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CIVIL WAR NAVY VETERANS’ CAMPAIGN MEDAL

CIVIL WAR NAVY VETERANS’ CAMPAIGN MEDAL

Forty-Seven years after “the War to Preserve the Union” ended, the Navy & Marine Corps Civil War Medal was established June 27, 1908. By the Navy Department Special Orders Number 81. The Navy… (2024-494) Learn More »

$125.00
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CIVIL WAR VETERANS’ ARMY CAMPAIGN MEDAL

CIVIL WAR VETERANS’ ARMY CAMPAIGN MEDAL

The Civil War Campaign Medal is considered the first campaign service medal of the United States Armed Forces. The decoration was awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces (North &… (2024-493) Learn More »

$95.00
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JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July… (557-250) Learn More »

FOREVER SILENCED: THE STORY OF THE GETTYSBURG GUN BY STEPHEN EVANGELISTA

FOREVER SILENCED: THE STORY OF THE GETTYSBURG GUN BY STEPHEN EVANGELISTA

A new book on the famed Gettysburg Gun of the First Rhode Island Light Artillery has made its way to us by the author, Stephen Evangelista. The author’s description says it best: Discover the… (ST501221) Learn More »

VERY SCARCE US INSPECTED AMES M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD DATED 1851

VERY SCARCE US INSPECTED AMES M1850 FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD DATED 1851

Ames received a contract for the new pattern foot officer’s sword in April 1850. The total was just 800, delivered in batches from March 10, 1851, through February 25, 1852. To accommodate differing… (721-114) Learn More »

$1,150.00
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IMPRESSIVE PERIOD FRAMED DISPLAY OF WARTIME AND POSTWAR VETERAN MATERIAL OF LT. EDGAR G. STOWELL, 92nd NY, WIA FAIR OAKS, INCLUDING HIS IDENTIFICATION DISK AND CDV IN UNIFORM, MESS UTENSILS, AND CAMP ART RINGS

IMPRESSIVE PERIOD FRAMED DISPLAY OF WARTIME AND POSTWAR VETERAN MATERIAL OF LT. EDGAR G. STOWELL, 92nd NY, WIA FAIR OAKS, INCLUDING HIS IDENTIFICATION DISK AND CDV IN UNIFORM, MESS UTENSILS, AND CAMP ART RINGS

This is a great framed display of wartime and postwar veteran’s memorabilia belonging to  Lieutenant Edward G. Stowell of the 92nd NY. The items include a wartime carte-de-visite photo of Stowell… (2024-369) Learn More »

1857 US NAVY YARD WASHINGTON MARKED 10-INCH SHOT/SHELL GAUGE

1857 US NAVY YARD WASHINGTON MARKED 10-INCH SHOT/SHELL GAUGE

This is a nice pre-Civil War US Navy shot or shell gauge dated 1857. The wood handle is missing, but iron tang and ring are intact, showing dark, with some light pitting, but good markings on the base… (490-6808) Learn More »

CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY SHORT SWORD WITH CS AND STAR

CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY SHORT SWORD WITH CS AND STAR

Confederate swords don’t get much more recognizably Confederate than this- probably the reason it has been widely reproduced. This is a very good, original example, showing remnants of an old… (2024-272) Learn More »

NICE INK ID WAIST-UP VIEW OF 184TH NEW YORK AND 109TH USCT SURGEON

NICE INK ID WAIST-UP VIEW OF 184TH NEW YORK AND 109TH USCT SURGEON

CDV is a waist-up view of Theodore Y. Kinne wearing a dark frock coat with 1st lieutenant of staff should straps bearing the letters “MS” for medical service. Jacket also has three-piece staff… (160-475) Learn More »

 PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ARMY BLANKET FROM FORT PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA

Civil War army issue blankets, whole or even in pieces, are scarce. If a veteran brought one home, it was generally too useful around the house or farm. A small piece might be cut out as a memento, if… (1052-263) Learn More »

G.A.R. UNION VETERAN’S CANTEEN OF ROBERT ELLIOTT 23RD PENNSYLVANIA

G.A.R. UNION VETERAN’S CANTEEN OF ROBERT ELLIOTT 23RD PENNSYLVANIA

The canteen had great significance for the G.A.R. in symbolizing service (as an essential piece of army gear,) comradery and, later, reconciliation, as the slogan “we drank from the same canteen”… (480-334) Learn More »

OVAL US BELT PLATE RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS 1961 AT HARPERS FERRY

OVAL US BELT PLATE RECOVERED BY SYD KERKSIS 1961 AT HARPERS FERRY

This regulation plate comes with Syd Kerksis’ original collection envelope with notations at top indicating he found it at Harpers Ferry in November 1961. Kerkis was one of the legendary early relic… (2024-291) Learn More »

US M1863 ARTILLERY HEADSTALL AND BIT

US M1863 ARTILLERY HEADSTALL AND BIT

An excellent condition US artillery headstall and curb bit. The headstall is complete with flexible leather showing good finish, black oxidizing toward brown, with some crackling from bending, but… (1179-263A) Learn More »

PATTERN 1861 CARTIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND BOTH PLATES

PATTERN 1861 CARTIDGE BOX WITH SLING AND BOTH PLATES

Box is for carrying the .58 caliber cartridge. Outer flap is in excellent condition. The leather surface is very smooth and mostly clean with some minor edge wear. The remains of the broken latch tab… (2023-1367) Learn More »

IDENTIFIED BROOKS PATENT “WRITING, WORK AND TOILET CASE COMBINED,” OF SERGT. ENOCH JOY, 18th NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

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 »

CIVIL WAR SEWING KIT WITH REGIMENTAL BADGE

CIVIL WAR SEWING KIT WITH REGIMENTAL BADGE

This small soldier’s sewing kit, popularly known as a “housewife” in Civil War camp jargon, is made of a red wool, with the edges bound in a light green, which might be a faded light blue, and… (1179-548) Learn More »

FREDERICKSBURG RECOVERED US CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

FREDERICKSBURG RECOVERED US CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE

Regulation US 1839 pattern plate for the cartridge box, die struck rolled brass with raised US and rim, lead solder filled back to anchor iron wire loops for attachment, stiffness to the plate, and… (490-5818) Learn More »

$185.00
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CIVIL WAR PERIOD LINEN SHEET WITH MONOGRAM

CIVIL WAR PERIOD LINEN SHEET WITH MONOGRAM

White linen sheet meas. approx. 75.50 inches wide by 82.00 inches long (it is folded in half in the photos). Sheet has finished edges with a small monogram in approx. 1.00 inch high letters that reads… (1025-01) Learn More »

$600.00
Originally $750.00

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BUCKLE

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BUCKLE

Plate is made of thin stamped brass with clipped corners. At center of the face is a crowned two-headed imperial eagle with spread wings. The eagle is flanked by Cyrillic letters. The back of the… (1100-119) Learn More »

$70.00
Originally $100.00

FULL STANDING CDV OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN PEGRAM

FULL STANDING CDV OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN PEGRAM

Image shows the General posed leaning against a tall half column. He wears a light-colored double-breasted frock coat with dark trousers and holds a dark low crowned cap in his hand. Contrast and… (846-507) Learn More »

$3,420.00
Originally $4,275.00


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JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July 24th 1863, Col. Chamberlain details the fight of… (557-250). Learn More »

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