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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 an octagonal head with a hole in the center, and a 4.25” wire brazed to it. The wire ends… (1268-595) SOLD. Learn More »

$75.00
SOLD

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 »

VERY NICE MATCHED PAIR OF M1859 SPURS WITH LEATHER STRAPS

VERY NICE MATCHED PAIR OF M1859 SPURS WITH LEATHER STRAPS

Offered here is a complete pair of non-excavated U.S. Model 1859 brass spurs with original leather straps from the Texas Civil War Museum collection. This style has the gutter inside but does have the… (1268-762) SOLD. Learn More »

M1855 SOCKET BAYONET BY AMOSKEAG

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… (2025-276) 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 »

SINGLE ROLL OF MAYNARD TAPE PRIMERS

SINGLE ROLL OF MAYNARD TAPE PRIMERS

Offered here is a single, unwrapped roll of tape primers. The Maynard tape priming system was designed by Edward Maynard to replace copper percussion caps with a faster, mechanical way of priming and… (286-1414) SOLD. Learn More »

$25.00
SOLD

U.S. PARROTT TIME FUSE ADAPTER

U.S. PARROTT TIME FUSE ADAPTER

Parrott time fuse adapters were manufactured of zinc, have twelve threads to the inch, two spanner holes, and a larger central hole running through to insert the paper time fuse. This style adapter… (1268-602) SOLD. Learn More »

$35.00
SOLD

NICE, COMPLETE SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS

NICE, COMPLETE SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS

By Brig. General Silas Casey. Published by D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1862. Good condition overall. Three volumes. Presented in original green cloth boards with gilt titles and details to covers and… (1268-285) 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

POST-HAMPTON ROADS LETTER FROM GIDEON WELLES TO THE SENATE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS – CONSTRUCTION OF IRONCLAD SHIPS

POST-HAMPTON ROADS LETTER FROM GIDEON WELLES TO THE SENATE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS – CONSTRUCTION OF IRONCLAD SHIPS

This printed letter highlighted one of the most important developments in US Naval History, the initiation of a construction program for Ironclad warships. Just a few weeks after the Battle of Hampton… (337-196) SOLD. Learn More »

$56.00
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

CONFEDERATE “DOG RIVER” CAVALRY SABER AND SCABBARD

CONFEDERATE “DOG RIVER” CAVALRY SABER AND SCABBARD

Confederate cavalry dominated their Federal counterparts for the first two years of war and as a branch of service cavalry always outshone infantry and artillery in the public imagination for romantic… (2024-2352) SOLD. Learn More »

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 »


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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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