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PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE RECOVERED AT FREDERICKSBURG

PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE RECOVERED AT FREDERICKSBURG

Plate is in solid condition. There are no visible cracks or chips. The edge is complete with no missing brass. Eagle is slightly subdued by the brown dirt patina which has filled in some of the lower… (2022-1426). Learn More »

RELIC PATTERN 1853 ENFIELD BAYONET

RELIC PATTERN 1853 ENFIELD BAYONET

Bayonet is complete with a full-length triangular blade, socket and frozen locking ring. All are encrusted with a thin layer of rust. No markings are visible. Location of recovery is not known.  … (490-3225). Learn More »

RELIC MODEL 1816 SOCKET BAYONET - POSSIBLE CS

RELIC MODEL 1816 SOCKET BAYONET - POSSIBLE CS

Bayonet is complete with a full-length triangular blade and socket with mortise. All is encrusted with a thin layer of rust. No markings are visible. Half-way down the length of one of the blades… (490-3272). Learn More »

RARE “DUG” RELOADABLE IRON CHAMBER FOR AGAR/UNION REPEATING GUN

RARE “DUG” RELOADABLE IRON CHAMBER FOR AGAR/UNION REPEATING GUN

Offered here is an iron tube that was used in the .58 caliber, Union Repeating Gun (aka Coffee Mill gun, Agar).  Paper cartridges were loaded into these reusable iron chambers.  The chamber features… (2022-2815). Learn More »

RARE 90-BORE (~.36 CALIBER) BULLET FOR CHRISTIAN SHARPS PISTOL

RARE 90-BORE (~.36 CALIBER) BULLET FOR CHRISTIAN SHARPS PISTOL

This is the scarce bullet for the Christian Sharps pistols manufactured between 1857-1858.  Solid bullet, raised bands, tie ring, nipped sprue on base.  This pattern of bullet, with extended ring,… (2022-2612B). Learn More »

RARE 90-BORE (~.36 CALIBER) BULLET FOR CHRISTIAN SHARPS PISTOL

RARE 90-BORE (~.36 CALIBER) BULLET FOR CHRISTIAN SHARPS PISTOL

This is the scarce bullet for the Christian Sharps pistols manufactured between 1857-1858.  Solid bullet, raised bands, tie ring, nipped sprue on base.  This pattern of bullet, with extended ring,… (2022-2612A). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE .36 CALIBER COLT REVOLVER BULLET – 3RD PATTERN, RICHMOND LABORATORY

CONFEDERATE .36 CALIBER COLT REVOLVER BULLET – 3RD PATTERN, RICHMOND LABORATORY

.36 caliber bullet for Colt and other “Navy” revolvers. This is the later-war, enlarged, 3rd pattern bullet made at the Richmond Laboratory. This bullet has a more-bulbous nose, solid base and one… (2022-2506). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS –GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS –GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

These are .58 caliber, two-groove, Gardner patent bullets. This is the regulation bullet for the .58 rifle muskets used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The bullets feature a good white patina… (1163-45). Learn More »

WONDERFUL WAR LOG FROM FREDERICKSBURG CONTAINING THREE BULLETS & AN IMPACT FROM A FOURTH

WONDERFUL WAR LOG FROM FREDERICKSBURG CONTAINING THREE BULLETS & AN IMPACT FROM A FOURTH

This hefty chunk of wood measures just under 3 ½ feet long by approx. 7.00 inches thick. The bark is gone and the wood has a gnarled appearance but is strong. Cut into the wood in four places are… (2022-2451). Learn More »

FIRED .52 CAL. SPENCER BULLET RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

FIRED .52 CAL. SPENCER BULLET RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17340). Learn More »

MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

MAINE “VMM” CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE FROM ORANGE, VIRGINIA

These plates, measuring 56 X 87mm, followed the standard U.S. 1839 version, but with VMM stamped in the rolled brass indicating Volunteer Militia of Maine. These were paired on equipment with the… (1184-148). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR NCO ROUND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE

CIVIL WAR NCO ROUND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE

These plates were introduced in 1826 for use on the bayonet shoulder belt. When the bayonet was switched to wear on the waistbelt in the early 1840s these plates with hooks were relegated to use on… (1184-136). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

DROPPED .58 CALIBER CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG – KEN BREAM COLLECTION

These are .58 caliber, two-groove, Gardner patent bullets. This is the regulation bullet for the .58 rifle muskets used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The bullets feature a good white patina… (1163-85). Learn More »

EARLY RELIC FIRE STRIKERS (A.K.A. STRIKE-A-LIGHTS)

EARLY RELIC FIRE STRIKERS (A.K.A. STRIKE-A-LIGHTS)

Offered here are a variety of steel fire strikers; the “steel” part of “flint and steel.” A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge… (160-93). Learn More »

FIRED .577 ENFIELD BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

FIRED .577 ENFIELD BULLETS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17332). Learn More »

DROPPED .54 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

DROPPED .54 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17331). Learn More »

DROPPED .58 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

DROPPED .58 CAL. MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG BY JOHN CULLISON

This item was recovered by local Gettysburg resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959.  Cullison sold his collection to the famed Rosensteel family of Gettysburg, who… (R17327). Learn More »

US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION (YORK SPRINGS, PA)

US PATTERN 1826 EAGLE BREAST PLATE, FROM G.A.R. POST 551 COLLECTION (YORK SPRINGS, PA)

This Federal shoulder belt plate is of the regulation 1826 pattern. Constructed in the die-struck and rolled brass method, the brass accoutrement’s face shows a clear eagle in the center. Face has a… (2022-1849). Learn More »

MAINE VOLUNTEER “VMM” BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VA

MAINE VOLUNTEER “VMM” BELT PLATE FROM ORANGE, VA

O’Donnell and Campbell date the purchase of these plates by the state of Maine between 1855 and 1861 for the Volunteer Militia of Maine, organized in 1851, and which furnished ten regiments of… (1184-144). Learn More »

PIECE OF WORLD WAR ONE SHRAPNEL MADE INTO A LETTER OPENER

PIECE OF WORLD WAR ONE SHRAPNEL MADE INTO A LETTER OPENER

Item was originally a jagged piece of shrapnel approx. 9.50 inches long. Someone fashioned the last 6.00 inches into a scimitar shaped blade for letter opening use while leaving the handle in its… (490-3826). Learn More »


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TWO PEN AND INK DRAWINGS BY ALFRED WAUD / HORATIO WAIT OF BLOCKADING SCENES OFF MOBILE 1863

Working as a special artist for Harpers Weekly from late 1861 through 1865, Alfred R. Waud (1828-1891) is one of the best-known Civil War artists. In postwar years he was connected with Century Magazine, which published numerous accounts of the Civil… (557-12). Learn More »

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