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WEST VIRGINIA HONORABLY DISCHARGED MEDAL: 1st WEST VIRGINIA CAVALRY
This is a very good example of the medal authorized in 1866 by the state of West Virginia for its honorably discharged veterans for service in the Civil War. The two-piece medal has its upper pinback… (2024-483). Learn More »
$225.00
SOLD
BEAUTIFUL LEATHER-BOUND BIBLE PRESENTED TO COLONEL DARIUS N. COUCH – LATER MAJOR GENERAL
This leather-bound Bible was printed in England in 1857. The thick leather covers are deeply embossed with linear as well as geometric decorations. Cover edges do show wear from rubbing. Spine has… (1179-514). Learn More »
UNION SOLDIER DIARY ID’D TO CORPORAL ALLEN SHULTES, CO. “D”, 91ST NEW YORK INFANTRY
Pocket Diary, 1865. Published by Willy Wallach, New York, 1865. Standard black leatherette pocket diary w/ flap, three daily entries per page. Owner inscription, eps, in pencil—“Allen Shultes Co.… (1179-458). Learn More »
$450.00
ON HOLD
“TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION” BOOK IDENTIFIED TO COLONEL OF 2ND RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY
Title page reads, “A TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION, CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE METHODS OF LAYING OUT, CONSTRUCTING, DEFENDING, AND ATTACKING INTRENCHMENTS, WITH THE GENERAL OUTLINES ALSO OF… (1179-719). Learn More »
$575.00
ON HOLD
SMALL BOOK OF HYMNS IDENTIFIED TO 127TH NEW YORK SOLDIER
Small, but thick book measures approximately 2.5” x 3.5” x 1.25” thick. Leather bound with “METHODISTS HYMNS” in gold lettering on the spine. Title page reads: “HYMNS / FOR THE USE OF THE… (1179-1370). Learn More »
INSCRIBED “US INFANTRY AND RIFLE TACTICS” AND INSCRIBED VIELE’S “HANDBOOK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE,” WITH DYNAMIC CDV, OF ADJUTANT LEWIS PARMELEE, BERDAN’S 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS, KIA ANTIETAM!
Lewis Clark Parmelee was born in 1839, the son of a wealthy New Haven, CT, businessman. The history of Berdan’s sharpshooters noted, “Adj. Parmelee was a great favorite in the regiment, a young… (2024-333). Learn More »
$3,500.00
ON HOLD
IDENTIFIED BROOKS PATENT “WRITING, WORK AND TOILET CASE COMBINED,” OF SERGT. ENOCH JOY, 18th NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM
This is an excellent example of a Civil War soldier’s writing kit, one of several different designs marketed to new soldiers directly and through loved ones who wished them to write. The Brooks… (1179-623). Learn More »
1856 SURGICAL BOOK IDENTIFIED TO NORTH CAROLINA SURGEON
The full title of this volume is “THE PRINCEPLES AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY – A NEW AMERICAN FROM THE LAST AND IMPROVED LONDON EDITION” by Robert Druitt, fellow of the Royal College of… (1179-618). Learn More »
SINGLE VOLUME OF SCOTT’S INFANTRY TACTICS ID'D TO 148TH NEW YORK SERGEANT-MAJOR
Manual is titled “INFANTRY TACTICS OR, RULES FOR THE EXERCISE AND MANEUVERS OF THE UNITED STATES INFANTRY -NEW EDITION” by Maj. Gen. Scott, U.S. Army. Published by Harpers & Brothers of New… (2023-414). Learn More »
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK
Volunteers in the Spanish American War were just as anxious to illustrate the hardships of army life by bringing home souvenir hardtack as their fathers had been after the Civil War. That staple of… (1219-43). Learn More »
1913 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 50TH REUNION GRANITEWARE PLATE ID’D TO 13TH VERMONT SOLDIER – SGT. HENRY O. CLARK
These were given out by the government to each veteran attending the reunion. The plate center has a decoupaged cut out of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Memorial (ded. Jan 24, 1912) surrounded by a… (635-587). Learn More »
US CIVIL WAR 1862 POCKET TESTAMENT IDENTIFIED TO 38TH MASSACHUSTTS SOLDIER WHO DIED OF DISEASE
Small New Testament meas. approx. 3.00 x 4.75 inches with embossed covers with raised scrollwork decoration. Hardcovers are bound in brown cloth that shows minor edge wear. Spine is marked… (1179-464). Learn More »
$225.00
ON HOLD
US CIVIL WAR WALLET IDENTIFIED TO 16TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER KILLED AT 2ND BULL RUN
Wallet is made of brown leather and is of the usual tri-folding type with two bill sized interior pockets with leather divider and another of three pockets held closed by a leather flap. The wallet is… (1179-624). Learn More »
$750.00
ON HOLD
SILVER CONFEDERATE ID BADGE RECOVERED NEAR FALLING WATERS - GETTYSBURG POW
This silver badge is crescent shaped and meas. approx. 1.00 inch long. It is engraved around the edges with a linear decoration and engraved on its face is “SKIDS.” Reverse has the remains of a… (2024-29). Learn More »
REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS OF 1861 ID’D TO 83RD ILLINOIS COLONEL & BRIGADIER GENERAL ABNER C. HARDING
Volume is titled “REVISED REGULATIONS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1861 WITH A FULL INDEX.” The book is bound in a blue cloth with an embossed spread-winged eagle with sunburst and stars at… (1179-707). Learn More »
SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER GIVEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS TO HER NEPHEW
This small silver two-piece toothpick holder with rococo designs is accompanied by two calling cards on which are printed: “Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir House, Mississippi”. The first example is… (1179-449). Learn More »
$950.00
ON HOLD
“SIEGE AND REDUCTION OF FORT PULASKI” ID’D TO RHODE ISLAND ARTILLERY OFFICER
Rebound book “Papers on Practical Engineering. No. 8. Official Report to the United States Engineer Department, of the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, February, March, and April,… (236-846). Learn More »
$100.00
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US CIVIL WAR ARMY, NAVY AND CENSUS MANUAL FOR 1862 IDENTIFIED TO FATHER OF 15TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER
The full title of this little volume is “STATISTICAL POCKET MANUAL, OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AND CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOGETHER WITH STATISTICS OF ALL FOREIGN NAVIES” published by D. P.… (1179-513). Learn More »
US CIVIL WAR 1862 FIELD MANUAL WITH PRESENTATION FROM GENERAL ROBERT COWDIN
Book is titled “THE FIELD MANUAL OF EVOLUTIONS OF THE LINE, ARRANGED IN A TABULAR FORM, FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS OF THE U.S. INFANTRY: BEING A SEQUAL TO THE AUTHORIZED U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS.… (1179-685). Learn More »
BEAUTIFUL GOLD AND BLUE ENAMEL WARTIME CORPS BADGE OF LT. WILLIAM STORMENT 36th NEW YORK; LATER DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AS A SERGEANT IN THE 22ND NY CAVALRY
This beautiful badge is gold, circular, hollow backed, mounted with a T-bar pin and catch, inlaid in the front with a Greek Cross in blue enamel, the symbol of the 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps,… (480-344). Learn More »
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VERY RARE 1834 ENGINEER AND MEDICAL STAFF SWORD BY HENRY BOKER, BELONGING TO BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN HENDRICKSON, WHO LOST A LEG AT FREDERICKSBURG, 83rd NEW YORK VOLS (9th NYSM) AND 13th V.R.C.
New patterns of swords for the U.S. army were developed from 1832 to 1834. This elegant smallsword pattern (variously called by collectors the 1832 or 1834 pattern) was designated for officers of Engineers and Medical Staff (and Pay Department as… (870-325). Learn More »
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