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CIVIL WAR PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX

CIVIL WAR PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX

Original pistol cartridge box with clean leather and tight seams to hold Navy size (.36 cal.) cartridge packs. Likely unissued. Outer flap remains supple. Light crazing overall. A script "US" stamp… (1268-756A) SOLD. Learn More »

ARTILLERY TOW HOOK STAMPED “US”

ARTILLERY TOW HOOK STAMPED “US”

The tow hook was an essential tool in the artillery for replenishing ammunition. Measuring 14” overall, it carried a claw-hammer head on one end of an iron bar handle bent at the other end to form a… (1268-591) SOLD. Learn More »

CIVIL WAR CAVALRY CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX

CIVIL WAR CAVALRY CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX

This carbine cartridge box is an original example of the classic leather accoutrement carried by Federal mounted forces during the Civil War. This specimen is constructed of strong, black bridle… (1268-756C) SOLD. Learn More »

OVAL CASED TINTYPE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY

OVAL CASED TINTYPE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY

This attractive lady gazes out at us from the distance of 160 years. The bust view reveals that she is wearing a patterned dress with a bit of lace along the inner edge of the neck line.  Her… (2025-223) SOLD. Learn More »

$45.00
SOLD

LEATHER ARTILLERY THUMBSTALL

LEATHER ARTILLERY THUMBSTALL

Buff leather thumbstall used by artillerymen for plugging the vent of a hot cannon barrel when it is swabbed between shots. Blocking the vent prevented air from being sucked into the barrel and… (1268-597) SOLD. Learn More »

CONFEDERATE REQUISITION DOCUMENT – 42ND VIRGINIA

CONFEDERATE REQUISITION DOCUMENT – 42ND VIRGINIA

This is a half sheet of blue paper completed in ink. Dated 7/31/1862, it is a simple requisition for clothing for Company “I” of the 42nd Virginia Infantry. Signed twice by “R.W.… (2024-664) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

DUAL ID’D HYMN BOOK – LT. ALFRED HICKS, 76th PA/LT. ROBERT TOWNSEND 21st SC

DUAL ID’D HYMN BOOK – LT. ALFRED HICKS, 76th PA/LT. ROBERT TOWNSEND 21st SC

This copy of “THE SOLDIER’S HYMN BOOK Second Edition (30,000) revised.” was published in Charleston, S.C. by the South Carolina Tract Society in 1863. The cover is fabric that has faded to a… (1268-008) SOLD. Learn More »

WORLD WAR ONE BINOCULARS WITH CASE & FRAMED CITATION – IDENTIFIED TO 27th DIVISION OFFICER

WORLD WAR ONE BINOCULARS WITH CASE & FRAMED CITATION – IDENTIFIED TO 27th DIVISION OFFICER

Offered here is a very fine set, binoculars with leather case and framed citation for gallantry, carried by Captain George B. Bradish of Company “K”, 107th Infantry, 27th Division, A.E.F. The… (282-442) SOLD. Learn More »

SOUVENIR “STANHOPE” BULLET WITH VIEW OF JENNIE WADE HOUSE IN GETTYSBURG

SOUVENIR “STANHOPE” BULLET WITH VIEW OF JENNIE WADE HOUSE IN GETTYSBURG

Excellent, mid-19th century souvenir featuring images of Jennie Wade house and her monument in Evergreen Cemetery. This is a Civil War bullet, drilled to fit a small glass lens showing the views. The… (286-1419) SOLD. Learn More »

$50.00
SOLD

PAIR BRASS, FALSE EMBROIDERED RANK INSIGNIA – 2ND CORPS CAMP, TANEYTOWN, MD

PAIR BRASS, FALSE EMBROIDERED RANK INSIGNIA – 2ND CORPS CAMP, TANEYTOWN, MD

Offered here are two small stamped brass, gilted rank “bars”. These are from Smith’s patent officer’s shoulder straps. Stamped brass with gold wash to simulate embroidered shoulder straps.… (286-1409) SOLD. Learn More »

$39.50
SOLD

TIPTON CABINET CARD PHOTO – 6th MAINE MONUMENT, HOWE AVENUE

TIPTON CABINET CARD PHOTO – 6th MAINE MONUMENT, HOWE AVENUE

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… (2024-5111) SOLD. Learn More »

$45.00
SOLD

PHOTO AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE FOR CIVIL WAR SAILOR

PHOTO AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE FOR CIVIL WAR SAILOR

Offered here is a “Certificate of Service, United States Navy” from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Printed form, completed in ink, dated 1897, for Marcus M. Whipple. The form has one fold and… (2023-1093) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

DUG US INFANTRY INSIGNIA RECOVERED AT 71ST NEW YORK CAMP, DONCASTER, MD

DUG US INFANTRY INSIGNIA RECOVERED AT 71ST NEW YORK CAMP, DONCASTER, MD

This is an excavated infantry cap insignia in the shape of a French horn.  Made of stamped brass.  Measures approx. 3 1/2” wide.  In nice, solid “dug” condition. No loops remain on back. Item… (410-892) SOLD. Learn More »

TIPTON GETTYSBURG PHOTO – GENERAL MEADE, PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT

TIPTON GETTYSBURG PHOTO – GENERAL MEADE, PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT

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… (2024-6760) SOLD. Learn More »

$35.00
SOLD

TIPTON GETTYSBURG PHOTO – GENERAL REYNOLDS, PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT

TIPTON GETTYSBURG PHOTO – GENERAL REYNOLDS, PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT

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… (2024-6759) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

“US” MARKED M-1855 MAINSPRING VISE

“US” MARKED M-1855 MAINSPRING VISE

Unissued mainspring vise for the Springfield rifle. Original blued finish and crisply stamped “US”. The mainspring vise was an essential tool for the soldier, enabling him to compress the spring… (1268-190) SOLD. Learn More »

$65.00
SOLD

BOOK – HISTORICAL REGISTER OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION

BOOK – HISTORICAL REGISTER OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION

By John H. Gwathmey, 1938. Blue cloth cover with gold imprint on cover and spine, no dust jacket, 6” x 9”, 872 pages. In overall good condition with just light soiling of spine and top end. The… (1266-1123) SOLD. Learn More »

$95.00
SOLD

BOOK – IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS

BOOK – IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS

The full title is: “In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery of New Orleans: A Narrative of Events during the Late Civil War from Bull Run to Appomattox and Spanish Fort. Compiled by the… (1266-1109) SOLD. Learn More »

$20.00
SOLD

US PATTERN 1939 U.S. CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE DUG BY SID KERKSIS AT BRANDY STATION

US PATTERN 1939 U.S. CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE DUG BY SID KERKSIS AT BRANDY STATION

This Federal cartridge box plate is of the regulation 1839 pattern and was recovered from Battle of 2nd Manassas, Virginia in March 1955. Plate is in very good excavated condition. Constructed in the… (2025-189) SOLD. Learn More »

IMPRESSIVE HALF-PLATE TINTYPE OF CONFEDERATE BROTHERS WILLIAM AND RUFUS BEARDEN IN GEORGIA UNIFORMS WITH PRESENTATION NOTE TO THEIR SISTER

IMPRESSIVE HALF-PLATE TINTYPE OF CONFEDERATE BROTHERS WILLIAM AND RUFUS BEARDEN IN GEORGIA UNIFORMS WITH PRESENTATION NOTE TO THEIR SISTER

Strong eye-appeal, historic interest, and provenance are combined in this striking half-plate tintype that descended in the family of William Morgan Bearden (1840-1925.) This is an impressive, large,… (846-568) SOLD. Learn More »


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“I LIKE YOUR STYLE” THE REGIMENTAL STANDARD OF THE 12th ILLINOIS CAVALRY: GAMBLE’S BRIGADE UNDER BUFORD ON JULY 1 AT GETTYSBURG

We can’t think of a more flamboyant, devil-may-care motto on a cavalry standard than this one, whose overtly casual nature no doubt intentionally contrasts with their combat and fighting record. Placed in quotation marks, this was taken from the… (1179-033). Learn More »

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