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NON-DUG “THIN LETTER” STATE OF NEW YORK CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

NON-DUG “THIN LETTER” STATE OF NEW YORK CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

This is a match for O’Donnell & Campbell Plate 550 in very good condition, with good edge, nice bright patina, showing some original gilt and some minor age stains, and a full lead solder fill… (490-7276) Learn More »

INTRIGUING ¼ PLATE DAGUERROTYPE – FREDERIC CHAPMAN, AGE 4, ID’D WITH LOCK OF HAIR

INTRIGUING ¼ PLATE DAGUERROTYPE – FREDERIC CHAPMAN, AGE 4, ID’D WITH LOCK OF HAIR

The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique… (1221-51) Learn More »

MODEL 1874 PALMER BRACE SYSTEM

MODEL 1874 PALMER BRACE SYSTEM

The palmer brace system (harness or suspender-like straps) was used to attach the haversack, clothing bag and canteen to the soldier's back believing the brace would help with weight distribution. It… (179-1219) Learn More »

MODEL 1874 PALMER BRACE SYSTEM

MODEL 1874 PALMER BRACE SYSTEM

The palmer brace system (harness or suspender-like straps) was used to attach the haversack, clothing bag and canteen to the soldier's back believing the brace would help with weight distribution. It… (179-1218) Learn More »

RARE OHIO CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE

RARE OHIO CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE

Modelled on the US 1826 pattern round eagle breastplates, these are shown as Plate 471 in O’Donnell and Campbell. They are described in the state’s 1859 regulations and bear the coat of arms later… (1287-06) Learn More »

NICELY MARKED SMITH PATENT CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

NICELY MARKED SMITH PATENT CAPTAIN OF STAFF SHOULDER STRAPS

A very good condition and good looking set of Smith Patent shoulder straps for a Captain on staff duty. There were at least a couple of patents during the Civil War for some form of metallic border in… (490-7268) Learn More »

CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL SMITH PATENT SHOULDER STRAPS

CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL SMITH PATENT SHOULDER STRAPS

An excellent condition set of Smith Patent shoulder straps for a Brigadier General. James Smith’s patent used stamped and gilded brass metallic frames to imitate the bullion embroidered borders of… (490-7265) Learn More »

SINGLE SHOT PERCUSSION PISTOL BY HOLLIS OF LONDON PRESENTED TO BEVERLY KENNON, CSN

SINGLE SHOT PERCUSSION PISTOL BY HOLLIS OF LONDON PRESENTED TO BEVERLY KENNON, CSN

Offered here is a single shot .54 caliber percussion pistol is a product of gunmaker Richard Hollis of London, England, and identified to a navy officer who served in the U.S. and C.S. navies. The… (1268-689) Learn More »

LARGE, EARLY TIPTON MOUNTED GETTYSBURG PHOTO – POST OFFICE WORKERS, 1913

LARGE, EARLY TIPTON MOUNTED GETTYSBURG PHOTO – POST OFFICE WORKERS, 1913

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… (2024-6844) Learn More »

MATTED NY COMPANY PHOTOGRAVURE PRINT – SPANGLER’S SPRING, 1890

MATTED NY COMPANY PHOTOGRAVURE PRINT – SPANGLER’S SPRING, 1890

W. J. Mozart was a prominent early photographer of the Gettysburg area and battlefield in the years and decades after the battle. His images were praised for their clarity, lighting, and artistic… (2024-6848) Learn More »

PRESENTATION FIELD MANUAL TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE 1st RHODE ISLAND

PRESENTATION FIELD MANUAL TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE 1st RHODE ISLAND

A very good copy of Coppee’s “Field Manual of Evolutions of the Line …” Green cloth binding with impressed eagle with shield and strars on the covers and gilt title on the spine. Printed by… (2024-2381) Learn More »

CDV OF JOHN BANKHEAD MAGRUDER

CDV OF JOHN BANKHEAD MAGRUDER

This CDV shows a waist-up view of General John B. Magruder in his full military regalia. This image is a copy of an earlier image which has been enlarged to show the waist-up view. Because of this,… (846-504) Learn More »

MOUNTED MUMPER GETTYSBURG PHOTO – SCHOOLHOUSE WITH POSING CHILDREN

MOUNTED MUMPER GETTYSBURG PHOTO – SCHOOLHOUSE WITH POSING CHILDREN

Levi "Lee" Mumper was born in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1843. The second of seven children born to farm couple Samuel and Catherine (Shultz) Mumper, he completed a public-school education… (2024-6952) Learn More »

EARLY GETTYSBURG PHOTO – STEVENS’ KNOLL

EARLY GETTYSBURG PHOTO – STEVENS’ KNOLL

Nestled between the most important hills of the US line is Stevens’ Knoll – known before the battle as McKnight’s Hill. Featured in this photo is the famed position of the 5th Maine Battery,… (2024-6971) Learn More »

COURTNEY & TENNENT MARKED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS BY MOLE WITH SCABBARD

COURTNEY & TENNENT MARKED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS BY MOLE WITH SCABBARD

Offered here is a very good example of a 25” long Robert Mole & Sons produced Confederate Naval Cutlass, marked by Courtney, Tennent & Company with its original scabbard. The blade is… (1268-683) Learn More »

ALLEGHENY ARSENAL STYLE U.S. 1861 PATTERN .58 CAL. CARTRIDGE BOX RIG

ALLEGHENY ARSENAL STYLE U.S. 1861 PATTERN .58 CAL. CARTRIDGE BOX RIG

This is a good example of the regulation Union infantry cartridge box rig, untouched and un-messed with, in the sort of condition we used see in a box coming out of a veteran’s estate, something… (1283-01) Learn More »

EARLY GETTYSBURG PHOTOGRAPH – 13th VERMONT AND VERMONT STATE MONUMENT, HANCOCK AVENUE

EARLY GETTYSBURG PHOTOGRAPH – 13th VERMONT AND VERMONT STATE MONUMENT, HANCOCK AVENUE

Early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield serves as an important record of the evolution of the park and its expansive grounds.  Shown in this image are the 13th Vermont and Vermont State… (2024-6899) Learn More »

POW ART BONE CUP IN CASE, ID’D TO 93RD NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS

POW ART BONE CUP IN CASE, ID’D TO 93RD NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS

Bone cup with brass rim and base was prisoner of war art made in Libby Prison. Brass rim is engraved with, “CAPT. H.C.NEWTON, 93RD REGT. N.Y. VOL. SEPT. 19TH, 1864”. Bone is engraved with,… (172-3053) Learn More »

LATE- WAR FULL-STANDING VIEW OF LT. COL. WILBUR REID, TRIGG’S BATTALION PARTISAN RANGERS, MISSING HIS LEG

LATE- WAR FULL-STANDING VIEW OF LT. COL. WILBUR REID, TRIGG’S BATTALION PARTISAN RANGERS, MISSING HIS LEG

This CDV shows a full standing view of Lieutenant Colonel Reid of the 36th Virginia. The dapper lieutenant colonel who had his left leg recently amputated stands confidently with his wooden crutches… (846-406) Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF JAMES H. GIBBS, 97th NEW YORK: HE FUDGED HIS AGE GOING INTO THE ARMY AND HIS NAME AFTER GETTING OUT

UNION SOLDIER’S STENCIL OF JAMES H. GIBBS, 97th NEW YORK: HE FUDGED HIS AGE GOING INTO THE ARMY AND HIS NAME AFTER GETTING OUT

Stories of boys lying about their age in order to get into the army and “see the elephant,” are not uncommon. Rarer are men at the other end of the age spectrum, over the 44-year age limit for… (490-7295) Learn More »


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CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER BY FROELICH

This is a very early and possibly unique Confederate cavalry saber, possibly even a cavalry officer’s saber, by Louis Froelich. It uses a crudely cast, heavy, thick guard, with the side branches branching off from the knucklebow at two different… (870-614). Learn More »

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