON KILPATRICK

CDV OF US GENERAL HUGH JUDSON KILPATRICK

CDV is a three-quarter standing view of Union General Hugh J. Kilpatrick. He is wearing a dark colored double breasted frock coat and kepi. Reverse does not have a photographer’s imprint. Hugh… (2025-315) Learn More »

RARE PACK OF CONFEDERATE, RICHMOND ARSENAL, ARTILLERY FRICTION PRIMERS

RARE PACK OF CONFEDERATE, RICHMOND ARSENAL, ARTILLERY FRICTION PRIMERS

Offered here is a very rare, nice condition, original pack of artillery friction primers manufactured at the Richmond Arsenal in Virginia during the Civil War. These “primers” are what was placed… (1268-512) Learn More »

US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE WITH BELT

US PATTERN 1839 BELT PLATE WITH BELT

This non-excavated Federal belt plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a clear “US”. Face shows only… (1268-219) Learn More »

$475.00
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SILVERED PRESENTATION FIFE TO MARTIN MURPHY, 4th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 17th NY VETERAN ZOUAVES, AND REGULAR ARMY

SILVERED PRESENTATION FIFE TO MARTIN MURPHY, 4th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 17th NY VETERAN ZOUAVES, AND REGULAR ARMY

This elegant silvered fife, 15-1/4” long, bears a great presentation and was carried by a company musician with Civil War service in two New York regiments, one of them a zouave regiment, and… (1268-167) Learn More »

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM THE VA MONUMENT TOWARD CEMETERY RIDGE

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – TAKEN FROM THE VA MONUMENT TOWARD CEMETERY RIDGE

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from the Virginia Monument looking toward the “Copse of Trees” and the heart of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. The photo is mounted to a… (2024-6880) Learn More »

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – WARFIELD RIDGE TOWARD LITTLE ROUND TOP

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – WARFIELD RIDGE TOWARD LITTLE ROUND TOP

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from the vicinity of Warfield Ridge looking over the valley of Farnsworth’s Charge and toward Little Round Top. The photo is mounted to a… (2024-6879) Learn More »

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – DEVIL’S DEN FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP

UNKNOWN ANTIQUE GETTYSBURG TOURIST PHOTO – DEVIL’S DEN FROM LITTLE ROUND TOP

Offered is a nice photo taken by an unknown photographer from the summit of Little Round Top overlooking the Valley of Death and Devil’s Den. The photo is mounted to a black card.  The photo… (2024-6876) Learn More »

PACK OF FRANKFORD ARSENAL 5-SECOND FUSES

PACK OF FRANKFORD ARSENAL 5-SECOND FUSES

This pack of 5-second artillery fuses originates from the Frankford Arsenal and was produced in 1864. The pack is constructed of a drilled wood block covered with a printed paper label. This paper… (1202-456) Learn More »

$75.00
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U.S. MODEL 1866 COMBINATION TOOL

U.S. MODEL 1866 COMBINATION TOOL

This is a non-excavated model 1866 musket tool made from surplus M1855 combination tool.  Three screw driver blades with the cone wrench cut off and two “spanner” pins cut in place. This spanner… (1268-189) Learn More »

U.S. MODEL 1855 TUMBLER PUNCH

U.S. MODEL 1855 TUMBLER PUNCH

Just about every US rifle or carbine cartridge box of the period has a small separate implement pouch for the gun tools, oily rags, etc., necessary for the cleaning and maintenance of the soldier’s… (1268-191) Learn More »

VERY SCARCE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT WITH VIRGINIA BUCKLE

VERY SCARCE CONFEDERATE SWORD BELT WITH VIRGINIA BUCKLE

This buff leather, Model-1851 sword belt comes complete with sword hangers (one detached but present), all brass hardware, and a very fine Virginia State Seal belt plate. No shoulder strap… (1268-357) Learn More »

1852 PATTERN USN OFFICER’S BELT PLATE OF HENRY CLAY COCHRANE: AS A USMC 2nd LIEUTENANT HE ACCOMPANIED LINCOLN TO GETTYSBURG IN 1863 & WROTE ABOUT IT

1852 PATTERN USN OFFICER’S BELT PLATE OF HENRY CLAY COCHRANE: AS A USMC 2nd LIEUTENANT HE ACCOMPANIED LINCOLN TO GETTYSBURG IN 1863 & WROTE ABOUT IT

This grouping comes with a 1995 letter indicating they were among items purchased at a moving sale held in Alexandria, VA, in 1993 by a member of the Cochrane family, a sale that included items… (10-2042) Learn More »

$1,250.00
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VERY RARE, CIVIL WAR MARYLAND SWORD BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT, NON-DUG CONDITION

VERY RARE, CIVIL WAR MARYLAND SWORD BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT, NON-DUG CONDITION

Presented here is a rare, early brass rectangular belt plate worn by Maryland volunteers during the Civil War. Prior to the war, many of the state’s volunteer militia units contracted with the… (2025-240) Learn More »

$4,250.00
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VIRGINIA OFFICER’S BELT PLATE REMOVED FROM THE BODY OF COL. JAMES G. HODGES, 14th VIRGINIA, KILLED IN PICKETT’S CHARGE, WITH HIS COLONEL’S STARS- THE PLATE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW IN 1903!

VIRGINIA OFFICER’S BELT PLATE REMOVED FROM THE BODY OF COL. JAMES G. HODGES, 14th VIRGINIA, KILLED IN PICKETT’S CHARGE, WITH HIS COLONEL’S STARS- THE PLATE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW IN 1903!

This historic group includes the Virginia Confederate officer’s sword belt plate removed from the body of Colonel James Gregory Hodges, 14th Virginia, Armistead’s brigade, killed at the stone wall… (846-563) Learn More »

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 99 / MAJOR GEN BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / SLAVE JAIL FEES]

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 99 / MAJOR GEN BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / SLAVE JAIL FEES]

Dated New Orleans, November 21, 1862.” One  page, 5” x 8. Fine condition. Benjamin butler was easily the most notorious and controversial “political” general of the Civil War, and… (490-6639) Learn More »

BOUND GENERAL ORDERS, JANUARY TO JULY 1863, MAJOR NICHOLLS

BOUND GENERAL ORDERS, JANUARY TO JULY 1863, MAJOR NICHOLLS

Book of U.S. Army “General Orders”. Measures 5” x 7.25” unpaginated. Multi-color mottled hardcover with leather corners and spine. Gilt title on spine. Published by the War Department and… (1268-280) Learn More »

M1855 SOCKET BAYONET

M1855 SOCKET BAYONET

During the American Civil War, well over 1,000,000 US Model 1855 .58 Caliber Socket Bayonets were produced by the Springfield Armory and some two-dozen contractors. Most of these bayonets bear no… (2025-277) Learn More »

$195.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL’S SHOULDER STRAPS

BRIGADIER GENERAL’S SHOULDER STRAPS

A very nice condition pair of Civil War period Brigadier General’s shoulder straps showing signs of actually having been worn on a uniform. These measure 1-1/2” wide by 3-7/8” long and are… (2025-278) Learn More »

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This is a portion of a rare Model 1872 fatigue blouse clearly showing the characteristic pleats of the pattern. These were replacements for the old Civil War M1858 fatigue blouse (the 4-button sack… (1052-579) Learn More »

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

PIECE OF AN INDIAN WAR M1872 FATIGUE BLOUSE FROM FORT PEMBINA, ND

This is a portion of the rare Model 1872 fatigue blouse. The pattern was a replacement for the old Civil War M1858 fatigue blouse (the 4-button sack coat,) made with the idea of giving the soldier… (1052-578) Learn More »

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, a small frontier army post in operation from 1870 to 1895, and is the stiffener from inside the top of a kepi a M1872 dress cap. It is black in… (1052-1152) Learn More »

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

KEPI OR DRESS CAP STIFFENER FROM FORT PEMBINA

This comes from the excavations at Fort Pembina, ND, a small frontier army post in operation from 1870 to 1895, and is the stiffener from inside the top of a kepi a M1872 dress cap. It is black in… (1052-475) 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 »

M1859 SHARPS SABER BAYONET

M1859 SHARPS SABER BAYONET

This is an original American Civil War saber bayonet manufactured by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts just prior to the Civil War.  Made to fit the infantry length Sharps… (2024-1011) Learn More »

PRESENTATION AMES MODEL 1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD OF LT. CORNELIUS BATCHELDER, 12th MASS, DATED JUNE 17, 1863, JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG!

PRESENTATION AMES MODEL 1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD OF LT. CORNELIUS BATCHELDER, 12th MASS, DATED JUNE 17, 1863, JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG!

This sword bears a wonderful inscription to a newly commissioned officer from the men of his company, beside whom he had served as a sergeant through Antietam, Fredericksburg and other heavy… (1052-1130) Learn More »

SHARPS AND HANKINS NAVY CARBINE

SHARPS AND HANKINS NAVY CARBINE

This is a good example of the single-shot, breech-loading .52 Caliber rimfire Sharps and Hankins Navy Carbine, also known as the Second Model or Model 1862, complete, all original, and showing some… (1244-01) Learn More »

$3,000.00
Originally $3,250.00

ID’D NEW MANUAL OF THE BAYONET – CAPT. THOMAS HOYT, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GEN. OF VOLUNTEERS

ID’D NEW MANUAL OF THE BAYONET – CAPT. THOMAS HOYT, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GEN. OF VOLUNTEERS

This copy of A New Manual of the Bayonet was published in 1861 by D. Van Nostrand and, according to a small pasted tag of the period, was purchased directly from the Metropolitan Book Store in… (1268-284) Learn More »

LARGE GETTYSBURG TIPTON PHOTO – 8th PA CAVALRY MONUMENT DEDICATION

LARGE GETTYSBURG TIPTON PHOTO – 8th PA CAVALRY MONUMENT DEDICATION

William Henry Tipton (1850–1929) was born in Gettysburg, and began apprenticing to photographer brothers Isaac and Charles Tyson at the age of twelve. Although the Tysons closed shop during the… (2024-6686) Learn More »


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JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July 24th 1863, Col. Chamberlain details the fight of… (557-250). Learn More »

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