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  Even
"Ole Bigfoot" needs a wine break every now
and then - but once Bigfoot has had his wine
break, Nita had better look out for him!!!
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 It
is time for our first Youth Civil War
artifact Give-Away Display of 2023 - "OUR
8TH CONTEST" !!!
This is a beautiful white oak, custom
display case with a colorful $5 Civil War
Era note in the center, portions of a
Spencer and a Burnside cartridge and seven
other projectiles, a Confederate "I"
(Infantry) uniform button, three Federal
Eagle buttons, a brass Cavalry spur part, a
portion of a US cartridge box plate, a Kepi
chin strap buckle, and numerous other
genuine Civil War artifacts including a
soldier's pipe bowl. There are a total
of 28 artifacts in a custom-made oak frame.
We plan to have the drawing for this display
on June 1, 2023.
We have carried all entries forward, and we
invite and encourage any young folks age 14
and under to send us a letter telling us why
they would like to win this Civil War
display, and we will get you entered into
the contest. The following
individuals, along with Nita & myself have
contributed artifacts to make these youth
relic give-away displays possible: Eric
Lawson - Ted and B. J. Campbell- David
Hadden - Russ and Dottie Wunker - Jerry
Emberlin - Tom Stone - William Briner - Jody
Wright - Ed Heck - Charlie Williams - Kenny
Brown - Jeff and Theresa Ruth - Gerard
Simoneaux - Gary Strobel - Jeff Anderson -
Lael Nelson - Ken Fleming, and Justin
Simpson.
We sincerely thank
you !!! IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE !!!
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    A
couple of days ago, we got a visit from
someone very special to us. Lorenzo
Grover-Rizzo and his twin brother Iniko
apprenticed in the relic shop here for
several years. Lorenzo took a deep
interest in Civil War history and military
in general. After reaching 18, Lorenzo
joined the military, and to this point is
really enjoying the experience. He was
recently home for a few days on Christmas
leave and came by to visit. What a
treat it was to get to see Lorenzo and a
great opportunity to let him know how proud
of him we are. Salute!!
Lorenzo's twin brother, Iniko, has been on a
mission in Georgia (country, not state) and
has learned it's language fluently. We
have not seen him recently, but hopefully in
the near future, he can return to share his
experiences as well.
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 It
is with saddest heart that I pass along the
information that lifelong friend and Civil
War Relic Icon, Charlie Harris, passed away
this morning. Charlie has been a
dedicated student, collector, and author of
the American Civil War for almost his entire
life. I first met Charlie 50 years ago
when I arrived at Chattanooga, Tennessee, as
an algebra teacher and baseball coach at
Ringgold Georgia High School. In all
these years, I don't think that I have ever
met a more totally dedicated person to Civil
War Relic hunting, collecting, and
documenting. Charlie has authored
several Civil War reference books including
Civil War Relics
of the Western Campaigns, and a
follow-up book done with Butch Holcombe,
Civil War Relics
of the Western Campaigns & Beyond 1861 -
1865, which is literally "just being
released", and you can see Charlie still
signing books until the very end. The
passing of Charlie Harris is going to mean a
huge loss of Civil War collecting and
identification knowledge. It has been
my privilege to be friends with Charlie and
Teresa for all these years. Rest in
Peace in the shade of the trees on the other
side. Goodbye my friend. On the
"Homepage" of this website you will see "my
picture" on the cover of a 1987 - FALL
"TREASURE FOUND" magazine. Charlie was
the author of the article inside that went
with that cover picture. Amazingly,
NOW -- 35 years later, and I still look just
the same -- NOT --NOT -- NOT !!!!!
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  This
past weekend (several weeks ago now !!) was our annual Civil War Show
at Franklin,
Tennessee.
Much to my surprise, I received a "Lifetime
Achievement" award. I was pretty much
speechless as this award comes from my
fellow collectors and dealers. I truly
love what I do and am privileged to get to
make a living all the while honoring my
heritage. Love of ones Southern
Heritage is taking a beating these days, but
as long as I'm alive, I, as well as all of
you, will be proud of both our Southern and
Northern Civil War Heritage. I am very
proud of my award.
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    It
is throw-back relic time again.
About 40 years ago, we recovered
these two buckles from the camp of the 1st Alabama Cavalry that was destroyed in March of 1863 by
General David Stanley’s Federal Cavalry out
of Murfreesboro, TN. The 1st
Alabama Cavalry CSA was camped
near
Midland, Tennessee, and in March of 1863, General
David Stanley’s Federal Cavalry struck the
Confederate Cavalry camp at the break of
dawn. If you’d like to
read about this event, you can find it in
Volume 23, Part 1 of the Official Records
under the heading, “Expedition to
Middleton,
Tennessee, March 1863”.
The Federal Cavalry surprised and
overran the Confederate Cavalry camp and
captured or destroyed most of the contents.
These are two of the nearly 20
Confederate buckles that our group found at
this site. I recovered
the
Alabama
“Map on Tree” State Seal buckle, and one of
my early hunting buddies found the large
oval “AVC”. In addition
to these buckles, we recovered several
“egg-shaped” CS oval waist belt plates,
several solid-cast Army of
Tennessee
CS round-corner buckles, one rectangular
pewter CSA, and several frame-style buckles.
Those are some WONDERFUL relic
hunting memories.
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  It
is
time to congratulate our 6th Youth Relic
Display winner. The winner of this
display is Delaney Hickox of Arlington,
Virginia. We hope this Civil War
artifact display encourages Delaney's
interest in heritage and history. This
is an especially nice display including an
original, excavated Federal breast plate, an
original Confederate $20 note, a nice
excavated North Carolina Confederate uniform
button, and numerous other genuine Civil War
artifacts. This is a display that even
a seasoned adult Civil War collector would
be excited to receive. The collection
would have a retail value of somewhere in
the neighborhood of $400. We have
carried all entries forward, and we invite
and encourage any young folks age 14 and
under to send us a letter telling us why
they would like to win this Civil War
display, and we will get you entered into
the contest. We will draw the winner
on August 1, 2022, and best of luck to
everyone. The following individuals,
along with Nita & myself have contributed
artifacts to make these youth relic
give-away displays possible: Eric Lawson -
Ted and B. J. Campbell- David Hadden - Russ
and Dottie Wunker - Jerry Emberlin - Tom
Stone - William Briner - Jody Wright - Ed
Heck - Charlie Williams - Kenny Brown - Jeff
and Theresa Ruth - Gerard Simoneaux - Gary
Strobel - Jeff Anderson - Lael Nelson - Ken
Fleming, and Justin Simpson.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE !!!
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DID YOU KNOW - "TO THIS DAY, ROBERT E.
LEE YET REMAINS THE ONLY MAN TO GRADUATE
FROM WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY WITHOUT ONE
SINGLE DEMERIT."
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      Here
is a picture sent to us by our buddy, Bob
Ward, taken 52 years ago here at the
Cemetery at the Battle of Stones River.
The Boy Scouts are still active on Memorial
Day here at the Battlefield. We have
taken a current picture in basically the
same location as it appears today. The
stone walls around the cemetery remain
visible in both images. We believe
this to be especially meaningful now with
Memorial Day coming up. Our thanks to
Bob Ward for the photograph. The last
picture is "Decoration Day" in Columbus,
Mississippi, many many years ago.
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  This
is a very special "Throwback" relic digging
memory. This was my very first cast
brass rectangular "CSA" to recover, and it
was a thick, Atlanta style. I dug this
buckle exactly 50 years ago this year.
I dug the buckle on private property
literally about 20 steps from Columbia Pike
along the route that the Army of Tennessee
charged over on November 30, 1864, at the
famous Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
This buckle has never even been under a
water faucet and to this day, 50 years
later, I could go back to within one foot of
the dig hole !!! What an exciting day
!!!
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 About
40 years ago, my hunting buddy, Claiborne
Lytle, and myself were able to find the line
of Confederate sharp shooters along the
Brentwood hills at the 2nd day Battle of
Nashville fighting. Over a period of a
couple of years, I was able to recover 136
dropped Whitworth bullets, and Claiborne
recovered a similar number. There was
a point in time that I could spell out
"Whitworth Rifle" with dropped Whitworth
bullets. During that era, I had two
little girls at home as well as house and
shop payment - insurance payment - and lots
of other payments. Every so often
"lean months" came along, and I would need
to sell a few Whitworth bullets to make that
month's payments. I don't have 136
Whitworths anymore, but I do still have a
few and some very exciting memories. I
had one "12 Whitworth" day where they were
all dropped in close proximity to each
other. Both Claiborne and myself
always wondered why there were over 200
Whitworths lying on the ground rather than
fired at the Yankees?? The area now
has million dollar homes and electronic
gates.
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 Throw-Back
DIGGING Time !!!! I dug this beauty 42
years ago almost to the day !!! They
sure don't come out of the ground looking
like this anymore !!! I almost needed
sunglasses !!!
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  Here
is another "throw-back" relic. I
recovered this WESTERN THEATER type CS
"sardine style" waist belt plate at a
Confederate hospital site on private
property here at Stones River over 40 years
ago. It is absolutely perfect and has
all three original hooks remaining intact.
This jewel will rank VERY high on being one
of my "Lifetime Best Finds", and was beyond
exciting to recover !!!
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  Here
is another "throw-back relic digging"
memory. Back in the fall of 1975, (47
years ago) my buddy Bob Ward and his hunting
partner Wayne Read hit this "battlefield
clean-up" glory hole. This was here at
Stones River and, at the time, was in a
private property rock glade thicket.
The site is unfortunately now under a
motorcycle dealership. This find
included seven Union plates, four musket
barrels, four bayonets, two canteens, one
smashed brass bugle, thirteen artillery
shells, and a boatload of bullets.
Finds like this are memories worth their
weight in gold !!! (Second picture is
current.)
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  These
are some fun memories from 35 years ago of
one GREAT day digging at a newly found
"Polk's Corp" Army Of Tennessee 1862 - 1863
winter camp located along the Duck River
near Shelbyville, TN. The day's finds
include 2 nice arrow hook "U.S." oval waist
belt plates - one C.S. manufacture plain
face pewter waist belt plate - one very rare
"Rope Border" style C.S. oval waist belt
plate - A beautiful Leech and Rigdon style
"CS" marked Confederate Cavalry Officer's
spur - and over 100 bullets and buttons.
Now those are some priceless memories !!
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    Last
Thursday (now years ago !!) was absolutely
beautiful and 67 degrees. My daughter
- Savannah - and I decided that it was a
perfect day to play "Hooky" and go relic
digging instead of opening the shop. I
had found a small Union camp a few weeks
earlier and we decided to see what was
there. We got several bullets - a coat
size eagle "I" button - and then I got this
nice clear "80" reading on the scale.
At 14 inches deep and under several big
roots was a beautiful early style - lead
filled - "U.S." oval. Notice the oval
"ghost" where it has been laying in the
ground for the last 150 years.
Savannah now has it in her display case to
remember the experience !!!!! {If a
guy could bottle the rush that you get from
digging a Civil War belt plate - It would
put Cocaine right out of business !!}
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     We
first want to send a huge thank you to
Robert Hooven of Madison, Alabama, for his
hard work and prompt attention to my Great
Grandfather's grave stone. My Great
Grandfather is buried in the very old
cemetery at the Madison Crossroads
Presbyterian Church located near Huntsville,
Alabama, near the Tennessee Alabama line.
A while back, one of the pieces of
maintenance equipment at the cemetery hit
our Great Grandfather's head stone and broke
it loose from the base it was anchored to.
Robert was kind of enough to, the very next
day, go and find the damaged stone,
thoroughly clean and reseat it. Our
entire family send our heartfelt gratitude
to Robert for taking care of this for us.
We could sure use more folks like Robert!!!
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         Huge
congratulations go out to 11-year-old
Madison Brewer. Madison is the lucky
winner of our Garrett Ground Hog metal
detector. We hope that it is the
beginning of a very enjoyable hobby and that
Madison has lots of fun looking for Civil
War relics with her Grandfather who has done
it for many years. (This really makes
us happy!!!) Madison is ready to go
Civil War relic hunting with her Granddad --
Charlie Adams. VERY
IMPORTANT: What time is it - what time
is it??? It is Youth Relic Giveaway
time again. And this time, we are
stepping up our game. We are giving
away a used Garrett Groundhog VLF/TR metal
detector complete with a new high fidelity
set of headphones and also a new Whites
Bullseye pinpointer for locating your
target. This detector is several years
old but still works perfectly and even comes
with experience as this detector has already
recovered a US belt buckle and a Confederate
belt buckle. The "Groundhog" takes
some practice in getting used to, but even
though it's a few years old, will still dig
relics perfectly well. Several years
back, this detector was cutting-edge
technology, but today there have been
numerous improvements. It is our hope
that this detector will help inspire some
young person toward many years of coin
and/or relic recovery. We have carried
all entries forward, and we invite and
encourage any young folks age 14 and under
to send us a letter telling us why they
would like to win this Civil War display,
and we will get you entered into the
contest. We will draw the winner on
October 2, 2021, (my 70th birthday) and best
of luck to everyone. The following
individuals, along with Nita & myself have
contributed artifacts to make these youth
relic give-away displays possible: Eric Lawson - Ted
and B. J. Campbell- David Hadden - Russ and
Dottie Wunker - Jerry Emberlin - Tom Stone -
William Briner - Jody Wright - Ed Heck -
Charlie Williams - Kenny Brown - Jeff and
Theresa Ruth - Gerard Simoneaux - Gary
Strobel - Jeff Anderson - Lael Nelson, and Justin
Simpson.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE !!!
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  Congratulations
to the winner of our 6th Youth Civil War
Relic Contest, "Tennessee Smith", of
Mineral, Virginia. This display is in
a beautiful walnut display case and consists
of an excavated Federal Eagle breast plate,
four original Civil War uniform buttons, an
original excavated Civil War domino, five
different types of Civil War bullets, and an
original $100 Bank of Louisiana Civil War
note. We hope this display helps to
encourage Tennessee's interest in Civil War
artifacts, history, and heritage. We
have carried all entries forward, and we
invite and encourage any young folks age 14
and under to send us a letter telling us why
they would like to win this Civil War
display, and we will get you entered into
the contest. The following
individuals, along with Nita & myself have
contributed artifacts to make these youth
relic give-away displays possible: Eric
Lawson - Ted and B. J. Campbell- David
Hadden - Russ and Dottie Wunker - Jerry
Emberlin - Tom Stone - William Briner - Jody
Wright - Ed Heck - Charlie Williams - Jeff
Anderson - Gary Strobel - Justin Simpson -
and Gerard Simoneaux.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE !!!
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   WINNER,
WINNER - chicken dinner - We have just had
our drawing for the FIFTH Youth Civil War
Relic Display Giveaway, and our winner is
LILLY HICKOX from Arlington, Virginia.
We send our congratulations to Lilly and we
will carry forward all our Youth entries for
the next relic display giveaway which will
begin soon. Once again,
Congratulations to Lilly !!! ------
It is once again Youth Relic Display Contest
time in Tennessee. This relic display
is, in my opinion, one of the most
attractive to this point. The display
consists of a Droop Wing Eagle Confederate
Officer's button, a camp site recovered
soldier's Crucifix, a very attractive
excavated lead-filled Eagle breast plate
from here at Stones River, a stamped brass
Cavalry rosette with the raised heart, an
original pair of soldier's reading glasses,
an original 1862 Wilmington, North Carolina,
Confederate note, an original Civil War era
domino, several bullets, a musket gun tool,
a canteen stopper pull, and a coat size
Federal Eagle button all displayed in a
professionally made oak display case.
This collection is easily worth over $400.
So, young folks, get busy and let me hear
from you. The following individuals,
along with Nita & myself have contributed
artifacts to make these youth relic displays
possible: Eric Lawson - Ted and B. J.
Campbell- David Hadden - Russ and Dottie
Wunker - Jerry Emberlin - Tom Stone -
William Briner - Jody Wright - Ed Heck -
Charlie Williams - Jeff Anderson - Gary
Strobel - and Gerard Simoneaux.
We will carry forward all entries from the
first, second, third, and fourth giveaways.
We encourage ANY other interested youths (14
years of age and younger) who have not yet
entered to send a letter telling why you
would like to win the Civil War artifact
giveaway display, and you will be entered as
well. We want to do our part to
encourage our youth to be interested in our
heritage.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! This contest has ended
October 31, 2020.
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  AND
THE WINNER OF OUR FOURTH YOUTH RELIC DISPLAY
CONTEST IS JAX BLEVINS (WHO CAN BE SEEN
ABOVE WORKING ON HIS LETTER). We will
soon have our fifth Civil War display put
together and a new contest underway.
All entries will be carried forward to the
next contest, so if you haven't won so far
-- Keep the faith - You might very well win
the next one !!! CONGRATULATIONS JAX
!!! IT
IS TIME FOR OUR FOURTH YOUTH RELIC GIVEAWAY.
This display contains a genuine, excavated,
lead-filled, Federal Eagle breast plate, a
brass bayonet scabbard tip, a $15 coupon
from a Confederate Loan Bond, an original
Civil War domino, a .54 cal., ring tail
Sharps Cavalry bullet, a coat size Federal
Infantry Officer button, and a gilted cuff
size New York State Seal button. The
following individuals, along with Nita &
myself have contributed artifacts to make
these youth relic displays possible: Eric
Lawson
Ted and B. J. Campbell- David Hadden - Russ
and Dottie Wunker - Jerry Emberlin - Tom
Stone - William Briner - Jody Wright - Ed
Heck - and Charlie Williams. We will
carry forward all entries from the first,
second, and third giveaways. We
encourage ANY other interested youths (14
years of age and younger) who have not yet
entered to send a letter telling why you
would like to win the Civil War artifact
giveaway display, and you will be entered as
well. We want to do our part to
encourage our youth to be interested in our
heritage.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! This contest will end July
31, 2020
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       AND
WE HAVE A WINNER - OUR FIRST YOUNG LADY -
MS. CASTIBELLE SCHWEINFURTH !!! EVEN
AT HER TENDER YOUNG AGE CASTIBELLE IS A
FAMILIAR FACE AROUND THE CIVIL WAR LIVING
HISTORY COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE
DELIGENT EFFORTS OF HER MOM AND DAD - (BRET
AND KELLY). MY CONGRATULATIONS TO A
VERY DESERVING YOUNG LADY !!! IT
IS YOUTH RELIC DISPLAY GIVEAWAY CONTEST TIME
AGAIN !!! This is our THIRD youth
relic display give-away, and this beautiful
display consists of an original VIRGINIA
Confederate note - several bullets - one
beautiful gilted Federal Infantry officer
button - one bayonet scabbard tip - one
sword belt length adjuster - a right and a
left Civil War knapsack J-hook - a baggage
trunk key - and a harmonica board. I
would like to thank Eric Lawson - Ted and B. J. Campbell-
David Hadden - Russ and Dottie Wunker -
Jerry Emberlin - Tom Stone - William Briner
- Jody Wright - Ed Heck - and Charlie Williams who
along with Nita and myself made this display
possible. We encourage ANY other
interested youths (14 years of age and
younger) who have not yet entered to send a
letter telling why you would like to win the
Civil War artifact giveaway display, and you
will be entered as well. We want to do
our part to encourage our youth to be
interested in our heritage.
IF YOU GUYS
HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT REALLY
LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE OF
THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! THIS CONTEST WILL END MARCH 31,
2020. If any of you old time relic
hunter/collectors would like to help support
these youth relic give-aways, please just
send over any relics to help us out.
Your help will certainly be appreciated and
go for a good endeavor !! TRIVIA
QUESTION -- CAN ANYONE GUESS WHY CASTIBELLE
IS HOLDING THE CANNON !!! (HINT -- THE
ANSWER IS IN THE QUESTION !!) - (ANOTHER
HINT - WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PART OF THE
CANNON THAT CASTIBELLE IS HOLDING !!!)
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     We
just received the most current issue of
"North South Trader", and, low and behold,
there is Adian on page 19 - Youth Division.
Apparently, when you're hot, you're hot!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! We have just
held our drawing for our SECOND Youth Relic
Giveaway, and our winner is - ADIAN HARWICK
- from Lititz, PA. Soon after the
Thanksgiving holiday, we will begin our
third Youth Relic Giveaway, and we will
carry forward all entries from the first and
second giveaways. This is a fantastic
display, and we congratulate Adian on his
win!!! We
appreciate all of the youths who entered the
first and second drawings. We
encourage ANY other interested youths (14
years of age and younger) who have not
yet entered to send a letter telling why you
would like to win the Civil War artifact
giveaway display, and you will be entered as
well. We want to do our part to
encourage our youth to be interested in our
heritage. IF
YOU GUYS HAPPEN TO KNOW ANY YOUNG FOLKS THAT
REALLY LIKE HISTORY - PLEASE MAKE THEM AWARE
OF THESE CONTESTS !!! I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD
!!! ADIAN - YOUR PRIZE IS ON THE WAY
TO YOU !!!
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     ATTENTION
- OUR "FIRST" YOUTH RELIC GIVE AWAY
!!! - I was asked by a friend (MR. DICK
TIMPANO) to give away
this nice starter Civil War Bullet
collection to a deserving young collector.
If you are 14 years old or younger and are
really interested in Civil War history -
please send me a letter as to why you would
like to have this collection, and in a
couple weeks we are going to have a drawing
from all the names of young folks that sent
me a letter wanting this collection.
We will show pictures of the drawing and
post the WINNER on the page here !!!
GOOD LUCK !!! SEND LETTER TO:
Larry Hicklen -- 3511 Old Nashville Hwy. -
Murfreesboro, TN. -- 37129 (WE ARE
GOING TO ACCEPT ENTRIES ARRIVING IN PERSON
OR THROUGH MAIL DELIVERY ON OR BEFORE SEP.
30, 2019 !!!) IF YOU ARE AN OLD SCHOOL
CIVIL WAR COLLECTOR AND WOULD LIKE TO DONATE
RELICS IN SUPPORT OF THESE RELIC GIVE-AWAYS
TO YOUNG FOLKS -- PLEASE LET ME HEAR FROM
YOU !! THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER AND WE
WILL VERY SOON HAVE THE DRAWING. BUT
--- WE WILL SOON ANNOUNCE THE NEXT CONTEST,
AND EVERYONE THAT ENTERED INTO THIS CONTEST
WILL BE CARRIED OVER, -- SO YOU ARE ALREADY
REGISTERED !! MANY THANKS TO MR. DICK
TIMPANO FOR THE ARTIFACTS !!! AND OUR
WINNER IS - JONATHAN PRIOR - 5TH GRADE, AGE
10!!! CONGRATULATIONS, JONATHAN.
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    A
little while earlier today (7-12-19), I had
a couple of fellows in the shop from near
Perryville, Kentucky. In the course of
looking at relics and discussing various
battlefields, one of the gentlemen said, "I
visit your nature area at the Battlefield of
Perryville quite often." I had
absolutely no idea what he was talking
about. A good many years ago (25 to 30
I'd say), I
purchased a 54-acre farm on the Battlefield
of Perryville, Kentucky, that was in danger
of being developed. I held the farm
for several years until the Civil War
Preservation Trust was in a position to
acquire it. Little did I know that in
appreciation for saving that part of the
Battlefield, I have a pond and nature area
marked with our family name. How cool
is that!!!
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    Here
is an interesting set of 4 photographs
contrasting the panther and the bobcat.
These four photographs were taken by the same
game cam at the same location a few days
apart. Notice aside from the obvious
(the panther has a long tail and the bobcat
has virtually no tail), that they are
structurally different as well. The
panther is overall larger, more muscular,
especially in the front shoulders, than the
bobcat. The bobcat has a more slender
profile with his back legs almost appearing
longer than his front legs. Also, the
two cats make very different screams.
On the bright side, one would think that we
shouldn't have a mouse problem on the
mountain!!!
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                          We
are headed to the mountain today, and
hopefully there will be some cool new trail
cam pictures to share !! For
the past couple of months, our neighbors and
ourselves have been hearing the cry of an
unusual animal. About a month ago, I
caught sight of what appeared to be a large
cat moving through the woods. Several
weeks ago we installed a game cam to be able
to see what type animals were passing.
One of the locations of the game camera was
where several roads and paths came together.
At this location, we saw more different type
animals than any other location of the
camera. We have been scattering corn
and cut the Halloween pumpkins into and
placed them in front of the camera. We
have seen many different type mountain
animals including deer, armadillos, red fox,
coyote, and raccoons. A couple of
nights ago, we captured a couple photographs
of this huge Mountain Bobcat - (We at first
thought Panther, but markings suggest a
LARGE male Bobcat rather than Panther.)
As you guys can now clearly see - WE
DEFINITELY HAVE A PANTHER (aka Eastern
Mountain Lion) - (as well as a Bobcat) !!! We have
no doubt that he was drawn to this location
by the smell of the presence of all the
other wild animals that had been there
eating. To give a size reference, the
pumpkin halves beside the cat are ten inches
in diameter. Notice the power and
muscle mass of this big cat. We
will likely think twice now about taking
night walks through the woods!!! A few
nights ago our next door neighbor found a
deer slain, and litereally shreded - I
wonder who might have done THAT !!!
Outside "MAN WITH GUN" - This guy really is
"King Of The Woods" !!!
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        Super
rare, Confederate marked, .44 cal., London
Armory Kerr revolver. This revolver
has a smooth, gently aging, gray patina with
no pitting at all and some case colors
remaining in the recessed areas. It is
crisply marked, "J. S. & Anchor" Confederate
mark and "London Armory - Kerr's Patent -
#9433". The action remains perfect
with deep, sharp cross-hatching on the
walnut grip and retains an excellent bore.
The main spring remains as strong as it was
during the Civil War. You just are not
going to find a nicer J. S. & Anchor
Confederate marked "Kerr" for sale.--$7,950.
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   Just
brought in by a local family, and is 100%
untouched. This is a very nice
hand-me-down Confederate local made "CS DOG
RIVER" Cavalry saber and scabbard. The
blade has a pretty gently greying aged
patina, and the brass guard has a thick -
never touched - brown patina. The grip
is down to the wood with only a few
fragments of the leather and single strands
of iron wire. The scabbard is a
classic lap seamed - brass mounted CS made
scabbard. This is a very nice,
straight out of the Southern estate and
untouched for the last 150 years,
Confederate manufactured, "Dog River" CS
Cavalry saber and scabbard.--$3,850.
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       Very
nice condition .54 cal. Starr percussion Civil War carbine.
This example has clean metal and crisp, sharp marks. The
carbine is serial number "1801". It is marked "Starr
Arms - Yonkers, NY - 1858". The Starr carbine was
carried by the 1st Ark. Cav. (Union) - 5th Kansas Cav. - 11th
Missouri - 24th New York Cav. - and others. This example
has very nice action, and deep, sharp rifling, and would be a
very nice addition to any Civil War collection.--$1,895.
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    Model
1850, Federal Field & Staff Officer's sword
in original, brass mounted metal scabbard.
The blade on this officer's sword was at
some point in time plated and has residue of
old plating remaining today. The cast
brass guard remains in nice condition with a
good bit of original gold gilt still
visible. The grip remains very nice
with original shark skin wrap and wire.
The metal scabbard remains in nice condition
as well and also has residue of old plating.
Over the years, I have discovered that a
good many Civil War guns and swords that
were plated were on display in old GAR
meeting halls and UCV meeting halls.
Their thinking apparently was, if we plate
them, we won't have to keep cleaning them.
This is a very attractive sword and scabbard
with the cut-out "US" in the guard.--$950.
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      Very
attractive, Model 1855, Federal cartridge box,
complete with the over-the-shoulder sling,
both plates, and original cartridge tins still
inside. This cartridge box rig remains
quite stable but does have some surface
flaking in areas. It remains strong and
stable enough to display on a mannequin.
You just do not see very many Federal rigs
with the complete over-the-shoulder sling
intact.--$895.
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      Beautiful
photographic estate of Lt. Dan McConnell of
the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In
this grouping is a crystal clear, fully
cased, 1/6th plate tintype of Lt. McConnell.
This is a bust view, seated waist up,
showing his frock coat, shoulder straps, and
kepi with French Horn Infantry hat insignia.
Together with excellent military photograph
of Lt. McConnell, there is additionally a
fully cased 1/9th plate ambrotype of Lt.
McConnell in civilian clothing. In
addition to these pictures is a half-cased
ambrotype of Lt. McConnell in civilian
clothing with his wife. Also, there is
a 1/6th plate ambrotype of Lt. McConnell's
mother in a half-case. In addition,
there is a 1/9th plate ambrotype of a baby
which we assume to be his child. The
99th Ohio served all through Tennessee being
at Stones River, Chickamauga, the drive
toward Atlanta, and the Battles of Franklin
and Nashville. I purchased this group
directly out of the family just days
ago.--$495. for the entire five photograph
estate.
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   Quite
ornate, 1840 - 1860 era, clamshell design, 8
inch brass powder flask. These were
often carried by Confederate soldiers when
they first left home for the war in 1861.
This example has a nice, aged, bronze patina
and displays well.--$95.
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 Very
nice condition, original, unopened packet of
1863 date, Frankford Arsenal 5-second fuses.
All of the fuses remain intact, and the
packet has never been opened.--$110.
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  Excellent
condition, excavated, cast brass Cavalry
spur. This is a style spur that is
private purchase and is a rough simulation
of a flying Eagle. It was recovered
from an 1863 Confederate Cavalry camp here
in Middle Tennessee.--$350.
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 Smokingly
beautiful, non-excavated, Richmond Arsenal pattern, CS
two-piece sword belt plate with a portion of the original
bullet stitch, brown leather, Confederate belt. This CS
buckle and partial belt is part of a display that also
consists of (6)six excellent condition, coat size, Civil War
issue, Superior Quality, "C.S.A." uniform buttons and (2) two
coat size Federal Staff Officer buttons of the type frequently
worn by Confederate Officers. Also
in the display is a $50 Confederate note also from Richmond,
Virginia. This display is in a very nice quality, hand
made, 12" by 18" walnut display case. This would be a
beautiful addition to even a museum display.--$6,550.
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  Extremely
rare and in very nice condition, Confederate
manufacture, short Artillery sword.
This style unmarked Confederate sword is a
product of "E. J. Johnston & Company" of
Macon, Georgia. This company provided
the Confederacy with many different types
and models of edged weapons. A few of
the weapons of this type are actually maker
marked, but far and away most are unmarked.
This example has a nice, clean blade, gently
darkening with age, and the classic
concentric ring cast brass guard that has a
rich, aged never cleaned patina. This
is a nicer example than what most museums
have.--$1,895.
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   Beautiful,
crisp, clear, fully cased 1/6th plate
tintype of a standing Federal infantryman
with everything needed to march off to
battle. This is a full standing view
wearing an enlistedman's frock coat, his
3-band musket with bayonet at his side, his
full belt rig, and cross belt with
breastplate, and has his kepi on. This
image is first class !!--$425.
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        Very
nice condition, regulation issue, large oval, arrow hook
pattern, US waist buckle on original issue black leather belt.
The belt remains in nice condition with an inspector's
cartouche and brass adjustor still intact. The original
percussion cap box remains on the belt and still has the
nipple pick inside. Also on the belt is a nice
condition, .58 cal., Springfield or contract, triangular
socket bayonet in original leather scabbard. This belt
rig is nicer than most that you see on display in the
museums.--$1,150.
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  Very
pretty, excavated, coat size, Mississippi "I" (Infantry).
This button was recovered about 50 years ago from Camp Withers
which was a Mississippi Brigade camp located along the Elk
River here in Middle Tennessee and occupied during 1862.
This button is slick as can be with gold around each letter,
around the star, and completely filling the "I" in the center.
It has the normal "Hyde & Goodrich - NO" backmark. This
is an artifact that will be a compliment to any
collection.--$595.
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        Very
pretty non-excavated Model 1855 Federal .58
cal. cartridge box with partial leather
sling, BOTH plates, both cartridge tins, and
a crisp, clear "ID". It was carried by
Joseph J. Giles - Co. "I" - 5th MASS. VOL.
INF. Joseph Giles finished out his
tour of duty with the 5th Mass. Inf., and
reenlisted as an officer in the 39th Mass.
Vol. Inf. for the remainder of the War
What a nice fully "IDed" Federal cartridge
box and both plates.--$975.SOLD
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  Really
nice "just as issued" smooth type
Federal Model 1858 Federal canteen complete
with stopper and chain, linen sling, and
original cover. This is a museum
quality piece that would be a fine addition
to any Civil War collection.--$450.
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   Very
nice condition, .58 cal., Model 1855,
triangular socket bayonet in original, nice
condition, leather scabbard and is correct
for the Model 1855 Maynard primed weapons,
Model 1861 and Model 1863, .58 cal.,
Springfield and contract weapons. If
you have a nice musket, this is just the
compliment to finish the display.--$395.
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  Relic
condition old Middle Eastern Flintlock
"Scatter-gun". It has lots of fine
wire enlay, and intricate casting in the
brass. It is totally non-functioning
now, but would be a nice decor item for your
office or man-cave.--$195.
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 Nice
condition wood display case measuring 12 x
18 inches and containing 100 projectiles of
several different types and calibers all
recovered on private property here at the
Battle of Stones River. In order to
ship them, we will remove them from the
display case and wrap them separately from
the case.--$350. (including the display
case)
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       This
is the weapon considered by many collectors as being the
classic most representative weapon of the American Civil War.
It is the Model 1861, .58 cal., Springfield 3-band rifled
musket. This musket came out of a local Middle Tennessee
estate and could have equally as easily been Confederate or
Union carried. The metal has a smooth, dark, attic brown
patina with lockplate markings of, "1862 - Springfield - US".
The walnut stock is complete with a faint inspector cartouche
still visible. This musket has definitely "seen the
elephant" and has rounded corners on the stock from being
carried many miles and seeing many campaigns. If you'd
like to have a Civil War musket that almost certainly saw
battle action, this one is for you.--$1,650.SOLD
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  Beautiful
never even washed Richmond Arsenal pattern
2-Piece Confederate Sword Belt Plate.
This excellent Confederate buckle was
recovered about 40 years ago from
Confederate camps near Brandy Station, VA.
The 2 halves were recovered right together,
and fit perfectly. Excellent
brown-green woods patina, and hasn't even
been rinsed off. I don't know that you
could possibly dig a nicer one!!--$3,250.
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 Drop-dead
beautiful, excavated, "Mississippi" style,
Confederate Cavalry spur. This spur was
recovered from a Mississippi Cavalry camp and
has a reflective, dark green patina and most
of the iron rowel remaining intact. You
simply are not going to see a more beautiful
Mississippi spur.--$375.
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  Super,
Super rare, excavated, two-piece, Alabama
State Seal sword belt plate. This
buckle was recovered over 40 years ago from
the spring of 1864 Confederate camps located
around Dalton, Georgia. The buckle has
been in the excellent collection of the late
Tom Bain for the past 30 years or so.
An Alabama local two-piece sword belt plate
is one of the most sought after Confederate
buckles to recover. The buckle could
have had a broken belt loop when recovered,
and the broken loop restored, but I can't
remember for sure if this was the case.
They just don't get much rarer and more
sought after than this one.--$7,500.SOLD*
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   Just
brought in today, .36 cal., percussion
double barrel boot pistol. This little
pistol has a smooth, chocolate brown, never
cleaned patina, and the action of both
barrels still works perfectly. It is
believed to have been carried by a
Confederate ancestor.--$595.
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  Excellent
condition, non-excavated, 1820 - 1830 era,
Militia Artillery, one-piece uniform button.
The button has an Eagle on a cannon and is
marked, "1 Regt". These are, in my
opinion, some of the American Military's
most attractive buttons.CW--$125.
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   This
is one of the most popular of the
Confederate sword makers during the Civil
War Era. It is a "Thomas Griswold -
New Orleans" Confederate manufactured and
"MARKED" Foot Officer's sword. This was
purchased many years ago out of a New
Orleans estate sale. The blade is
clean, just beginning to darken with age and
has Thomas Griswold that you can see from
ten feet away. The sword has original
wrap and wire and an excellent cast brass,
Confederate Thomas Griswold guard. It
has never been cleaned and has a rich,
bronzed patina. This Confederate
Officer's sword is literally nice enough for
any museum.--$5,850.
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   Just
in out of the local area. Nice
condition Confederate local manufactured
"Dog River" style CS Cavalry saber.
This saber has an excellent "unstopped
fuller" Confederate made blade, and a high
copper alloy Confederate made guard and
pommel cap. The original Confederate
brass mounted scabbard was apparently
damaged, and the saber is now in an iron
mount import scabbard. This was
apparently quite common during the Civil War
as over the years I have had several brought
in this same way. Here is your chance
to own a nice honest CS MADE Cavalry saber
at roughly half price.--$2,650.SOLD
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, "Richmond
Arsenal" style CS two-piece, tongue and
wreath sword belt plate. This buckle was
recovered about 40 years ago from a
Confederate Cavalry camp near Brandy
Station,
Virginia. The two
buckle halves were a belt length apart. You
couldn't ask for a nicer two-piece CS sword
belt plate.--$3,250.
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  Beautiful
condition, coat size, Confederate Block "R"
(Rifleman). This button is in
virtually mint condition with 100% bright
gold gilt and a perfect reverse with "H.T.
&B. - Manchester". I don't think you
could hope to find a more flawless example
for your collection.(CW)--$650.
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  Confederate
manufacture "Dog River" style Confederate
saber that was brought home from the Civil
War, and made into a "tobacco cutting
knife". It was a very normal thing for
Confederates to bring military items home
from the war and adapt them to needs at home
or on the farm. This example has the
classic "unstopped fuller" Confederate
manufactured blade, and the "red brass"
Southern style Cavalry saber guard.
The pommel cap has a casting flaw which is
also a trait of Confederate made weapons.
This is a very classic example of how
Southerners adapted Civil War weapons to
civilian needs back at
home.--$750.
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        Nice
condition, large size, arrow hook pattern,
US oval waist belt plate on original black
leather waist belt with brass adjustor
remaining intact as well as an original
leather percussion cap box marked, "C. S.
Storms - Maker NY". The cap box
remains pliable and still has some original
percussion caps inside. This belt rig
came out of a Central Ohio estate sale
several years ago.--$695.
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    Extremely
rare, excavated, stamped pewter, Confederate
corner device for a Texas made Confederate
saddle. These pewter devices were
affixed to the saddles on each front corner
with folding brass strips. The saddles
are felt to have actually been manufactured
in Texas. This example remains in very
nice condition with remnants of the three
attachment devices intact on the reverse.
It was actually recovered IN TEXAS from a
Texas Cavalry camp located not far from
Houston, TX.--$350.SOLD
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   Massive
20 inch blacksmith made Confederate bowie
with leather scabbard. The bowie has a
14 inch long, and 1 1/2 inch wide blade with
a clip tip. The eaglehead pommel cap
is from an 1820 era militia sword. The
grip is bone, and has "the remnants" of the
original leather sheath, but the leather
sheath is about gone "to the great beyond".
This is a REALLY big knife actually
resembling a short artillery sword
!!--$1,450.
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  Absolutely
SMOKINGLY BEAUTIFUL excavated GILTED coat
size Confederate 23mm "CS-7" Staff Officer's
button. This is a truly fantastic
button with a "W. Dowler/Superior Quality"
backmark. It has the shank intact, and
was recovered many years ago from a
Confederate camp near Fairfax, VA. In
an entire Relic Hunting career, you will be
able to count on your fingers the number of
Confederate buttons that you recover this
nice.--$875.
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 This
unused Union patriotic cover is one of the
prettiest, and most ornate around !!--$48.
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  Beautiful
condition non-excavated Model 1851 eagle
sword belt plate. This plate has the
somewhat uncommon type applied silver wreath
that is in 3 parts. The plate shows
definite wear, and has a deep bronze aged
patina. It will be an excellent
addition to any Civil War Collection.--$395.
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  Excellent
condition non-excavated early "Puppy Paw
Hook" pattern large size lead filled US oval
waist belt plate. This is out of a
central Ohio estate, and no doubt was worn
by an early war OHIO soldier. The
buckle remains in perfect condition with
rich aged patina - full lead - and all three
hooks remaining intact.--$350.
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   Very
rare Confederate $10. note that has been a
bookmark in the family bible since the Civil
War era. The note has a very old brown
ink notation - "Presented by Admiral Semmes
- Mobile - - Nov. 18th, 1865". A very
neat Civil War relic !!--$150.SOLD
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  Excellent
condition non-excavated coat size "V.M.I." {Virginia Military Institute}.
It has virtually 100% bright gold gilt on the face - shank intact - and
Civil War era "Evans in the ribbon" backmark.--$195.
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  Extremely
rare, fully cased, 1/4 plate ambrotype of
two seated Confederate Cavalrymen. One
has a Colt Army across his chest, and the
other has a Colt Pocket model across his
chest. Both are wearing bow ties and
high top Cavalry boots and spurs.--$1,150.
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     Really
pretty Model 1854 Austrian Lorenz rifled
musket. The Austrian Lorenz was a very
popular weapon in both Union and Confederate
Armies - both importing large numbers of the
weapon. This example came out of a
Middle Tennessee estate and is lockplate
dated "1852". It has the original "4
side" Austrian bayonet still with the
musket. The long range site is not
present, and appears to have been gone a
long time. Both sling swivels remain
intact as well as the original brass tipped
ramrod. The action works perfectly,
and firmly locks into half cock and full
cock positions. Every Civil War
collection should have an Austrian musket
!!--$1,250. musket only, or $1,450, complete
with bayonet.SOLD
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  Absolutely
drop dead perfect and beautiful
non-excavated coat size Confederate stippled
Old English "E" (Engineer). This
button literally has 100 % bright gold gilt
- "H. T. & B. - Manchester" Backmark - and
shank straight and intact. It is
"CS153A" in Albert. I recently
saw one of these sell for $2,000. - and was
not one bit nicer than this one.--$1,450.
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 Nice
condition Civil War era powder horn that is
out of a local family that had several
ancestors in the Civil War. We
unfortunately do not know which one it
belonged to, but I will pass along the
family name.--$89.
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 Very
nice condition excavated glazed clay pipe
bowl that was recovered about 40 years ago
from a Confederate trash pit located along
Duck River near Shelbyville, TN. Most
are chipped or broken - this one is
complete.--$48.
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 Very
pretty condition, excavated, .52 cal.,
Spencer rifle/carbine cartridge. This
cartridge was recovered at Hoover's Gap,
Tennessee, and would have been lost by one
of Wilder's Lightning Brigade. General
Wilder's mounted Federal Infantry was armed
with Spencer 7-shot repeating rifles.
This cartridge would be a nice compliment
for your Spencer rifle or carbine.--$45.SOLD
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 Beautiful,
unused, Union Patriotic cover with Lady
Liberty, an Eagle, and an unusual pattern
Civil War American Flag. This cover
was produced by F. K. Kimmel in New
York.--$48.
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   Very
pretty, Confederate, large size, "forked tongue", cast brass,
enlistedman's waist belt plate. The plate has a slick,
near reflective, brown/green patina and was no doubt discarded
because the tip of one tongue broke. This buckle was
recovered around 1980 by Ray McMahon from a Confederate camp
on private property near Kennesaw, Georgia.--$650.
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  Absolutely
beautiful, non-excavated, Model 1850 Officer's Eagle sword
belt plate with integrally cast wreaths. Although
non-excavated, this buckle has an aged chocolate patina
rivaling many excavated examples. It has crisp detail
and nice wear marks around the hook, indicating lots of actual
field service. It has such a beautiful, chocolate patina
that the plate would nicely fit into either an excavated or
non-excavated Civil War artifact collection.--$375.
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 Drop-dead
beautiful, private purchase, heavy cast
brass, Confederate spur. This spur was
recovered many years ago from Starnes
Confederate Cavalry camp located on the
Cumberland Plateau near Altamont, Tennessee.
The spur has a beautiful, reflective,
emerald green patina, and the iron rowel
remains perfectly intact. This is the
way we dug them 30 - 40 years ago. I
actually dug a nearly identical one from the
same camp about 30 years ago.--$350.
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      Very
attractive, Model 1864, .58 cal., Federal
cartridge box with embossed US on the outside
flap. This cartridge box remains
complete and pliable with both cartridge tins
remaining intact inside. With this
cartridge box is an over-the-shoulder leather
sling that was purchased and carried in 1963
for the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of
Gettysburg. On the sling is a beautiful
condition, original, circular, Federal Eagle
breastplate. This cartridge box and
sling displays beautifully and at a very
reasonable price.--$650.
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  Extremely
rare, 100% gold gilted, Confederate Staff
Officer CS36A1. I don't see how this
button could possibly be any nicer.
The face is flawless with 100% bright gold
gilt, and the reverse remains perfect as
well and is marked, "H. T. & B. Manchester".
This is a Confederate button that you will
NEVER, EVER need to upgrade.--$1,150.
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     Very
attractive, Model 1860, Light Cavalry saber
and scabbard. The blade has a gently
aging, gray/brown patina with blade markings
of, "Ames Mfg - Chicopee - 1863 - US - ADK"
(Alias King). The three-branch brass
guard remains in very nice condition with
original wrap and wire on the grip.
The iron scabbard has a deep, aged,
chocolate brown patina with only one dent
near the lower mount. This saber shows
wear evidence indicating quite a lot of
use.--$895.
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     Very
attractive, Federal enlistedman's regulation
US oval waist beltrig with large size US
buckle and percussion capbox with some
original wool left inside. The US
buckle has a beautiful, rich, never cleaned,
aged, bronze/brown patina and is the "arrow
hook" variety. This beltrig is out of
a Central Illinois estate sale.--$595
complete.
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       Nice
condition, Model 1864, .58 cal., Federal
cartridge box. This cartridge box has
the embossed US oval on the flap, but during
the Civil War Era had a standard US oval
cartridge box plate attached over the embossed
US mark. The box is maker marked, "W. H.
Wilkinson Maker - Springfield Mass."
This cartridge box has no flaking at all and
remains quite pliable with both iron roller
buckles intact as well as both belt loops, the
leather closure tab, and both cartridge tins
intact inside. This is a really nice
Civil War Federal cartridge box.--$595.
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  Beautiful
condition non-excavated lead filled "Droop
Wing Eagle" bridle rosette. During the
1960s and early 1970s these were thought to be
Confederate because of the "Droop Wing Eagle",
and because they were usually found in
Confederate sites. It turns out that
they are quite rare early pre-Civil War
"Dragoon" bridle and stirrup rosettes, and
carried over by Confederates from the earlier
era as was often the case. This example
is nothing less than beautiful.--$450.
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  Smoking
nice condition, non-excavated, coat size,
"CSA" Confederate Officer's button.
This button has 100% bright gold gilt, a
"Superior Quality" backmark, and the shank
intact and straight. I don't think you
could find a nicer one.--$225.
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  Beautifully
crafted, 13 inch, Confederate bone handle
side knife, blacksmith made from an 1840 era
Knight's Head Militia Officer's sword.
This knife has an 8 inch blade that remains
razor sharp yet today. This is out of
our local area and was no doubt carried by a
local Middle Tennessee Confederate.
This would be an excellent addition to any
Confederate display.--$795.
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 Excavated
pair of musket tools recovered along the
Federal battle line on private property here
at Stones River. One of the tools is
open-end, and the other tool is a socket
type.--both for $75.
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  Quite
rare excavated coat size Confederate
Manuscript "I" with "P. Tait" style floating
shank. Although the button is
unmarked, I feel sure that it is a "P. Tait"
product. It has a smooth chocolate
brown patina with the shank intact.--$225.
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 Very
nice condition Jan., 1863 Bank Of Alabama
$1. note. This note was printed in
Montgomery, and is serial number
"37819".--$78.
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 Excellent
condition unused Federal Patriotic cover
from Philadelphia, PA. The cover has a
beautiful red, white, and blue arch with the
slogan "Give this wreath to the brave, who
their country would save". Just a
beautiful cover.--$45.
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   Very
pretty condition, excavated, lead-filled,
circular, Federal Eagle breast plate.
This plate has a smooth, chocolate brown
patina and nice detail on the face with full
lead and both wire attachment loops on the
reverse and is backmarked, "W. H. Smith
Brooklyn". This plate was dug many
years ago and is about as pretty as they
come.--$295.
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 During
the mid-1970's, Claiborne and I were able to
find the position of the Confederate Sharp
Shooters on the Brentwood Hills during the
2nd day's fighting at the Battle of
Nashville, Tennessee. The Confederate
Sharp Shooters had a good many of the famous
English Whitworth scoped sniper rifles.
Claiborne and I together found a good many
beautiful drop, .45 cal., Whitworth sniper
projectiles. This particular bullet is
a beautiful example and is one that
Claiborne recovered on this line.--$225.
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 Quite
rare, beautiful condition, unused Patriotic
cover from the State of Wisconsin. The
cover has a flowing American Flag and the
State Seal of Wisconsin in a circle in the
center with the "Bucky Badger" clearly
visible.--$48.
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  Confederate
States of America newspaper. This is
the "Daily Journal" out of Wilmington, North
Carolina, for Tuesday, July 30, 1861.
Some of the advertisements are the most fun.
Of particular interest is a service offered
by "Dr. Johnson".--$95.
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  1984
reprint of the 1906
Confederate
Operations in Canada and New York, by
John W. Headley. Although the book is
entitled
Confederate Operations in Canada and New
York, there are actually in-depth
descriptions of operations all through the
South. This is a very interesting
reference book.--$48.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, GI59, coat size,
one piece Militia button. The button
has seven stars above the Eagle and six
stars below. It has the shank intact
and is backmarked, "Imperial
Standard".--$125.
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  Absolutely
perfect condition, excavated, "Jeff Davis"
or "Hardee" hat pin. This pin was
recovered about 40 years ago on private
property here at Stones River. It
literally couldn't be much nicer.--$195.SOLD
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  Quite
rare, excavated, COMPLETE, French horn
Infantry bugle hat pin. This hat pin
was recovered on private property near
Chickamauga, Georgia, and even has the tiny
mouth piece intact which is a rarity.
It remains totally uncleaned.--$195.
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 Beautiful
red battle scene on this Patriotic cover
published out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and has
the slogan, "We belong to our country, to do
or die." This is a really nice
Patriotic cover.--$48.
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 Excellent
condition, State of North Carolina, January
1, 1863, five cent note. This note is
serial number 78 and remains in uncirculated
condition. It has the State Seal of
North Carolina in the center.--$48.
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 Excavated
heavy cast brass Confederate local Cavalry
spur. This was recovered many years
ago from Wharton's 1863 8th Texas Cavalry
Camp located one mile South of Unionville,
TN. This camp was owned by one of my
old grade school teachers, so permission
wasn't too tough on this one !!
Between my digging buddy, (J. T. Leathers)
and myself - we dug about 8 Confederate
spurs from this camp. They were there
in March, 1863. This is a Rebel
beauty.--$395.
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 Very
pretty condition lightly circulated July 21,
1862 Virginia $1. Treasury Note. This
note has red overprint, and intricate
graphics.--$79.
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 A
beautiful red ink Patriotic cover. She
says"Both boys gone to war - I wonder if
they would take me?"--$45.
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  Beautiful
condition, "Haiman" style, Confederate Dog
River Cavalry saber. This saber is the
saber only without scabbard and has a very
nice, never cleaned, unstopped fuller
Confederate blade and a high copper content
Confederate made guard and pommel cap.
The grip remains 100% intact and still has
the original single strand copper wire.
You couldn't ask for a prettier Confederate
made Cavalry saber.--$2,350.
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   Beautiful
condition, excavated, large size,
Confederate issue, "Georgia Frame" waist
belt plate. This buckle was recovered
over 40 years ago from Confederate camps
along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. It has a smooth, green
patina and has never even been washed off.
You won't recover a nicer example.--$650.
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     Original
Civil War
Soldier's Hymn Book distributed by
"The United States Christian Commission".
This book shows lots of wear and was without
question actually carried. It has even
had some Civil War Era stitching repair to
the binding area. These were
extensively distributed and carried by many
soldiers both US and CS.--$175.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, large size, lead
filled, US oval cartridge box plate.
This cartridge box plate has an aged,
chocolate brown patina with full lead and
both iron loops intact on the reverse.
The loops are 2 5/8 inches apart. If
you have a cartridge box needing a box
plate, this is about as pretty as they
get.--$250.
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  Quite
rare, "George Wostenholm - IXL", 3-blade,
brass cased bleeder. George Wostenholm
- IXL is well known for the high grade side
knives and pocket knives he produced during
the Civil War Era. Wostenholm bleeders
are among the best quality of the Civil War
Era.--$195.
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  Very
attractive, excavated, Federal crossed
sabers Cavalry hat pin. This hat pin
was recovered many years ago from a Federal
Cavalry camp located a couple of miles south
of Triune, Tennessee. The hat pin was
folded together when recovered but
straightened quite nicely. Cavalry
crossed saber hat pins are usually found
broken up because of the slender, fragile
blades of the sabers.--$295.
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  Beautiful
condition with bright vivid colors
Confederate Feb. 17, 1864 "Horses Pulling
The Cannons" $10. note. This is an
uncirculated note that couldn't be any
prettier !!--$95.
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 Excavated
glazed cream colored pipe bowl recovered
from a Confederate trash pit located along
Duck River near Shelbyville, TN.
Polk's Corp of the Confederate Army of
Tennessee was camped here from Jan. 3, 1863
until June 25, 1863. I have recovered
more of my Confederate buckles from these
camps than any other.-- $48.
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 Quite
rare marked cover for a soldier's letter
home from the "U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION".
This generally meant that the soldier was in
the hospital "sick or wounded".--$45.
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   Beautiful
condition non-excavated large size "US" oval
cartridge box-plate with a very rare "Boyd
and Sons" backmark. Smooth never
cleaned chocolate patina.--$325.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, lead-filled, circular,
Eagle breast plate. This plate was
recovered near Chickamauga, GA, almost 50
years ago. It has a smooth, chocolate
patina on the face, smooth lead on the
reverse, and both iron attachment loops
remain intact. They just aren't
recovered much nicer than this one.--$225.
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  Confederate
memorial, 100-year anniversary cigarette
lighter/music box. The lighter has the
Confederate Flag on one side and four
Confederate soldiers on the reverse.
The lighter has the winding key on the side
with the Confederate Flag. It still
works perfectly, and when you wind it up, it
plays "Dixie". How do you get any more
politically incorrect than being a smoker
lighting up with a lighter playing
"Dixie"??? The original little "Royal
Star Dixie Musical" lighter pouch remains
with the lighter.--$50.
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 Very
nice condition, 1861 dated, State of Alabama
$2 note. This note has intricate
graphics of slaves harvesting sugar cane.
The note was issued by The Central Bank of
Alabama, Montgomery.--$85.
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       Very
ornate non-regulation Model 1850 Federal Field and Staff Officer's sword
and scabbard. The blade on this sword is absolutely "sparkling" with
100% full visible engraving AND 100 %
original blade engraving "frosting" as well
!!. The guard is iron and quite ornate with the "cut-out
eagle and U.S. and E. Pluribus Unum". The original sharkskin
grip remains
100% perfectly intact and is the nicest that I
have seen in ages. The scabbard has a
smooth grey-brown patina, and fits
perfectly. This sword is no less than
museum grade.--$950.
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   Very
nice condition, .58 cal., triangular socket
bayonet in nice condition, original leather
scabbard that is correct for the Model 1855
muskets, Model 1861 Springfield and
contracts, and Model 1863 muskets. The
leather scabbard remains complete with the
brass scabbard tip perfectly intact.
If you have a nice, original musket lacking
a bayonet, this bayonet and scabbard would
be a fine compliment for your musket.--$375.
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    Extremely
rare, excavated, cuff size, "Alabama Map on
Tree" uniform button. This button was
recovered many years ago from the camp of
the 1st Alabama Cavalry located near
Midland, Tennessee. The 1st Alabama
Cavalry was surprise attacked by General
David Stanley's Federal Cavalry in March of
1863. I personally recovered a large
oval Alabama Map on Tree buckle at this
site. The button is quite solid, but
unfortunately is dented. It has a
little gold around the map and shank is
intact. It is backmarked, "Schuler, H
& G New York". Several cuff size
Alabama Map on Trees with this backmark have
been found in Alabama camp sites.--$295.
(This button only - you don't get my
buckle!!)SOLD
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    Virtually
drop dead beautiful MINT large size "puppy-paw" U.S. oval waist
belt plate on it's original mint unissued brown buff leather belt.
This belt rig was no nicer 150 years ago than it is today
!!--$695.
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  Very
pretty, non-excavated, family hand-me-down,
large size, lead-filled, Civil War
Martingale Heart. This pattern
Martingale Heart was most often Confederate
used, and the family where this one came
from had relatives that served in the
Tennessee Cavalry CSA. The heart has
nice patina and has a number of small marks
from actual service. This would be a
fine addition to any Confederate Cavalry
display.--$595.
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 Beautiful
condition, original, Regimental size, 1855
to Civil War Era drum. This drum
measures 15 inches in height and 17 inches
across and is a larger regimental size.
Both heads are intact and remain in nice
condition with red trim top and bottom.
The label inside reads, "Bass and Tenor
Drums - Porter Blanchard - Concord NH".
The drum has original ropes and has a museum
worthy display presentation.(CW)--$1,450.
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     Very
nice condition GOLDEN SABER II TESORO METAL
DETECTOR complete with stock 8 inch coil and
new high quality set of headphones.
Tesoro is well known for producing excellent
quality, and long lasting hobby metal
detectors. The Golden Saber II is
basically an "On And Hunt" machine. It
is ideal for both coin hunting, and Civil War
Relic hunting. My friend purchased this
one a while back, and his health failed, and
I'm not sure if this machine has even been
used once or not. There is a second
elliptical shaped coil that comes with the
detector. Tesoro detectors are
famous for having really good discrimination,
and this one has crisp tone and very good
depth. My friend paid $429. for the
detector, and $89. for the headset for a total
of $518. plus shp/ins. Your price is
$295. plus shp, and has new batteries in it -
ready to go digging !!
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 Very
cool old G.A.R. artifact. This is a
walnut shield with a U.S. cartridge
boxplate, and an eagle breastplate mounted
on it. I have removed both plates to
make sure that they are originals, and they
100% are original. The screws come
into the lead in the back of the plates from
the rear. I can leave them
disattached, or I can reattach them - either
way. A really nice old G.A.R.
relic.--$395.
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   Nice
condition, 7MM, French pinfire revolver.
The original walnut grips are intact and in
nice condition. The loading gate,
cartridge ejector rod, and folding trigger
all remain intact. The action works
sometimes, and sometimes it does not.
It is difficult to find a Civil War Era
pinfire revolver with all the little
accessories intact.--$595.
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    Very
pretty condition Civil War era Belgian 7mm Pinfire 6 shot
revolver. Small Pinfire revolvers were very popular as a
last resort weapon among Confederate officers. It is
difficult to find one of these that is all complete and
functions properly. This is a beauty with folding
trigger - ejector rod - and cartridge door
all remaining intact, and everything works
perfectly. The revolver has ornate
gutta percha grips that are without a single
chip. This is a museum quality
example.--$695.
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  Very
nice condition, flat or corner curio display case.
The case remains in very nice condition, is
lighted, and has three shelves. It
stands approximately six feet tall, two feet
wide, and one foot deep.--$325.
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      Very
pretty, single barrel, .58 cal., percussion
musket made by Ketland of London. This
fowling rifle dates Civil War era, and is
out of a local estate and actually has a
military (Enfield) type ram rod.
According to family legend, a relative
carried it to the Civil War in the very
beginning as was often the case in the
South. The fowling rifle still has a
strong main spring, and the action still
works nicely (some of the time) !!
This historic old rifle would be fantastic
hanging over the fireplace !!!--$650.
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  Model
1860 Federal Navy Cutlass. The large
brass guard remains in nice condition, and
the blade has a pleasing, gray/brown, aged
patina. The grip is down to wood,
which they often are. The markings on
the blade are literally almost worn off, but
under the glass, I can still see "186?".
Just a good, honest Naval Cutlass from the
Civil War.--$450.
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  Absolutely
drop-dead beautiful excavated condition,
coat size, CS127A2. This is a coat
size Confederate Cavalry with a blank back,
but many believe they were made by Superior
Quality. It has a smooth, chocolate
patina with perfect, straight shank and the
nicest detail you could ever hope to see.
This button was dug many years ago from a
Confederate Cavalry camp near
Fredericksburg, Virginia.--$595.
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    Model
1860 Light Cavalry saber that somehow has
the three-branch guard missing and has never
been taken apart. The blade has a
smooth, chocolate patina and is marked,
"Mansfield & Lamb - US - 1864". There
has to be quite a story as to how the brass
guard came to be missing from this saber.
The grip remains completely intact with full
original wrap and wire. This is a
great relic for a very reasonable
price.--$475.
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  I
have no idea about this button, and the
collection that it came as a part of just
had a "?" mark. It is a cuff size
eagle "D" and has a backmark of "A. J. FULKS
(?) Co. - WHITESTOWN" (which I have never
heard of). Has anyone ever seen one of
these before, or ever even heard of this
maker - would appreciate any help !!
FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE - "A. J. FULKS" is
a sutler of current living
history/re-enacting materials. It is a
current made button, and to make it more fun
-- I KNOW ANDY FULKS, and will probably see
him next week-end !!!! We do try to
get to the bottom of things !!!!
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, large size,
lead-filled, US oval cartridge box plate.
This cartridge box plate is out of a central
Ohio estate sale and has a beautiful,
uncleaned, rich, aged patina. Both
attachment loops are intact on the
reverse.--$250.
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  Mint,
beautiful condition, 24 mm coat size CS5 Confederate Staff Officer
button. This button is in
pristine condition with near 100% bright gold gilt. It
has the"Extra Rich/Treble Gilt" backmark. You
couldn't ask for nicer example.--$295. for this beauty.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, early "fat letter" US
oval cartridge box plate. This plate
was recovered here at Stones River on
private property over 40 years ago.
This plate is so pretty, you could literally
put it back on a cartridge box.--$250.
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  Coat
size, non-excavated, Georgia State Seal.
This button has 100% bright gold gilt and a
"Mintzer" backmark in a depressed channel.
No dents and shank intact - you won't see
much nicer.--$250.
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          Extremely
rare, .54 cal., Starr carbine with breach markings of "1ARK/K"
(1st Arkansas, Troop K). This carbine is serial number
14509. These Starr carbines were issued to Arkansas
Federal Cavalry units, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Cavalry.
This carbine has the initials "F.M.H." carved into the stock.
There is only one single Arkansas soldier with those initials
in the 1st Arkansas Troop K. His name was Frances Marion
Holt. He mustered both in and out as a private mustering
in on July 20, 1862, and mustering out on August 20, 1865.
This particular carbine is crisply marked and in very nice
overall condition, but does have a slight bulge in the barrel
a couple of inches from the end of the barrel resulting from
being fired with mud in the end of the barrel. This is
an extremely rare Arkansas artifact, because there were only a
few thousand issued to begin with. This artifact is out
of the nationally known Charlie Harris collection.
Charlie is a well known Civil War authority and
author that, unfortunately, we recently lost.--$3,250.
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           Very
nice condition, complete Federal waist belt rig including
original waist belt, original .58 cal. cartridge box, and the
original percussion cap box.
The belt itself remains complete and pliable with a
beautiful arrow-hook pattern US oval waist belt buckle, and the
brass length adjustor remains perfectly intact.
The cartridge box is a Model 1864 with embossed “US”
and both cartridge tins remaining intact on the inside.
The leather percussion cap box has both belt loops and
closure tab intact and has an embossed “US” mark on the
outside flap.
There are quite a number of original percussion caps remaining
inside. This belt
rig was on display in an
Arkansas
museum for a number of years and would be an excellent
addition to any Civil War collection.--$1,250.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, Mississippi
"I" (Infantry). This button was
recovered many years ago from Camp Withers
(an 1862 Mississippi Infantry brigade camp
located near Allisonia Station on Elk River
here in middle Tennessee.) It has
beautiful gold gilt, and a "Hyde and
Goodrich" backmark with shank intact.
You couldn't ask to dig a prettier one, and
this one hasn't even been completely washed
off.--$595.
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  Very
pretty condition St. Louis Arsenal, Model
1858 pattern, smooth side canteen with
soldered tin spout, complete brown wool
cover, and a small portion of the original
linen sling. This canteen
was just brought in out of a local
Lebanon, Tennessee estate and was almost certainly
Confederate carried. The
butternut cover is far nicer than most you
see without even a single hole.--$395.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition and extremely rare,
non-excavated, coat size, Confederate
Officer (C.S.A) button with "S. Buckley
Birmingham" backmark. This button has
a rich, uncleaned, aged patina with a
backmark crisp enough to read from four feet
away. "S. Buckley" Confederate Officer
buttons are highly sought after, and this is
a beauty.--$650.
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  Super
scarce, huge 26 mm, coat size, Confederate
Staff Officer button with "CSA" in the
shield, near 100% bright gold gilt, and rare
"Courtney & Tennent" backmark. This
button is considered by many to be one of
the most beautiful of all Confederate
uniform buttons. This is CS1A1 in
Albert, and I do not believe it possible to
find a more beautiful and perfect
example.--$1,950.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, non-excavated, 23 MM,
coat size, CS55A. This is a beautiful,
gilted, Confederate Navy with 100% bright
gold gilt and backmarked, "Courtney &
Tennent/S. C/Charleston". This is one
that you will never need to
upgrade.--$1,450.
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                  Just
in, and purchased directly from the family
- Smoking nice Confederate Cavalry estate
belonging to Daniel Francis Taylor of Wayne
County Mississippi. Wayne County is
located just North of Mobile , Alabama.
In this estate is a drop dead beautiful
Atlanta style rectangle C.S.A. waist belt
buckle on the original brown pig-skin belt.
The buckle has a rich aged patina, and wide
tooth file marks all the way around it.
There is a fully cased, crystal clear 1/6th
plate tintype of Daniel pictured holding his
unstopped fuller "Dog River" Confederate
Cavalry Saber. The actual "Dog River
Factory" was nearly within walking distance
of his home !!! In the image Daniel is
wearing a Model 1851 Federal Cavalry Sword
Belt rig which is also still with the
estate. His brass cased compass is
with the estate, and still works perfectly.
There are two additional photographs in the
estate. One is an ambrotype of his
Dad, and the other image is an ambrotype of
a young lady and a wedding ring is with it.
I feel sure that is his wife. There is
also a bullet mold, and a powder horn that
are attributed on a tag to being his.
Forty years ago I used to have family
groupings like this brought in quite often,
but that era is "Gone With The Wind" - and
it is a once in a year or more thing anymore
to get a really nice Confederate estate like
this. You are not going to see a nicer
thick Atlanta style C.S.A. on pigskin than
this one.--$7,850. For The Entire
Estate.SOLD
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     Extremely
rare, Confederate carbine cartridge box
created by hand altering a standard Model
1855 Federal musket cartridge box into a CS
carbine box complete with wooden block.
It is easy to see the Southern alterations
that were made in order to convert the
cartridge box from a standard .58 cal.
musket cartridge box to a much smaller
carbine cartridge box with the wooden block.
This is out of the local area, and the
family had relatives that served in the 8th
and 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry CSA.
This will make an excellent addition to
someone's Confederate Cavalry
display.--$850.
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   Beautiful
rich aged patina on this Confederate carried
import Model 1860 cavalry saber. It is
out of a Florida estate, and remains just as
found. There are remnants of the heavy
single strand copper wire on the grip
typical of CS carried sabers. You can
sure enough hear Dixie when you hold this
old warrior !!!--$595.
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    Very
attractive Model 1851 "Script NY" sword belt plate on original
black leather waist belt. This is the early pattern Script
NY with the very narrow tongue. The belt is complete and
remains pliable with only one weak spot that has been supported
from the reverse for strength. The plate has a rich aged
patina and is one that you do not encounter very often.--$1,295.
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     Beautiful
condition, Model 1839, small single-hook, US
oval waist belt on original white buff
leather belt. Both belt and buckle
remain in excellent condition, and there is
a soldier's name stenciled into the back of
the belt. The only problem is the
soldier had the stencil upside down which
caused the stenciled name to be in reverse.
The name appears to be "R. L. Eshbaugh" (by
reading it in the mirror). You
couldn't ask for a nicer Model 1839 belt
rig.--$695.
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        REALLY
NICE, Civil War Era, "Philopena Album" which
is, in redneck terms, a "Civil War Era
Autograph Album". The album belonged
to a young lady named, Sallie "Pierse" (?).
The autograph book runs through a good many
years ranging from pre-Civil War to during
the Civil War (with a few soldier's
entries), and continues on to the post-Civil
War years. The book remains in nice
condition with some poetry and artwork as
well as autographs and well wishes.
Two of the soldier's entries are from the
7th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. There are
many hours of fun reading and research to be
had with this artifact.--$375.
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  Beautiful,
near mint condition, complete deck of "Great
Mogul" Civil War playing cards. This
is the red deck. This deck remains in
the original wrapper, and the tape seal has
never even been broken. This will be a
museum quality addition to someone's Civil
War collection.--$395.
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  Absolutely
beautiful Revolutionary War era "Cheesebox"
canteen. The canteen remains in
excellent condition, and has several sets of
soldier initials on it. One initial
set is with the date "1800", and a second
set of initials is with a date of 1804.
There is faint remnants of an old museum tag
that says something to the effect of
"Revolutionary War canteen carried in the
Civil War and picked up at Shiloh".
This canteen has been in a private Arkansas
Museum for the past 30 years or so.
This is a mighty fine artifact.--$850.SOLD
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, non-excavated,
Confederate coat size stippled block "A"
button. This is a CS101A with "H. T. &
B. Manchester" backmark. The button
has a rich, aged patina, crisp backmark, and
shank intact on the reverse.--$425.
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      Very
nice condition, .52 cal. rim fire, Joslyn
Model 1864, single-shot cartridge carbine.
This carbine is serial number 5536 and has
crisp action with some traces of original
color. The Joslyn carbine were used by
the 4th and 8th Indiana Cavalry, 19th New
York Cavalry, 13th Tennessee Cavalry, 9th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3rd West Virginia
Cavalry, 2nd Wisconsin, 1st Nebraska
Cavalry, and 11th Ohio Cavalry. This
is a nice quality carbine that could
literally still be fired today.--$1,650.
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   Very
attractive Civil War era .9 mm Belgian made
6 - shot pinfire revolver. This
revolver is out of a local family that had
several members that served in the
Confederate Cavalry. Even CS General
"Stonewall Jackson" had a Pinfire Revolver
much like this one. The revolver's
action still functions nicely, and the
lanyard ring, and the ejector rod still
remain intact. The cartridge loading
door is not present and appears to have been
gone a very long time. We are
including an original pinfire cartridge to
display with the revolver, but it is the
next size up to eliminate the possibility of
a child chambering the cartridge.--$650.
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    Very
nice condition, early war pattern, arrow
hook, lead-filled, large size US oval waist
belt plate on original issue Civil War black
leather belt. This belt is fresh out
of a central Ohio estate sale.--$550.
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  Beautiful
excavated large size oval "VMM" (Volunteer Maine Militia)
cartridge boxplate. This plate was recovered about 40
years ago on private property near Port Hudson, LA. The
face has a slick chocolate brown patina and sharp, crisp
letters and the plate has literally never even been rinsed
off. The plate is the pattern ""VMM" with very little
lead in the back - Actually just barely enough to keep the
wire loops in place. Rusty residue of the wire loops
still remains. This is one of the prettiest "VMM"s from
that area that I have seen.--$1,150.
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    Very
pretty condition, Model 1861, US Navy rifle
saber bayonet. This style saber
pattern bayonet was made for the Model 1861
Plymouth Navy rifle. This example has
a bright, clean blade marked, "Collins & Co-
Hartford, Conn." The cast brass guard
remains in perfect condition with the
attaching spring intact and strong.
The saber bayonet remains in its original
leather scabbard, and we have added a
reproduction leather carrying frog for
display. If you have a Model 1861
Plymouth Navy rifle, this would make a
fantastic compliment to complete your musket
display.--$650.
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     Nice,
clean, Model 1850, Foot Officer's sword
(without scabbard) out of a Central Ohio
estate. The blade remains clean with
clearly visible engraving from top to
bottom. The brass guard remains in
very nice condition with rich, aged patina
and gold gilt showing through in areas.
The grip has original sharkskin and some of
the original wire. The sword shows
honest wear and no doubt saw action.--$595.
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     Very
pretty condition, Model 1840, NCO
(Non-commissioned Officer) sword and
scabbard. The sword blade remains
bright and clean with a crisp "Ames Mfg. Co.
- 1864 - ADK - US" blade marking. The
cast brass guard remains in perfect
condition. The sword remains in its
original leather scabbard, and the scabbard
is complete but does have an old repair to a
weak area a few inches above the brass drag.
This Model 1840 NCO sword and scabbard is
definitely nicer than most that you
see.--$695.
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     Very
pretty condition, Model 1840, Federal Light
Artillery saber and scabbard. The
saber itself has a bright, clean blade,
marked, "Ames - Chicopee Mass - 1854".
The saber retains original wrap and wire on
the grip, and the classic cast "D-guard" has
a rich, never cleaned, aged patina. I
believe the saber was likely at one time on
display in a "GAR" post, as the scabbard is
lightly nickel plated, which many GAR posts
did so that very little cleaning and
maintenance was required. If a person
so desires, the nickel plating can be
removed. This is a nice quality
Federal Artillery saber.--$895.
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     Just
brought in - A very pretty condition, Model
1860, Federal Light Cavalry saber and
scabbard. This saber has a nice clean
blade marked "1864 - US - C. ROBY".
The saber has original wrap and wire, and
the cast brass guard has a nice uncleaned,
aged patina. The scabbard has an
uncleaned brown/black patina with only a
couple minor service dings. The saber
has the type aged look we all really
like.--$895.
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   I've
just purchased 10,000 mixed excavated Civil War bullets.
Bag
of 50 mixed dropped and fired U.S. and C.S. bullets
(Aproximately 2/3 dropped and 1/3 fired) - each bag
includes a variety of different type bullets at a low cost of
$1.78 per bullet--$89. per bag.
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     Really
nice reproduction US Model 1840 short
Mountain Howitzer on a very nicely crafted
white oak carriage. The barrel is 33
inches in length with a bore of 2.5 inches.
The carriage is 80 inches tip to tip in
length, 49 inches wide, and 43 inches high.
The owner has fired the cannon with powder
and wadding only numerous times. This
will be a beautiful piece to display under a
gazebo in front of an Antebellum home.--$7,500.
You pick it up here or we can likely arrange
delivery for a fee.
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     40
volumes of UCV magazines nicely bound by the
year and including 1893 - 1932 with 3
volumes of indexes. I have found the
Confederate Veterans magazines to be an
excellent research source. We are
offering this complete set of bound UCV
magazines for less than $19 per
volume.--$750.
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      Fresh
in out of a local Confederate estate, this
is a Model 1855, .58 cal., Maynard primed,
percussion "pistol - carbine" made only
between 1855 and 1857 by the Springfield
Armory with a total production of only
4,021. Almost every one of these that
I have encountered over the years have had
Confederate association. This example
shows good wear, but remains in very decent
displayable condition. When the pistol
was brought into the shop, it was missing
the front barrel band, and I was able to
locate one that fits reasonably well.
With the massive pistol carbine, we are
including an excavated Maynard door from
this exact type pistol. I recovered
that door many years ago from the camp of
the 8th Texas Cavalry located near
Unionville, Tennessee. This is a
weapon that most museums do not even have an
example of.--$1,650.
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            Super,
super rare and in beautiful condition, Model
1849, long barrel, Colt Pocket revolver with
all matching serial numbers of 211975.
This revolver is inscribed to and was
carried by Confederate General Thomas Benton
Smith and what a story General T. B. Smith
has to tell. General Thomas Benton
Smith was born near Mechanicsville,
Tennessee, and grew up on a farm near
Triune, Tennessee. General Smith was
widely known in the area as being
incredibly, intellectually gifted. By
age 15, General Smith had been given a
patent on a locomotive "cow-catcher" and
appeared to be headed toward a lucrative
career in railroading. When the Civil
War came, young Thomas Benton Smith was
enrolled in the prestigious Nashville
Military College in Nashville, Tennessee.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Thomas
Benton Smith would raise the unit that
eventually became known as Co. B of the 20th
Tennessee Infantry under the command of Col.
Joel A. Battle. At Shiloh, the
regiment suffered over 50% casualties
including the capture and imprisonment of
the regiment's Colonel, Joel A. Battle.
Upon reorganization, a month after the
battle, his fellow soldiers elected Thomas
Benton Smith as their new Colonel. As
Colonel of the 20th Tennessee, he led them
at Murfreesboro where he was shot through
both the breast and left arm. Over the
coming months, Col. Smith recovered, and at
Chickamauga, Col Smith was again wounded.
At Missionary Ridge, the brigade commander,
Col. Tyler was wounded, and Col. Thomas
Benton Smith was assigned command of the
entire brigade. Through the fighting
toward Atlanta, Col. Thomas Benton Smith was
so impressive that, on July 29, 1864, while
in front of Atlanta, he received his
commission as
Brigadier General
CSA.
At this point, he was the youngest
Brigadier General in the Army of Tennessee.
On December 16, 1864, on the apex of Shy's
Hill at the Battle of Nashville, stood the
tattered remnants of the 20th Tennessee
Volunteer Infantry. At approximately
4:00 pm, on December 16, 1864, the Federal
Infantry overran the Confederate lines on
Shy's Hill at the Battle of Nashville.
General Thomas Benton Smith had been ordered
by Confederate General William B. Bate to
"hold the line at all hazards".
General Thomas Benton Smith and a small
squad of his soldiers fought until they were
totally surrounded, and at the bitter end,
held a white handkerchief over his head
surrendering himself and his few remaining
men. General Thomas Benton Smith was
approached by Col. William Linn McMillan who
appeared to be inebriated and began to curse
and berate Gen. Smith. All witnesses
stated that General Smith's simple response
to Col. McMillan was to state that, "I am a
disarmed captured prisoner." Col.
McMillan was so enraged that, according to
witnesses, he appeared temporarily insane.
The Colonel became so enraged that he drew
his saber and struck General Thomas Benton
Smith three times over the head, each blow
cutting through Gen. Smith's hat and
crashing into his skull. Shocked by
the action of their own officer, nearby
Federals rushed General Smith to a field
hospital where the attending surgeon
examined the wound and remarked, "Well, sir,
you are near the end of your battles, for I
can see the brain oozing through the gap in
your skull." Much to everyone's
surprise, the boy General, Thomas Benton
Smith, would survive these horrific blows.
Unfortunately, in a short time following the
war, General Thomas Benton Smith had to be
admitted to the Tennessee State Asylum, also
known as the Tennessee Central State
Psychiatric Hospital. On some days,
General Smith appeared near normal while on
other days he was ordering his troops
forward. Many more years passed until,
on May 21, 1923, General Thomas Benton Smith
was released from his earthly bondage.
His grave rests with his former comrades in
the Confederate Circle of Mt. Olivet
Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. By
all measures, Confederate General Thomas
Benton Smith was a hero in every regard, and
whoever becomes caretaker of his Colt
revolver should treasure it and preserve and
protect it. This artifact is nothing
less than an Absolute Civil War Southern
Treasure.--$28,500.SOLD
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, solid cast,
"CSA" uniform button. This extremely
rare, solid cast CSA was recovered form
General Longstreet's camp near Knoxville,
Tennessee. This camp was occupied
following the Battle of Chickamauga.
The button has a very pretty, uncleaned,
brown/green patina with the shank perfectly
intact on the reverse.--$695.
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 Extremely
rare to recover, massive 14 inch Confederate
bowie knife blade recovered from the camp of
the 8th Texas Cavalry. This bowie
knife was made from a huge rasp, and you can
still see remnants of some of the rasp teeth
in areas. Apparently the Texas guys
were much like Crocodile Dundee, "No, this
is a knife." This will be a fine
addition to any excavated Confederate
weapons display.--$750.
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  Super
rare, one of less than five known,
excavated, kepi size, Confederate manuscript
"A" button. This beautiful button was
recovered near Savannah, Georgia. The
button has a backmark, but is so tiny that I
am not sure what it is, but my best guess is
"Super Fine". They just don't get
nicer or rarer than this little
gem.--$1,250.
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  Extremely
rare, non-excavated, coat size, Charlotte
Military Institute, Charlotte, North
Carolina button. This is "SU 55" in
Albert and has a RMDC backmark of "Scovill
Mfg Co/Waterbury". This is an
extremely rare Confederate used North
Carolina Civil War button to come by in
non-dug state with 90% bright gold gilt.
I do not recall ever having one of these
non-dug before.(CW)--$795.
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  Extremely
RARE non-excavated CS107A3 - Confederate
Coat Size non-excavated Script "A".
This button does actually show field
use.--$795.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, Mississippi
"Militia" button. This is an MP5A with
the plain star and the word "Mississippi"
perimetering the outside edge. I
personally recovered this button about 40
years ago from a Mississippi campsite
located near Tullahoma, Tennessee.
This button remains absolutely solid as a
rock.--$850.
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    Model
1851, Federal Officer's cast brass Eagle
sword belt plate with integrally cast
wreaths on its original leather belt.
The belt remains pliable with no breaks or
weak spots. The cast brass Eagle
Officer's buckle has a very nice, uncleaned,
aged brown patina and would make a very nice
addition to any Civil War display.--$650.
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    Super
rare, original die - counter die - and cut
out die for the scarcest Sheridan Cavalry
Corps badge. These items have been in
an old New England collection for many, many
years. They were originally purchased
from Bannermann's Island, and I was able to
purchase them as part of settling the
estate. I really don't have a clue how
to price this, as in over 50 years - I have
never seen one of these offered for sale.
SO -- I am just going to take a guess, and
this price very well may be less than 50% of
this group's actual value.--$1,500.
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  Confederate
tin drum canteen with original linen strap.
The canteen measures 6 3/4 inches by 2
inches. It has all three sling strap
holders intact as well as the tin spout and
cork stopper. There appears to be some
soldier initials in old brown ink on the
linen sling.--$795.
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  Very
attractive, excavated, large oval,
lead-filled, "SNY" (State of New York) waist
belt plate. This buckle was recovered
over 30 years ago from private property near
Cold Harbor, Virginia. It has a
smooth, chocolate brown patina on the face
with full lead and all three hooks present
on the reverse. This plate would make
an excellent addition to any
collection.--$895.
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     Regulation,
black leather, Federal Civil War
Enlistedman's US waist belt rig with
original percussion cap box still intact.
The waist belt remains soft and pliable with
no breaks or weak spots. The buckle
has a nice uncleaned, aged patina with all
attaching hooks remaining intact.
Original Civil War percussion caps are still
in the cap box. Every Civil War
collection should have a nice example of a
typical Federal Enlistedman's waist belt
rig.--$650.
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   Quite
scarce, Model 1839, small oval, US waist
belt plate on original leather belt.
The original percussion cap box remains
intact on the belt and still has percussion
caps inside. The belt is quite short
and was probably a bit longer to begin with
even for skinny Civil War soldiers.
You do not often see this small size, early
model US oval on belt for sale.--$595.
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Regulation,
black leather, Federal Civil War Enlistedman's US waist belt
rig with original percussion cap box still intact. The
waist belt remains soft and pliable with no breaks or weak
spots. The buckle has a nice uncleaned, aged patina with
all attaching hooks remaining intact. Original Civil War
percussion caps are still in the cap box. Every Civil
War collection should have a nice example of a typical Federal
Enlistedman's waist belt rig.--$650.
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          A
few days ago
- April 10th, 2017 - was one of life's very
best days. My 3rd granddaughter
(Isabella Rose) was born to my younger
daughter Savannah Cynthia and her husband Luke.
Isabella Rose was born at 1:10 p.m. weighing
7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 19 1/4" long.
She appears very healthy and has a head full
of dark brown hair. To me, she looks
like a near exact duplicate of her older
sister, Lila Magnolia. The birth went
perfectly, and we hope to have both coming
home soon. Lila is very proud of
her new baby sister, and we hope that
sentiment lasts.
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           Meet
"Lila Magnolia Blackwelder"
!!! She is my younger daughter - Savannah
Cynthia and her husband - Luke Blackwelder's
first child. She was born December 4,
2013 at 3:25 pm weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces
and was 19 3/4 inches long. She was
born with a head full of dark brown hair and
a fine set of lungs. She has a
wonderful disposition, and loves to smile
and giggle. I plan to do my best to
spoil her beyond belief !!!!
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                                                          NEW
PICTURE !!! Guess who is celebrating 1
year old today ?? Yep -- "Lady A
- Anastasia" . I just got
back from Houston, TX. visiting my first
"Grandchild - Lady-A" {Anastasia}.
She is an absolute little doll and has
everyone wrapped around her tiny, little
finger. She has arrived at the
conclusion - "If I'm awake, somebody
best be holding me if you know what's good
for you" -- {otherwise I'll give you
the business} !!! She and I have a lot
in common -- Two of our favorite things on
earth to do is "Eat and Sleep"
!!!! Jonathan {the pup} is a wonderful
"Big Brother" -- As a matter of
fact - He has a little sweater that has
"Only Child" crossed out and
"Big Brother" written beneath it.
She is something like 11 months old and
already weighs 23 lbs. -- Texas thing I'm
told !!! {Make that "5
YEARS" old now !!!!} WOW --- Time
sure gets away !!!! And now ANOTHER
year !!!! I'm getting SOOO old,
but beats the alternative !!!
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 Beautiful
and tough to come by 1973 print of General
Nathan Bedford Forrest that was done by the
Sons of Confederate Veterans over 30 years
ago. The print is BIG measuring 24
inches by 30 inches before framing and is
absolutely breathtaking once it's matted and
framed. I seldom get these in
anymore.--$89.
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