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A SOUVENIR FROM STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE
This attractive 11” x 14” unframed display features a 2 5/8” x 1 1/4” piece of coverlet that was owned by Colonel Elijah W. Penny who had service in three Indiana Union regiments and was… (M26440). Learn More »
1864 NEW TESTAMENT – HAND INSCRIBED DEC. 25th 1864 – AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
The American Bible Society has distributed bibles to US service personnel since 1817. During the Civil War, they furnished small copies such as this for the solider already bogged down by the weight… (2024-1997). Learn More »
$45.00
SOLD
IDENTIFIED US NAVAL OFFICER’S GROUPING OF CHARLES S. NORTON
An identified US naval officer’s grouping with an old family note and coming from Charles Stuart Norton (1836-1911,) an officer who put in 43 years of service from his graduation from Annapolis in… (766-2056). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED ISSUE RED BLANKET OF THEODORE P. BOWKER 13th MASSACHUSETTS - DIED OF WOUNDS AT ANTIETAM!
This is a rare, early-war, identified Massachusetts issue red blanket carried by a soldier in the 13th Massachusetts who was wounded at Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862, and died of those wounds at a U.S.… (490-7138). Learn More »
$6,500.00
Originally $7,500.00
RELIC TABLE SPOON ID’D TO LT. C.F. STONE 10TH NEW JERSEY & 118th PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY
Offered here is a typical Civil War-era plated table spoon. Measures 7.25” long overall. Handle is engraved “Lieut. C.F. Stone”. The piece was “dug” and wears a very dark patina overall. The… (2024-2315). Learn More »
$395.00
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IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS OF LT. E.A. WILSON, BERDAN’S SHARPSHOOTERS, AT GETTYSBURG, CORPORAL TO 1st LIEUTENANT TWICE WIA
This is a good condition copy of volume 1 of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, officially adopted by the Army in August 1862 and this copy was printed by Van Nostrand that year. Volume 1 encompasses the… (2024-1968). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE
This Book of Psalms was published in 1860 by the American Bible Society and bears a very clear, old black ink presentation on the flyleaf: “James C. Dame Co. A 1st Regt. N.H.V. Concord NH 1861 with… (557-251). Learn More »
U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)
Authorized by the War Department, 1861. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Owner inscription, in front eps (in pencil): “Fred. A. Ross / Union Rifles 133rd Regt”. 450 pp., plates. In… (825-48). Learn More »
REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONs, 1863. ID’D TO CAPT. SAMUEL J. PEALER, 209th and 74th PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
Washington Printing Office, 1863. Owner signature, front & rear eps: “S.J. Pealer /Asbury / Capt. Com A of 74th PA Vols.” 594 pp., forms. In blue blind-stamped buckram w/gilt spine lettering… (1256-143). Learn More »
REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1861 IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. JESSE W. HURST, THE UNION COAST GUARD (99TH NEW YORK INFANTRY)
Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Inscribed in ink, front eps: “Sept. 29, 1861 / Jesse W. Hursts/ Capt. E Co. 13 / Union Coast Guard.” 559 pp,, tbls, forms. In blue cloth buckram,… (825-55). Learn More »
127th NEW YORK SOLDIER’S WHISKEY FLASK
This is a pocket-size glass whiskey flask with metal screw top, leather covered upper body and lower body fitted with a metal drinking cup. Both the cap and cup are marked by James Dixon and Sons.… (2024-1733). Learn More »
$695.00
SOLD
IDENTIFIED VOL. 2 COOKE’S CAVALRY TACTICS, POSSIBLY LT. EZRA PECK, CO. D, 8th NY CAVALRY
This is an 1861 copy of “Cavalry Tactics or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements, of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States” by Phillip St. George Cooke,… (1254-07). Learn More »
BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD’S COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S CAVALRY MANUAL
Crowninshield was an officer the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry and later wrote its regimental history. Member of a socially prominent Boston “brahmin” family and Harvard-educated, he enlisted in the… (1254-06). Learn More »
2nd NEW HAMPHIRE MARKED 1862 COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S BAYONET MANUAL
McClellan authored this training manual on the use of the bayonet while a brevet Captain in the US Corps of Engineers in the early 1850s and copyrighted in 1852. Essentially a translation of a French… (1235-265). Learn More »
$75.00
SOLD
CIVIL WAR US NAVY SAILOR’S EMBROIDERED PINCUSHION OF AMHERST SPOFFORD: SERVICE IN THE 3rd MAINE INFANTRY AND US NAVY
Born in Maine in 1821, Amherst Spofford (III) first went to sea at age thirteen and spent the greater part of his life as a sailor according to a 1916 obituary. During the Civil War he served in both… (2024-358). Learn More »
A SOUVENIR FROM STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE
This attractive 11” x 14” unframed display features a 2 3/8” x 1 7/8” piece of coverlet that was owned by Colonel Elijah W. Penny who had service in three Indiana Union regiments and was… (M26440). Learn More »
$250.00
SOLD
OFFICER AND SERGEANT’S GROUP OF EFFINGHAM VANDERBURGH, 56th NY – “TENTH LEGION” – AND 1st NEW YORK ENGINEERS
This group consists of four pieces belonging to an early-war Lieutenant in the 56th New York Volunteers who re-enlisted later to serve as an enlisted man in the 1st New York Engineers. The group… (2024-354). Learn More »
MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES
By William Gilham. Published by West & Johnson, Richmond, VA, 1862. Id’d to “V.M. Johnson / Virginia / August 13th, 1863,” inscribed in weak pencil inscription in front EPS. 559 pp., 82… (1202-102). Learn More »
“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 »
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 »
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UNION CAVALRY GENERAL WILLIAM WELLS’ FIELD BLOUSE: MEDAL OF HONOR FOR GETTYSBURG WHERE HE RODE IN THE LEAD OF FARNSWORTH’S CHARGE; BRIGADE COMMANDER UNDER CUSTER; BLOUSE ACTUALLY WORN IN ONE OF HIS PHOTOS
This coat is the epitome of a Civil War Union general’s field uniform, a blouse following the popular sack coat pattern of the period, looking somewhat like an enlisted man’s fatigue blouse and suitable for campaign wear, but with a double row of… (1179-281). Learn More »
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