GROUP OF PRE-CIVIL WAR BUTTONS UnitedStates,A cuff-size general service button marked "U.S." under an eagle, marked on the back "UNITED STATES" (14.5mm); a one-piece eagle "A" button with no back mark (20.0mm);...
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FLARE GUN, BAYONET, SPURS AND MORE1stitem: WWI Webley & Scott flare gun, serial number 128813. Wooden stocks, brass frame and barrel. Left lock plate stamped WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD., LONDON & BIRMINGHAM 18 with assayer's...
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TATUM DAVIS ARCHIVE, TEXAS C. 1850SAgroup of about 70 letters from 1828-1850s related to Howell Tatum Davis (b .1813-d. 1861, brother of John Davis, son of Frederick Davis, who moved to Texas circa 1840s). The...
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36 SOUTHERN PRE CIVIL WAR AND CSA BILLSLargeCollection of Southern Pre Civil War and Confederate States of America (CSA) Bills, 36 bills total. Assorted Southern Pre Civil War Bills, including The Bank of Chester Twenty...
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12 BANK OF EAST TN PRE CIVIL WAR BILLSBankof East Tennessee Pre Civil War Bills, 12 bills total. Issued Jonesboro, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN, November 15th, 1852-January 1, 1855. Jonesboro: One Dollar Bill, Serial...
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AMES FRATERNAL SKULL POMMEL SWORDAmes,Chicopee Knights Templars Skull Pommel Sword and Scabbard, pre-Civil War.
An extremely rare and fine Ames, Chicopee sword of the Knights Templar Masonic organization, with...
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PLAINS INDIAN .72 CAL PERCUSSION BLANKETMUSKETSuperb example of a Plains Indian “Blanket Gun” or “Buffalo Runner’s” cut-down percussion musket. Originally, these shortened, large caliber lightly rifled...
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GOLD AMERICAN PRESENTATION CANEDated1858-Early rolled gold knob fashioned in the classic New World “Head” shape and engraved on the round top in delicate flowing handscript “Presented / to / D. E. Gomes...
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EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIAPERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURY PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell...
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FOURTEEN PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICAN MILITARYBUTTONS All one-piece, to include: General service U. S. pewter button, 1808-1830 (20mm, no shank, corrosion to edges); great coat, eagle over U. S. and wreath (20mm, with...
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SILVER: TWO TESTED SILVER CALLING CARDCASES WITH REPOUSSE DECORATION; ONE WITH THE PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICAN CAPITOL BUILDING AND TWO...SILVER: Two tested silver calling card cases with repousse decoration; one with...
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PRE-CIVIL WAR FOLK ART LANDSCAPE PAINTEDWOODEN PLATE Scene of Frontier Cabin with cleared land and stacked wheat, small cabin with man and child at door, being spied on by Native Americans hiding behind rocks and...
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FLORIDA SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR DOCUMENTALBERTJAMES HENDRY, Private, Florida Mounted Volunteers, discharge document. PIONEER family, pre-Civil War May 10, 1860. Record of Hillsborough County Florida 3rd Seminole Indian...
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PRE CIVIL WAR CORPS OF ENGINEER ENVELOPEAddressedto Lieutenant John D. Kurtz. Lieut John Daniel Kurtz was a Lieutenant from around 1842-1852. This Colonial Style folded envelope is titled on the left side "On Official Business"...
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LOT OF TWENTY-FOUR CIVIL WAR THEMEDENVELOPES, ALL WITH PRE-PRINTED MOTIFS DEPICTING PRO-UNION IMAGERY, POLITICIANS AND GENERALS, POLITICAL CARTOONS, AND ABOLITION MESSAGES, CONDITIONS VARY BETWEEN EACH ONE...
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LARGE GROUP OF PRE- AND CIVIL WAR ERALETTERS & DOCUMENTS: 1855 LEDGER PAGES 5TH U. S. INFANTRY & RINGOLD BARRACKS, EIGHT 1857 AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK NOTE RECEIPTS, 12"H X 8 1/2"W (ONE LETTER)Large group of Pre-...
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EARLY CARVED SCREAMING EAGLE SHIP'SFIGUREHEAD BYca. 18th-19th century; attributed to U.S. Naval use on unknown smaller size boat, the carved rock oak figure with simple single beam carved with sawn worked screaming...
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RICHARD PAULI (NY, 1855-1892) RiverScene with Early Suspension Bridge, oil on linen laid to Upson board, signed lower left, possibly depicting the "The Gateway to the West", the pre-Civil War bridge spanning...
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TWO BOXES. English and American 19thcentury. Oak slant front desk box with two doors that open to reveal slotted compartments and a tray. 11''h. 11 3/4''w. and a slide lid box rendered to appear as a book spine...
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Rare and Unusual Pre-Civil War SlaveWedding Token, composed of a United States large copper cent dated 1851, pierced and attached to a waxed and braided necklace with a polished shell African bead which the...
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U.S. Pre-Civil War Dragoon Bit and BridleCondition: Good. Leather is dry and iron has rust....
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U.S. Pre-Civil War Experimental RingBit Condition: Relic. Part of the metal is separated....
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Rare U.S. Pre-Civil War 1852 ArtilleryBit With scrolled shanks. Condition: Very good....
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Gilman Marston Civil War General andPolitician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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US Pre-Civil War Connecticut MilitiaShako Shako has the Connecticut state shield and infantry horn with the letter C for Company C. Connecticut's militia variant of the common M1851 dress cap prescribed under...
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Commodore Robert F. Stockton USN (1795-1866)Fore-&-Aft Cap Epaulets and Vest Plus Lot includes fore-and-aft cap antebellum dress epaulets military vest sash and Whig mourning document all belonging to Robert F. Stockton....
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PIECEWORK QUILT. American mid 19thcentury cotton. Star pattern in pre Civil War dress prints. Early hand pieced and hand quilted in diamonds. 72'' x 92''. Clean with minor stains. A few of the red...
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CSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring Archive1853-1891 This fine lot features the following: Benjamin Herring's gray military vest with four attached naval buttons plus six unattached naval buttons most likely from the...
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US Pre- Civil War Pattern 1847 GrimsleyDragoon Saddle Ca 1850s. Copper nameplate in horn section reads Earle A. Royce Willsboro New York. Saddle measures 19.75'' from pommel to cantle. Leather in the seat section...
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Ben E. Green Politician & Colonel UnpublishedHandwritten Memoirs & Related Ephemera 406pp manuscript; 2 pamphlets. Ca 1900. It never ceases to amaze how so many arguments for the causes of the Civil come together combine...
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Civil War Soldier's Record of the 28thWisconsin Volunteers with Original Albumen Photographs Soldier's Record dated October 13th 1862; and measuring approx 21 x 17 in. The document lists Soldiers of Record; Privates...
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"Stonewall" Jackson signature,pre-Civil War clipped autograph, signed in ink "Lexington VA/Decr. 31st 185l [or 1857]/T.J. Jackson/1st Lt. & Bvt. Maj. 1st Arty" (Thomas J. "Stonewall"...
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Lot of two Pre Civil War Daguerreotypes;one with man in stovepipe hat, the other Dated 1854, both also illegibly identified on inner case lining....
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Louisiana School 19th c. "Portrait ofa Young Creole Lady" oil on canvas unsigned 12 in. x 9 1/2 in. in a period frame. Note: Similarities exist between this portrait lot 159 and François Fleischbein's (German/Louisiana...
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OHIO ALBUM QUILT. Pre Civil War quiltin pink and white Christian Cross pattern with inked and embroidered names and dates (1859-1861). Most of names listed lived in the Harmony Clark County area including Goodfellow...
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