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Grouping worn in the Civil War by an Englishman named Charles Perkins and was donated to the Royal Artillery Museum in 1903. Jacket and shirt were subjects of an article in the 1960 "Journal of the Company of Military Historians". Very rare and desirable grouping with impeccable provenance. 0346
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| Short jacket. Jacket of wool with five of the remaining brass Louisiana state buttons remaining. Lined with a coarse white material. Very good condition. Shirt of cotton with two breast patch pockets. Button down front with mother of pearl buttons. Shirt is striped with brown and blue stripes. 0346 |
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| Shirt is striped with brown and blue stripes. |
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| Artillery drivers Jennifer saddle. Rawhide seat with copper shield on pommel. Side skirts VG., rawhide seat has several large tears near cantle with evidence of old repair with nails. Orig. stirrup straps with open wooden stirrups. Very good condition overall. Inside of skirt stamped Farwell in deep letters. Extremely rare and fine piece of horse equipment. Very complete and in particularly good condition. 0417 |
One of the finest known Civil War enlisted frock coats from the Robert L. Miller collection. 0510
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| Enlisted man’s nine button frock coat. Wool mix material with black tape edging on the cuffs, down the front, collar and shoulder tabs. State buttons down the front and at the tails. U.S. eagle dragoon buttons on the strap and three at each cuff. White polished cotton lining in the sleeves and back of chest. Tails unlined. Excellent original condition throughout. 0510A |
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| Ambrotype of civilian, with black velvet slipcase. Inside of case marked "F. Law, New Orleans, La.". 0510B |
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| Pair of white cotton gloves. 0510C |
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| Civil War blockade army shoes. Dark brown leather with straps and iron buckles. Stitched soles, with iron nails, and nailed heels. Both show wear but are in good condition. Tear in the toe of one. Period patch on the bottom of one. Hole in the toe of each where they had been nailed to a display board. From an old G.A.R. post in Maine, these shoes had been nailed to a display board with other artifacts. These shoes match a description of those taken from a blockade runner and issued to the 11th corps after the Battle of Gettysburg. They were made in England. Very rare possibly the only known pair. Featured in the Time-Life "Echoes of Glory" series. 0593 |
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| Artilleryman’s jacket. Faded blue jeancloth 9 federal eagle buttons down the front, two on each cuff. Red cord piping on cuffs, collar, down front and around bottom edge. Red tabs on shoulders and red crossed cannons on collar. Yellow silk chevron below each sleeve. Off white canvas lining. Old ink inscription on the inside "W. D. Wood, Haverhill, Mass." and later more recent inscription, Labadieville, La. Oct. 27, 1862." VG cond. overall. Captured by Cp. W. E. Wood of the 6th Mass. Battery in Battle near Donaldsonville, La, Oct. 27, 1862 probably from Co. H, 1st Mississippi light artillery which was partly captured in the engagement. Jacket was probably that of an officer as it denotes pre-war service in Federal cavalry. 0667 |
Group of Uniform items belonging to Major Hugh Nelson. 0724
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| Black wool overcoat with detachable cape, both lined with red wool and a mixture of SC and Ordnance buttons. 0724A |
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| Grey kepi with gold braid trim and three rings on the top, floral side buttons and white checkered floral lining. 0724B |
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| Medium blue trousers with wide yellow stripe and leather bottoms. 0724C |
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| Pair of high Napoleon boots with Nelson's name inside. 0724D |
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| Tall McDowell cap with floral brass side buttons Kepi with gold braid trim and three rings on the top, floral side buttons and white checkered floral lining. 0724E |
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| Mexican war style wheel cap of dark blue wool with eagle anchor side buttons and anchor mark inside and place where six pointed star was affixed to front. 0724F |
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| Dark blue and buff short tail coat with US staff buttons. 0724G |
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| Classic Brown heavy wool civil war Beehive slouch hat. No lining. No lining. Oral history of being brought home by a Union soldier. Exact specimen illustrated in "Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics" Sylvia and O'Donnell , 1978. p25 ex Frederick P. Todd, Wendell Lang Collections. 2320 |
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| Ashville rifle. Type III with flat butt plate and brass mounts overall. Lock is model 1841 US rifle manufacture Barrel is 33" long and stamped on the side of the breech faintly "Ala 1864". Underside of the barrel has a cross, a deeply stamped "G" and serial # "105". Written in the barrel channel is the number "83" in pencil. Barrel tang is about 1/4" short for the tang slot. "V" notch sight and iron nose sight. Rifling still remaining in the barrel. One lock plate screw missing. Original ramrod with cupped end and hole in tip. Nose cap of brass, m.1855 type screwed in from inside with brass screw. Few known specimens, among which this is the very best. Rifle has a "Dixon Nelson" barrel, which is undoubtedly one of the 200 sent from Ashville to the Selma Arsenal where the barrel with the Alabama acceptance mark was added. This accounts for the gap in the tang channel. The barrel is completely original to this gun. Most of these were issued to Forrest's cavalry. |
