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"LIFE" IS YOUR HAND OF POKER CARDS.
HOW "GOOD IT IS" DEPENDS ON HOW YOU CHOOSE
TO PLAY YOUR CARDS, AND ON THE "LUCK OF YOUR
DRAW" (WHO YOU CHOOSE TO MARRY) !!!
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DID YOU KNOW -- IN THE POPULAR AMUSEMENT
PARK, "6 FLAGS" - ONE OF THE SIX FLAGS IS
"THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF THE
CONFEDERACY". THE "SIX FLAGS"
REPRESENT ALL THE DIFFERENT FLAGS THAT
THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE FLOWN OVER TEXAS.
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I JUST READ THIS AND IT MADE ME SMILE
!! TIME MAY BE "THE GREAT HEALER" BUT --"IT
SUCKS AS A BEAUTICIAN !!!"
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    One
of my life-long relic hunting buddies, Wayne
Jenkins, passed away a little over a year
ago. His grave marker is one like I
have never seen before in that one of the
pictures has Wayne relic hunting and also
has the Confederate Flag. I really
like it a lot and wanted to share it with
you all. Rest in Peace, Wayne.
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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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 It
is Youth Contest time again. After a
New Years break, we are beginning our 6th
Youth Contest Relic Giveaway. 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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WELL I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING, AND THAT
IS I'M SURE GLAD THAT I AM NOT A "SEA HORSE"
!!! THE MALES BEAR THE YOUNG !!!!
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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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 My
apprentice, Tigger, is paying close
attention to his musket lesson!!!
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 This
is what happens when two does have a
disagreement on who has rights to the food
block. It may look like they are
dancing, but they are not!!!
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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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 Meet
my future replacement already in training.
This is "Stonewall Jackson" Todd.
Jackson is the son of Jon and Amy Todd.
I knew Jon had a keeper in Amy when they
came in the shop in hip waders having been
"water relic hunting" that day.
Finding a girl who likes going relic hunting
is tough enough, not to mention relic
hunting in the water with all kinds of
creatures. Amy is nothing short of a
sweetheart!!!
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  Here
is a picture of myself and my "little
friend" Castibelle Schweinfurth and her mom
at the Civil War Show in Mansfield, Ohio, in
2015, and here is a picture of Castibelle
and me at the Civil War Show this past
weekend "2021" in Mansfield, Ohio. She
is growing into quite the "living history"
young lady. She even recently had the
honor of firing a real Civil War cannon.
She and I also share a love for home made
ice cream, and we got us a couple of cones
at the show. She is a genuine treat to
spend time with, and her parents are doing
an incredible job exposing her to Civil War
history!!!
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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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   Quite
a few of you folks that were shop regulars,
a few years back, will remember Lorenzo from
his time apprenticing in the shop. We
are very proud of Lorenzo having just
finished his final field training exercise.
We wish the very best for Lorenzo and think
he looks every bit the part of PVT Lorenzo
Grover-Rizzo, Cavalry Scout, US Army !!!
I'd say the physical training program is
working QUITE WELL !!! All that I can
say is -- "Twin brother "Iniko" might better
start hitting the gym !!!
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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
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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, 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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        Just
in out of a local estate, very nice
condition, Model 1851, .36 cal., Colt 6-shot
Navy Model revolver. This revolver has
a smooth, gently aging, gray patina with
barrel markings of, "Address Col Saml Colt -
New York - US America". The cylinder
retains about 50% original engraving, and
the revolver has an all-matching serial
number (even the wedge) of 130947, which is
most desirable 1862 - 1863 mid-war
production. The revolver has crisp,
perfect action - original walnut grips - and
would be a fine addition to any Civil War
collection.--$2,450.
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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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  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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  Really
pretty and quite rare, excavated, thick Atlanta style cast brass
"Rectangle C.S.A." Confederate waist belt
plate. This buckle was recovered at a Civil
War era home site located near Corinth, Mississippi.
The buckle was likely lost after the
Confederate soldier returned home from the
Civil War rather than when the Confederates
were camped around Corinth in 1862. This style Confederate belt
plate was issued in quantity during the
winter of 1863 - 1864 when the Army Of
Tennessee was camped around Dalton, GA.
The plate has a nice brown-green patina, and
has all three brass attachment hooks intact
on the reverse. The front hook had an air
bubble casting flaw into the tip of the hook
when recovered. This created a hollow hole
in the tip of the front hook, and we have
had this filled for good hook strength. It
is almost certain that a young
Mississippi
soldier wore this plate from
Dalton, GA to Atlanta, and then on
to Franklin,
and Nashville,
and eventually on to
Greensboro,
NC. This would be a fine addition
to even the most advanced Confederate
display.--$3,450.
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        Very
nice condition, Model 1863, type II, .58
cal., Springfield, 3-band, percussion,
rifled musket. This musket is out of a
Pittsburgh, PA, estate and has been nicely
taken care of and remains just as it was 150
years ago. The lockplate is marked,
"1864 - Springfield - US" and both the
lockplate and bolster have a sharp Federal
Eagle. The metal is just beginning to
turn a gray/brown with practically no
pitting at all. The musket has both
sling swivels, original ram rod, and the
original long-range site. The musket
locks firmly into both half-cock and
full-cock and has deep, crisp rifling from
to to bottom. I have no doubt that
this musket would still be quite accurate at
200 - 300 yards. Many students of
history consider the .58 cal. Springfield
musket the most representative musket of the
American Civil War. We are including
with the musket a small display with an
original Minie ball and a percussion cap.
This musket is nice enough for any museum
and would be a weapon that you could hand
down to future generations with
pride.--$1,950.
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     A
very
pretty Texas Cavalry display consisting of a
rare, stamped brass, lead-filled shield with
star Martingale and a super rare, excavated,
pewter Texas produced Cavalry saddle corner
device. Both artifacts remain in
excellent condition.--$750. for the entire
display.
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  Absolutely
flawless beautiful condition, excavated,
coat size, solid cast brass, "CS" in Star
Houston Depot (T. Miller) Texas button.
This button was recovered from a Texas camp
near Vicksburg, Mississippi. It has a
beautiful, uncleaned, brown/green patina
with the shank remaining perfectly intact on
the reverse. You will not find a nicer
example.--$1,950.SOLD
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  Excavated,
coat size, Droop Wing Eagle, Confederate
Staff Officer's button. This button
has a smooth, chocolate patina with good
detail but does have one very minor age
crack. The reverse is a depressed
channel Confederate local with large iron
shank remaining perfectly intact.--$195.
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  Excavated,
coat size, Confederate local, two-piece "I"
(Infantry) button. This button was
recovered from General Hardee's Army of
Tennessee spring of 1863 camps located near
Tullahoma, Tennessee. The iron reverse
was rusty and weak and has been reinforced
and stabilized to last.--$95.
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  Excavated,
circular, lead-filled, Federal Eagle breast
plate. This plate was recovered over
20 years ago from a lawn along Columbia Pike
at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
It has good detail on the Eagle but does
have some rough spots where the iron hooks
once were on the reverse side. The
iron loops rusted away long ago, but the
reverse still retains full lead and little
iron stubs where the hooks once were.
From this point forward, there are going to
be very few new artifacts recovered at the
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.--$89.
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Rebel cigarette lighter in its original
small cloth container. This lighter
pictures a Rebel Soldier on one side and the
Confederate Battle Flag on the reverse side.
When you wind it up, it plays Dixie while it
is lighting your cigarette or cigar.-$65.
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  Very
nice condition Confederate $5 note dated
February 17, 1864, and picturing the State
House in Richmond, Virginia, as well as
President Jefferson Davis on the lower right
corner. The note is serial number
88066 and has nice color and strong edges
showing only light circulation.--$89.
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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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      Extremely
rare and sought after, .56 cal., Model 1860
Spencer repeating "RIFLE". This rifle
remains in very nice condition with crisp
action and good bore and shows clear
evidence of actual field service. The
rifle is serial number "8413" which we
believe to be within the range used by
Wilder's Lightning Brigade. All
markings remain quite clear, and this is all
in all a museum grade Spencer rifle.
We are including with the rifle an excavated
Spencer cartridge recovered at Hoover's Gap
where this rifle was likely actually used.
There are many Spencer carbines available
for every one Spencer rifle. Here is
your chance to get a nice one.--$3,850.
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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, 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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 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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  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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  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.
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  Excellent
condition, super thick, cast brass, triangle
tooth, Georgia frame Confederate waist belt
plate. This buckle has never even had
the dirt washed off and was recovered near
Selma, Alabama, and was likely a product of
that arsenal. This style Georgia frame
is considered one of the rarest to
recover.--$850.SOLD
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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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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, coat size,
"Kent Paine" Virginia State Seal. This
button was recovered over 40 years ago from
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and has
80% - 90% bright gold gilt, shank intact,
and "Kent Paine Richmond" backmark.
You could not hope to dig a more beautiful
button than this one is.--$375.
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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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  Excavated
coat size MISSISSIPPI "I" recovered many
years ago by Wayne Jenkins from 1862 "Camp
Walthall" (Mississippi Brigade camp located
near Estil Springs, TN.) The button
has a smooth chocolate brown patina with
gold in the "I". The reverse has a
"HYDE and GOODRICH - NEW ORLEANS" backmark.
There is a slight press in the center of the
star, but still displays nicely.--$275.
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  Absolutely
drop-dead beautiful condition, excavated,
cuff size, Virginia State Seal 3-piece
staff. This button was recovered about
40 years ago from a Virginia camp in the
Shenandoah Valley by Ed Heck. The
button has excellent detail and 80% - 90%
bright gold gilt and is the highly sought
after, "Mitchell Tyler Richmond" backmark,
and the shank remains perfectly
intact.--$250.
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   Extremely
rare, 1863 date Civil War token for a War
Claims Agent. This token is marked,
"C. G. Bruce, Authorized War Claim Agent,
1863, Cleveland O.", and on the reverse,
"$100 Bounty, Pensions, Back pay, and Etc.
Collected and Cashed". A small hole is
drilled for wear on a chain for a soldier to
have for future reference. In over 50
years in the business, I have had less than
ten of these, and this is the only one I
have ever had from the State of Ohio.--$175.
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  Tiny
folding silver "book" that has two gem size
images inside. I believe both images
to be of Civil War Generals, and although
they have a familiar look, I cannot place
their name. A little help would sure
be appreciated. The small case itself
appears to be solid silver.--$195.
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  Excavated,
large coat size, Federal Cavalry Officer's
button. This button was recovered on
private property here at Stones River about
40 years ago by one of my old hunting
partners, Claiborne Lytle. It has a
smooth, chocolate brown patina with gold
gilt surrounding the Eagle and in the shield
around the "C". The reverse is
backmarked, "Extra Quality", and the shank
remains intact.--$69.
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  Absolutely
beautiful, excavated, 1-piece, 1820 - 1840
era, coat size Militia Officer's button.
This button was recovered from a spring of
1863 Confederate camp along Duck River near
Shelbyville, Tennessee. It has 90%
bright silver on the face and is backmarked,
"Superior Strong Plated" on the reverse with
shank intact. This is a beautiful
excavated button.--$79.
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  Nice
condition, "hand-me-down", 1864 date copper
2 cent piece. This was found while
clearing a local estate and brought in.
It will be a very nice addition to someone's
Civil War display.--$35.
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 Quite
rare excavated set of Colt Revolving Rifle
Projectiles. One is the normal .56
cal. Colt Revolving Rifle, and one is the
extremely rare .50 cal. Colt Revolving
Rifle. The small caliber is a Sporting
Model, and was found in a Confederate
Cavalry camp here. It is my
understanding that they were used in
Southern Fox Hunting, and carried over to
the Southern Cavalry (much like the small
caliber Maynards were). I have only
recovered 2 of these small cal. Colt
Revolving projectiles in 50 years
hunting.--$48. for the set
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, early pattern
"puppy-paw" hook style, large, lead-filled,
US oval waist belt plate. This plate
is perfect with nice bronze patina on the
face, full lead, and all hooks
intact.--$325.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, 3-piece
Mobile Cadet uniform button. This
button has near 100% bright gold gilt and is
backmarked, "Scovill Mfg Co/Waterbury".
This button is believed to date around 1871,
because that is when the Mobile Cadets were
reconstituted after Alabama was readmitted
into the Union. The button has a wide
lock ring indicating it was likely
manufactured after the Civil War rather than
before. There are, however, collectors
who believe this button to possibly date
Civil War Era.--$95.
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  Extremely
rare, excavated, entire Model 1840 Heavy
Cavalry saber. This saber was
recovered many years ago from the camp of
the 1st Alabama Cavalry located near
Middleton (currently Midland) that was
raided and burned in March of 1863 by
General David Stanley's Federal Cavalry.
This saber has the complete blade, pommel
cap, and a portion of the brass guard.
Part of the guard was melted from the camp
being burned. This raid can be read
about in Volume 23, Part I of the
Official Records
of the War of the Rebellion
"Expedition to Middleton, Tennessee" (March
1863).--$595.
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 Very
attractive cased display containing an
excavated, Colt revolver gun tool along with
four different varieties of excavated Colt
projectiles. This entire display was
recovered from N. B. Forrest's 1863
Confederate Cavalry camp located near Spring
Hill, Tennessee.--$69.
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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
condition Model 1858 smooth type Civil War
era Federal Canteen complete with original
wool cover - sling - and stopper with chain.
This canteen is nothing less than museum
quality, and was actually in a museum for
many years. Every quality Civil War
collection will have a nice Model 1858
regulation issue canteen.--$450.
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     Quite
rare, Model 1860, Ames Cavalry saber in
original scabbard and actually dated "1861".
This saber is out of a North Georgia estate,
and according to family information, was
Southern carried. It is actually quite
common for Ames Cavalry sabers with very
early dates to be Southern used. This
saber has a nice, clean blade just beginning
to gray with age. It is marked, "US -
1861 - GCS - Ames Mfg Co". The saber
has a very nice condition, original wrap and
wire on the grip, and the 3-branch brass
guard remains completely intact with some
initials or letters cut in with a pen knife.
It is not clear enough for us to decipher
what it says. The original metal
scabbard remains in nice condition as well
and is without a single dent.--$1,150.
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  Excellent
condition, non-excavated, coat size Georgia
State Seal Civil War Confederate button.
This button came out of a North Georgia
estate and has nice, crisp detail and is
backmarked, "Horstmann & Alien". The
shank remains intact and straight.--$250
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  Excavated,
coat size, Confederate "Pelican Feeding the
Young" uniform button. This button was
recovered by my good buddy, Wayne Jenkins,
from one of General Hardee's 1863 winter
camps located near Tullahoma, Tennessee.
The face has a small push, but you can still
clearly see the Pelican feeding the young.
This is a Confederate button that you don't
often recover anymore.--$150.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, solid cast brass, coat size
"CSA" uniform button. This exceptional button was
recovered in 1979 from a Confederate camp near Drury's Bluff,
Virginia. This button has never even been washed off and
has an excellent brown/green woods patina throughout.
This is a CS86D in Albert.--$650.
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  Absolutely
mint perfect beautiful condition, excavated, coat size,
2-piece "CSA" uniform button. This is a CS81A with the
"S. Buckley & Co/Birmingham" backmark. This button was
recovered in 1979 from Drury's Bluff, Virginia. You
could not ask for a more drop-dead perfect example and hasn't
even been washed off.--$650.
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 Excavated
SUPER RARE CS17 one piece coat size
Confederate Officer's button WITH "CS" IN
THE SHIELD. This is a $2,000. plus
button when recovered in nice complete
condition. This example was recovered
from a Confederate camp in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia. It had apparently
been stepped on, and broken many, many years
ago. Fortunately, what remains has the
"CS IN SHIELD" intact !! (AND YOU CAN
READ THE CS FROM 3 FEET AWAY !!) We
are pricing this button where even a
beginner collector can have a "CS" marked
item in their collection.--$295.
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  Excellent
condition, non-excavated, cuff size, Georgia
State Seal uniform button. This button
is perfect with a smooth, aged, bronze
patina, has crisp detail, and is backmarked,
"W. G. Mintzer - Phil." It's shank
remains intact.--$175.
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     Very
nice condition, Civil War issue, .36 cal.,
pistol cartridge box correct for the Colt
Navy Revolver, the Remington Navy Revolver,
as well as many other Civil War issue .36
cal. revolvers. This box remains
completely pliable with both belt loops and
closure tab intact and is crisply marked,
"H. A. Dingee NY". The outside flap is
slotted for a plate.--$150.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, large size, US
oval cartridge box plate. This plate
has a nice, uncleaned, bronze patina on the
face with full lead in the reverse and both
wire loops intact. The wire loops on
this plate are 2 1/2 inches apart, if you
have a Federal cartridge box needing a box
plate.--$250.
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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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     Quite
RARE Model 1819 .54 cal Flintlock single
shot horse pistol originally manufactured by
Simon North of Middletown, Conn. and dated
"1822". At the beginning of the Civil
War Baker of Fayetteville, N.C. converted a
good number of these to percussion using a
distinctive "S" shaped Fowling hammer and a
"drum bolster" and issued these to early war
Confederate troops. This is a classic
Confederate modified and issued weapon.
It is missing the pivoting ramrod which is
quite common. I have personally
encountered several with hand made wooden
ramrods. Here is a very nice and
reasonably priced weapon with a well
documented Southern origin.--$1,250.
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    Nice
condition, 1/6th plate, fully cased tintype
of two Federal Cavalrymen seated with their
Cavalry sabers over their shoulders and a
Colt revolver stuck behind each of their
Model 1851 sword belt rigs. The cast
brass, Model 1851, Eagle sword belt plate is
clearly visible on each soldier. This
image is housed in an excellent condition
gutta percha "Union Case" with the
Constitution and an Eagle beautifully molded
into the face of the case. This is an
excellent multi-subject, both DOUBLE armed,
Civil War image in a perfect condition
CONSTITUTION patriotic case. Very rare
to find.--$795.
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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.SOLD
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            Very
pretty condition, 1860 Era, 12 gauge,
percussion, double barrel shotgun.
This shotgun is out of a local family who
had several members that served in the 13th
Tennessee Cavalry CSA. According to
family hand-me-down information, this
shotgun was carried by one or more of his
ancestors, but we are unsure as to which
one. These weapons were extensively
carried in 1861 and 1862 after which they
were gradually replaced with more standard
carbines such as the Austrian and Enfield
carbines. This weapon would be a fine
addition to any Confederate Cavalry
display.--$650.SOLD
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  Unusual,
excavated, cast pewter "star" button.
This button was recovered from the camp of
Wharton's 8th Texas Cavalry that was
occupied during 1862/1863.--$35.
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  Excavated,
cast brass, Enfield nose cap recovered on
private property along the Confederate
battle line here at Stones River. It
was recovered over 30 years ago by Wayne
Jenkins and still has some of the wood
musket stock inside the nose cap. A
very nice little Confederate relic from
Stones River.--$38.
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 This
is a rare little recovery. It is two
sections of a Suttler's button sample chain
that showed the various buttons he carried
in stock. This example has a Federal
Navy button and a rare California button
"Eureka".--$75.
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  Very
nice condition, non-excavated, .69 cal.,
triangular socket bayonet correct for the
Model 1842 Springfield or Harpers Ferry,
3-band, .69 cal. musket. This bayonet
has a crisp "US" mark and is just beginning
in areas to darken with age.--$250.
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 Very
nice display of artifacts recovered from the
1862 camp of the 16th Alabama Volunteer
Infantry. This display includes a
soldier's pocket knife, a cast brass heel
plate, and a perfect condition, 2-piece,
Confederate block "I" (Infantry) uniform
button.--$150. for the entire display.
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  1/6th Plate tintype of seated Union
Infantryman. He is wearing a 9-button Federal enlistedman's frock coat...coat is
open showing his military vest beneath ...this photo is in nice condition and quite
clear -it is unfortunately a little bit dark however. $125.
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  Absolutely
drop-dead perfect, excavated, coat size,
South Carolina State Seal. This button
has over 90% bright gold gilt and has an "HT
& B Manchester" backmark. This button
was recovered from a South Carolina camp
located near Charleston, South Carolina.
This is about as nice a "Manchester" South
Carolina button as you are going to
see.--$225.
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  Extremely
rare to recover, an excavated CUFF size,
droop-wing Eagle Confederate Staff Officer's
button. This button is a recent
recovery by my friend, Joey Beech, from the
camp of the
39th North Carolina Volunteer Infantry
located along Duck River, near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. There was a Confederate
local coat size North Carolina button
recovered only a few steps away. In
over 50 years relic hunting, I have only
found two of these.--$295.
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 Excellent
condition, United Confederate Veteran
"Special Orders No. 27" dated May 7, 1914.
This would be a quality addition to any UCV
collection or display.--$35.
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 Three
excellent condition coupons from Confederate
Loan Bonds. One is from an 1863 $100
bond, one is from an 1861 $500 loan bond,
and one is from a February 17, 1864, $1,000
Confederate Loan Bond. All three are
in perfect condition and are presented in a
glass display case.--$50.for all three.
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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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        Beautiful
condition, 1862 date, .577 cal., Confederate
used, 3-band, Enfield rifled musket.
This musket is out of a local estate and has
excellent wood, smooth, clean, gently toning
metal with lockplate markings of, "1862 -
Tower, - the English Crown". It has
crisp action and locks firmly into both
half-cock and full-cock. The musket
has both sling swivels intact, original ram
rod, original long-range site, import
cartouche on the stock, and "25 - 25" mark
on the barrel. In addition, the musket
still has a bore that will about cut your
finger. You will wait a long time
before you'll see a nicer Enfield than this
one and with a nice early date.--$2,150.SOLD
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  Nice
condition, excavated, cast brass, snake
portion of a 3-piece Confederate used
English snake buckle. This snake was
recovered from the camp of the 51st Alabama
Cavalry located near Fosterville, Tennessee.
It has an excellent, never cleaned,
excavated patina.--$95.
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  Extremely
rare to find, a non-excavated, coat size,
NC8, Confederate local manufactured, North
Carolina State Seal. The face has over
90% bright gold gilt, and the reverse is
perfect with depressed channel and shank
intact.--$695.
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 Excavated
pair of 4-piece rifleman buckle adjusters.
These were recovered from General Polk's
Corps, Army of Tennessee 1862 - 1863 winter
camps along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee.--$89. for the pair.
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 Scott
#1 Confederate Jefferson Davis 5 cent
postage stamp, crisp color, and very nice
condition overall.--$95.
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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
pretty condition, .50 cal., percussion,
breach loader, single-shot, Smith carbine.
This carbine remains in very nice condition
with crisp rifling and a little bluing
remaining in recessed areas. The stock
remains in nice condition with an easily
visible Federal inspector cartouche.
This carbine would be a very nice addition
to any Civil War collection.--$1,650.
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  Excavated,
12 pound size, Bormann fused, Civil War
cannon ball. This ball was recovered
near Spring Hill,
Tennessee, on the way to the
Battle of Franklin. When recovered, this cannon
ball had an open fuse hole, and we have
included a correct Bormann fuse to display
with the cannon ball. Very nice relic,
uncleaned, just as dug.--$275.
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 Excavated,
small caliber (likely .28 cal.) revolver
that has been struck by a projectile just in
rear of the cylinder, and everything from
there back has been severed by the
projectile strike. This was recovered
on private property along the battle line
here at
Stones
River many years ago.
This is a fantastic example of the kind of
thing that happens in the fury of battle.
We have set a projectile into the strike for
display.--$395.
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 Excavated,
Model 1840, “Old Wristbreaker”, heavy
Cavalry scabbard.
This scabbard was recovered many
years ago on private property along the
Confederate line here at the
Battle of Stones River.
This is the upper portion of the
scabbard, having both ring mounts.
The scabbard appears to have been
struck exactly on one of the heavy iron ring
mounts by a piece of 12 pound cannon ball
shrapnel.
It bent both the scabbard and ring
mount to exactly conform to the curvature of
a piece of 12 pound cannon ball shrapnel.
This is an excellent battlefield
damaged relic for any collection.--$125.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, Georgia
State Seal uniform button. This button
has a rich, aged patina on the face with a
"Horstmann and Alien - New York" backmark
and shank intact. This button came out
of a North Georgia estate sale many years
ago and was no doubt a souvenir of someone's
relative who served in the war.--$250.
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 Very
nice cased display showing a .58 cal. Minie
ball in its original paper wrap and an
original bullet extractor for removing
misfired bullets. This would be a very
nice compliment to display with your Civil
War musket.--$125.
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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.
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 Very
nice glass display case containing two
extracted Minie balls with extractors
showing both the long and short variety
extractors.--$95. for both.
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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.
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 One
half of an excavated, cast brass, large
size, Georgia
frame Confederate waist belt plate.
This plate was recovered from an 1863
Alabama
Infantry camp located along
Duck River near
Shelbyville,
Tennessee.
This is the half with the two prongs
that went through the belt and displays
almost as well as an entire frame
buckle.--$195.
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        Very
attractive, .69 cal., smooth bore,
Springfield 3-band musket. This musket
was originally produced in flintlock, but at
the time of the Civil War, was converted to
percussion. This musket was just
brought in out of the local Middle Tennessee
area and was no doubt Confederate carried.
The metal has a smooth, chocolate brown,
aged patina with lockplate markings of, "US
- Springfield - 1841". The action
still works perfectly and locks into both
half-cock and full-cock. The walnut
stock remains in nice condition, but as
expected, has numerous dings and marks from
extensive service. This musket is a
perfect representation of what most Army of
Tennessee Infantry soldiers carried the
first year of the Civil War. By 1862
and 1863, the Confederacy was importing lots
of Enfield muskets from England as well as
long arms from France, Belgium, Germany, and
other countries. This would be an
excellent addition to any Civil War display
especially depicting the early war
Confederacy.--$1,250.
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  Quite
rare, non-excavated, 1840 era, 3-iron hook,
Federal Eagle cross breast plate. This
is the style breast plate that pre-dates the
most common breast plate with two wire
loops. This style breast plate was
actually a functional buckle that could be
hooked and unhooked. Two of the three
iron hooks remain intact. The plate
has clearly seen a lot of service as the
breast of the Eagle almost has the feathers
worn off.--$295.
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  Excavated,
coat size, Confederate "lined - I"
(Infantry) uniform button. This button
has a smooth, chocolate brown patina and is
backmarked, "Courtney & Tennent", and the
shank remains intact. The button has
crisp detail but is, unfortunately,
dented.--$95.
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  Excavated,
"bust" dime dated 1834 and recovered from
the camp of the 8th Texas Cavalry. The
coin has some wear, but you can still read
"Liberty", and the 1834 date is very
clear.--$89.
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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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      Very
pretty Federal Model 1832 Short Artillery
(Roman Style) Sword and Scabbard. This
sword has a nice clean blade, and is marked
"1836 - N. P. Ames - Springfield - United
States - and T.W." The massive cast
brass guard has a pleasing aged bronze
patina. It is a rarity to find one of
these with its original leather scabbard.
This original scabbard is complete with
brass top and bottom mounts intact.
The scabbard's only negative is that the
seam has opened up in one area, but the
scabbard remains complete with no breaks at
all. This is a tough Civil War Sword
To Come By with a complete original
scabbard.--$975.
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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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  Beautiful
condition non-excavated gilted false
embroidered Federal Artillery Officer's
crossed cannons hat pin. It has lots
of gold gilt, and has all 4 attachment loops
intact. A very nice example.--$275.
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 Group
of 21 Federal Infantry Officer buttons found
all together at the Battle of Cold Harbor
and are without a doubt all from one
uniform.--$150. for all 21 buttons.
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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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  Excavated,
large oval, puppy-paw hook, US waist belt
plate. This buckle was recovered
almost 50 years ago by Wade Buchanan on
private property here at the Battle of
Stones River. This buckle remains
solid enough to put on a belt and wear it
today.--$275.
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  Very
pretty condition, early battlefield pick-up,
Federal Eagle breast plate from here at the
Battle of Stones River. This plate has
a smooth, chocolate patina, full lead in the
reverse, and the iron loops remain nice
enough to put back onto a cross belt.
Local battlefield plates rarely come along
this nice anymore.--$225.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, New York
State Seal Staff Officer Federal uniform
button. This button has a smooth,
chocolate patina with gold gilt totally
surrounding the detail. It has no
dents or cracks whatsoever. The button
has an "Extra Quality" backmark with the
shank intact and straight.--$38.
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  Absolutely
massive, 3-blade folding, brass cased, Civil
War Era bleeder. This bleeder was made
by Davies Co., and the largest blade goes
3/4 of an inch deep. This thing is
massive and scary.--$175.
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  Very
nice condition, original non-excavated,
stamped brass, "French Horn", Federal
Infantry Hardee hat insignia. This hat
pin remains as crisp as can be with a gently
aging brass patina. The reverse of the
pin still has one of the two attaching loops
remaining intact. You couldn't ask for
a prettier example.--$115.
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    Very
nice condition, large size, arrow hook
pattern, US oval waist belt plate on an
exceptionally nice, brown buff, US leather
waist belt. This belt and buckle
literally remain in nice enough condition to
put on and wear. It will be an
excellent addition to any Civil War
display.--$650.
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  Very
attractive, excavated, coat size, "sideways
Pelican" Louisiana State Seal uniform
button. This button was recovered from
one of General Hardee's winter/spring 1863,
Army of Tennessee Louisiana camps located
near Tullahoma, Tennessee. In Charlie
Harris' reference book,
Relics of the
Western Campaigns, there is an actual
excavated ambrotype of two Confederates
wearing Louisiana State Seal buckles and
buttons. Many years ago, I personally
dug several Louisiana buttons in these same
camps. This button has a smooth,
chocolate patina with very little pitting
but is dented a bit right in the center.
It has a Scovill backmark on the reverse
with shank intact. This is a very
pretty Louisiana button for the
price.--$195.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, 3-piece
Virginia Staff Officer's button manufactured
by "M. C. Lilly - Columbus Ohio" to go on
Virginia Officer's United Confederate
Veteran (UCV) frock coats. This is an
excellent example, and M.C. Lilly is well
known for their making products for United
Confederate Veteran uniforms, badges, and
reunion ribbons.--$95.
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  Really
beautiful, excavated, two-piece, iron back,
Confederate block "I" (Infantry) coat size
uniform button. This button was
recovered from General Lucius Polk's brigade
camp located near Tullahoma, Tennessee in
1863. The face is so smooth, it's
nearly reflective.--$115.
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  Excellent
condition, excavated, gilted, cuff size,
Federal Infantry Officer's button.
This little cuff size button has super
detail and was recovered on private property
from the General Smith hospital site here at
the Battle of Stones River. The bright
gold gilt outlines every detail.--$25.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size, New
York Excelsior button. This button is
silvered and in near perfect
condition.--$65.
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   Extremely
rare, Confederate manufactured Foot
Officer's sword by E. J. Johnson of Macon,
Georgia. E. J. Johnson Confederate
manufactured swords were made with stopped
fullers and with highly polished and
lacquered wooden grips. The grips are
so beautifully polished that it takes close
examination to determine that the grip is
made of wood and not horn. This is an
unmarked example with only faint traces of
Confederate engraving. The high copper
alloy brass guard on this sword has a
beautiful, bronze, never-cleaned patina.
The original wire remains intact on the
grip, and the blade is just beginning to
turn brown/gray with age. I recently
purchased this sword out of an Arkansas
estate.--$4,500.
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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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  Quite
rare to recover, excavated, coat size,
CONFEDERATE LOCAL manufactured, Mississippi
"I" (Infantry) uniform button. This
button was recovered about 30 years ago from
Camp Walthall which was an 1862 Mississippi
Brigade camp located near Estill Springs,
Tennessee. This Mississippi "I" even
still has the massive iron shank
intact.--$350.
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  Very
scarce to recover, pretty chocolate brown,
CUFF SIZE, Confederate Local Mississippi
"I". This pretty little Confederate
Local Mississippi "I" was recovered many
years ago from Camp Walthall located near
Estill Springs, Tennessee. You won't
see many of these recovered.--$250.
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 Nice
condition, Battlefield pick-up, 4 side, .54
cal., Austrian socket bayonet. This
bayonet came out of a local smokehouse near
the Battlefield here at Stones River and was
almost certainly a pick-up on the field
after the battle. It has a smooth,
even, aged, chocolate brown patina.--$150.
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   Very
rare to find, original CASED Civil War Era
spring-loaded fleam. This type fleam
(or bleeder) was activated by "cocking" the
blade and then placing it against the area
that needed to be lansed and pulling the
trigger. The third picture
demonstrates the blade piercing paper that
it was placed against. It has been a
couple of years since I had a medical fleam
in its original folding case.--$195.
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  Very
pretty condition, original United
Confederate Veteran celluloid button
commemorating the 1904 Confederate Reunion
at Nashville, Tennessee. The button
still has the original attachment pin intact
and was manufactured by "Whitehead and
Hogue".--$95.
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      Small,
leather, Cavalry, .52 cal. cartridge box.
The box is marked "E. Gaylord - Chicopee
Mass" on the inside flap and still has the
wooden cartridge block intact inside.
The box would be correct for Spencer
ammunition and came from an estate near
Hoover's Gap, Tennessee. This could
very well be from one of the "Lightning
Brigade" troops as they passed following the
Battle of Hoover's Gap. It will make
an excellent compliment for a Cavalry or
Carbine display.--$375.
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  Very
attractive, NON-EXCAVATED, coat size,
Virginia State Seal. We believe this
to be VA13A5, and it still has some thread
in the shank. The button has a blank
depressed channel. There is one minor
press just to the side of the figure.
This is a nice Virginia button that no doubt
actually saw service in the Civil
War.--$295.
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 Quite
rare, unissued, Andrew Jackson Confederate
Red two cent postage stamp. This
example remains in near perfect
condition.--$75.
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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
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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    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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  Excavated
Confederate copper Bormann fuse under plug.
This CS under plug was recovered on private
property at the Battle of Nashville,
Tennessee.--$65.
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  Excellent
condition, excavated, Confederate, large
size, cast brass "forked tongue" or
"wishbone" CS Enlistedman's waist belt
buckle. This buckle was recovered
about 30 years ago from Polk's Corp, Army of
Tennessee Confederate camps located along
Duck River near Shelbyville, Tennessee, in
1863. It has an excellent, never
cleaned, brown/green patina.--$895.
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    Quite
attractive, .577 cal., Enfield triangular
socket bayonet in original leather scabbard.
This would display very nicely with your
.577 cal., 3-band Enfield musket.--$395.
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  Very
nice condition, folding, 3-blade, Civil War
Era, cased bleeder. This bleeder is
maker marked, "Wismar Cutlery Co. -
England". This is out of a local
Middle Tennessee estate and could have been
here for the battle.--$175.
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  Excellent
condition, original, Springfield or contract
musket combination nipple wrench and
screwdriver gun tool. This gun tool
has 90% original bluing and clear inspector
initials still visible. This would be
an excellent compliment to display with your
Civil War musket.--$65.
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  Really
pretty, non-excavated set of crossed sabers
stamped brass hat insignia. Although
this is a Federal style hat insignia, it
came out of a local estate that had
ancestors in the 8th and 13th Tennessee
Cavalry. The pin has very nice patina,
and three of the four attaching loops are
intact on the reverse. The pin shows
clear evidence of lots of usage with old
bends and ripples from campaigns gone by.
This pin would be fine displayed alone or
could easily be put back on a Kepi or a
Hardee hat.--$375.
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  Extremely
rare, excavated, 1826 pattern, US NCO Eagle
breast plate with three iron attachment
hooks on the reverse. This excellent
buckle was recovered many years ago on
private property near the Battle of
Chancellorsville, Virginia. It has a
smooth, chocolate patina on the face with
just a couple minor rust spots and has full
lead in the reverse. This is a pattern
breast plate that is rarely recovered,
especially in nice condition with all the
hooks.--$350.
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  Beautiful
condition non-excavated regulation U.S.
cavalry "hi-port" bit. This bit has a
smooth, chocolate brown patina and could
easily still be used today. It has
both cast brass US rosettes intact as well
as the lower crossbar (which is usually
missing) and both rings. The bit also
has the original hook intact for the brass
curb chain. If you have been looking
for a really nice Federal Cavalry bit, this
one should fit the bill.--$225
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 Really
nice little display. In this display
is a TINY pinfire revolver replica that just
came in in a United Confederate Veteran
collection. I suspect the little
pinfire revolver was a novelty given out at
one of the reunions much like tiny canteens
that I have seen. The detail is
absolutely unbelievable even with wooden
grips. We have included in the display
with the little pinfire revolver an
original, 12mm pinfire cartridge that we
recovered in a Confederate Cavalry camp
here. The tiny little pinfire revolver
has detail that is truly amazing.--$95.
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  Excavated,
large size, "snake buckle centerpiece" to a
3-piece English belt rig snake buckle.
This was recovered from an Alabama Cavalry
site near Fosterville, Tennessee, and the
majority of bullets that we recovered from
the camp were .577 cal. Enfield
bullets.--$95.
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 Excellent
condition, non-excavated, brass cased,
4-blade, Civil War Era bleeder. This
bleeder has three lancing blades and one
regular knife blade. Most Civil War
Era bleeders do not have the knife blade.
It remains "razor sharp" and would still
work just fine.--$175.
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   Extremely
rare, 1/6th plate, ruby ambrotype of an
armed Confederate soldier. This image
came out of a local Tennessee estate, and
the soldier is holding a Colt Pocket Model
revolver across his chest. He is
wearing an early war "roller buckle" style
Confederate belt rig. There is writing
done with a pin knife in the upper left
corner of the image. It appears to
likely be a name, but we are unable to
decipher it. This would be a fine
Confederate image to add to any CS image
collection.--$1,250.
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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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      Very
nice condition, Model 1849, Colt 5-shot, .32
cal., 4-inch barrel, pocket model revolver.
This revolver is out of a local estate and
is serial number 188385 - all matching
except for the wedge which is a field-made
replacement. Serial number 188385 is
most desirable 1860 production. The
revolver has a "soldier-made" lanyard ring
from a knapsack triangle. This little
Colt is about as Confederate carried as you
can get.--$1,250.
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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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  Very
attractive, non-excavated, .58 cal.,
triangular socket bayonet correct for Model
1855 or Model 1861 or 1863 Springfield or
contract 3-band rifled muskets. This
would be an excellent compliment to enhance
your Civil War musket display. The
bayonet remains clean, just beginning to
darken in some areas.--$195.
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  Model
1858, "tin spout", smooth type canteen out
of a north Georgia estate. The canteen
is overall quite crude and is either St.
Louis Arsenal production or a Confederate
local. It was without a doubt
Confederate carried and quite possibly
Confederate manufactured.--$250.
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  Quite
rare to find, non-excavated, .69 cal.,
triangular bayonet for a Model 1842
Springfield or Harpers Ferry rifled musket.
The bayonet is full length and just
beginning to gray with age. The lock
ring remains intact, and the US stamping is
deep and clear. This will be a perfect
compliment for your Model 1842
musket.--$250.
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 Excavated,
.54 cal., 4-side Austrian socket bayonet.
This was recovered over 20 years ago along
the Confederate line on private property
here at the Battle of Stones River.--$98.
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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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    Excavated
CARVED .69 cal., 3-ring Minie Ball.
This was recovered from a Confederate camp
along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. The bullet is carved to
almost look like a space ship.--$25.
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  Very
pretty condition, excavated, coat size,
Confederate local "Droop-wing Eagle" Staff
Officer button. This button was
recovered from the 1862 8th Texas Cavalry
camp located near Knob Gap,
Tennessee.--$195.
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  Very
pretty, excavated, coat size, Confederate
local Staff Officer button. This is a
CS26B and was recovered from General Lucius
Polk's 1863 Army of Tennessee winter camp
located near Tullahoma, Tennessee. It
has nice detail and a little gold
surrounding the Eagle. It does have
one small, hairline freeze crack that is
barely visible.--$195.
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  Absolutely
beautiful excavated coat size gilted Federal
Eagle "R" (Rifleman) uniform button.
As is usually the case, this button was
being Confederate worn, and was recovered
from the winter 1863 camp of the 51st
Confederate Alabama Cavalry located near
Fosterville, TN.--$95.
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Very
attractive, .69 cal., smooth bore,
Springfield 3-band musket. This musket
was originally produced in flintlock, but at
the time of the Civil War, was converted to
percussion. This musket was just
brought in out of the local Middle Tennessee
area and was no doubt Confederate carried.
The metal has a smooth, chocolate brown,
aged patina with lockplate markings of, "US
- Springfield - 1841". The action
still works perfectly and locks into both
half-cock and full-cock. The walnut
stock remains in nice condition, but as
expected, has numerous dings and marks from
extensive service. This musket is a
perfect representation of what most Army of
Tennessee Infantry soldiers carried the
first year of the Civil War. By 1862
and 1863, the Confederacy was importing lots
of Enfield muskets from England as well as
long arms from France, Belgium, Germany, and
other countries. This would be an
excellent addition to any Civil War display
especially depicting the early war
Confederacy.--$1,250.
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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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  Quite
unique relic. This is one compartment
of a wooden block containing six Colt .36
cal. Navy size cartridges. There is
one complete, original .36 cal. Colt
cartridge in the wooden block. This
would be an excellent compliment to display
with you Colt Navy Model revolver.--$95.
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 Perfect
condition, non-excavated, 12mm pinfire
cartridge. This would be a perfect
compliment to display with your pinfire
revolver.--$25.
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  Beautiful
condition, large size, 3-blade, cased
bleeder. This bleeder is maker marked,
"Thomas Turner & Co. - Sheffield". It
remains 100% complete and is literally still
sharp as a razor. This was a widely
used medical device during the Civil War,
and every collection should have an
example.--$125.
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 Civil
War Era CDV (Carte De Viste) of General
George B. McClellan and wife. This is
a "from life" photo.--$89.
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  Nice
condition, excavated, coat size, Confederate
local Block "I" (Infantry) uniform button.
This button was recovered from an 1863
Confederate camp along Duck River near
Shelbyville, Tennessee.--$89.
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 1862
issue, Confederate States of America $2
note. This note depicts the South
striking down the North. It is a
circulated note but remains complete and
fully intact.--$85.
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  Excavated,
original, regulation "Hi-Port" Federal
Cavalry bit with both cast-brass rosettes
remaining intact. This bit was
recovered from "Camp Stanley" which was the
1863 Federal winter Cavalry camp here at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, named in honor of
General David Stanley. The bit is
rusty, but remains quite stable with both
brass rosettes intact.--$150.
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  Excavated,
coat size, Confederate local North Carolina
State Seal uniform button. This button
has a smooth, chocolate brown patina with an
unmarked Confederate local back and shank
intact. This button was recovered near
Brandy Station, Virginia.--$125.
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  Excavated,
coat size, Block "I" (Infantry) Confederate
uniform button. This is a CS local
with a brass face and an iron reverse.
It was recovered from an Army of Tennessee
winter Infantry camp located along Duck
River near Shelbyville, Tennessee.--$89.
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  Excavated,
two-piece, stamped brass, Confederate local
Block "I" (Infantry) uniform button.
This button was recovered about 40 years ago
from General Breckenridge's "Orphan Brigade"
camp located near Readyville, Tennessee.
It is a very attractive button with shank
intact and still dirt covered.--$95.
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 Very
attractive, small display case of artifacts
recovered on private property here at the
Battle of Stones River. The display
includes an original, brass bayonet scabbard
tip with a little bit of the original
leather scabbard sticking out the top of the
scabbard tip. There is in addition an
excellent condition, coat size, Federal
Officer's Eagle "I" (Infantry) uniform
button and also a nice condition, excavated
Federal Enlistedman's coat size Eagle
button.--$55 for the entire display, case
and all.
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  Quite
rare, July 1, 1862 date, State of Virginia,
Fluvanna County $1 Civil War note. The
really cool thing about this note is that it
was printed on the reverse of a sheet of
already printed pre-war currency. This
was done due to the scarcity of paper in the
South during the Civil War years.--$85.
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 Quite
rare, war date, March 10, 1863, 75 cent note
issued by the Macon (GA) Savings Bank in
Macon, Georgia. The note is redeemable
in Confederate Central Government
currency.--$65.
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  Excavated,
silver seated Liberty dime. This dime
was recovered from the camp of the 8th Texas
Cavalry and is dated 1838. The camp
where this coin was recovered was occupied
in 1863 which means that the coin had
already been in circulation 25 years and
explains why the coin shows wear. In
just a few years, this coin will be 200
years old--$48.
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  Very
pretty, uncirculated condition, Confederate
$10 note dated February 17, 1864, and
picturing the horses pulling the cannon.
It is serial number 60124 and actually does
not appear to have ever been bent or
folded.--$89.
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 Very
rare, 1862 date, State of Florida $10 note.
This note pictures three maidens in the
center and two blacks working in cotton on
the left. The note is serial number
985 and was issued January 1, 1862, from
Tallahassee, Florida. The note remains
complete and shows mild circulation.--$225.
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 Very
nice condition, original 1863 dated Wilmot
Patent, .58 cal., musket tompion. This
tompion has a never-cleaned, rich, aged
patina and yet today still works
perfectly.--$75.
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 Quite
rare to find anymore, excavated, complete,
.577 cal., Enfield nipple protector with
chain.--$48.
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  Excavated,
super rare, "Confederate States Navy"
uniform button. This button was
recovered about 20 years ago from a
Confederate Infantry camp located near
Triune, Tennessee. The button has a
drop-dead beautiful face, but the reverse
was partially damaged. The button
originally had a "Hebbert - London"
backmark. The London part of the
backmark remains clearly visible, but the
Hebbert part was pushed in. The button
has been nicely restored and displays like a
million bucks. If this button had not
had damage to the reverse, it would have
been an $800 button. But, since the
reverse required some restoration, we are
pricing it at virtually half price.--$350.
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  Really
nice excavated coat size CS26A Confederate
Staff Officer's button. This was
recovered by my old relic hunting buddy -
Claiborne Lytle - from the 1862/1863 winter
camp of the 1st Alabama Cavalry located near
Midland, Tennessee. The button has a
smooth, brown patina with traces of gold
gilt, and the reverse has gold gilt in the
channel with shank intact. I
have learned that this button had a couple
cracks in the face when found and that they
have been expertly stabilized.--$150.
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  Very
nice detail, excavated, die struck, brass,
one-piece North Carolina sunburst coat size
uniform button. This button was
recovered along the Confederate line at the
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. The
Confederate government purchased several
thousand shell jackets from the State of
North Carolina and issued them to Army of
Tennessee troops camped around Dalton,
Georgia. These are the same troops
that would later be involved in the Battles
of Franklin and Nashville.--$125.
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   Nice
condition excavated "Crescent Hatpin"
recovered over 30 years ago from an 1862
Louisiana camp located in the Shenandoah
Valley. This was recovered from the
same camp as the one pictured in the Jan. -
Feb., 1987 North - South Trader magazine.
This will be a fine compliment to a display
of Louisiana State Seal buttons.--$175.
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 Early
battlefield pick-up, "raised rib", 3.67 inch
Shenkl fragment. This was picked up
long ago here at Stones River and almost
appears non-dug.--$25.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Missouri State Seal Officer's button.
This is a M0205A3 in Tice and is exactly the
same strike and backmark as the Missouri
buttons recovered by Meigs Brainard and Bill
Gurley from the Arkansas camp of Mosby
Parson's Missourians. This button
could not be a nicer example with 100%
bright gold gilt and shank intact.--$395.
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  Nice
condition, non-excavated, Model 1842, .69
cal., Springfield complete lockplate and
hammer assembly. The hammer locks
firmly into both half-cock and full-cock
positions, and the main spring is as strong
as when it was issued in 1850. The
lockplate is marked, "Springfield - 1850 -
US - and the American Eagle." If you
have a Model 1842 Springfield musket that
needs a nice lockplate, here is your
chance.--$225.
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  Excavated,
cast brass, Model 1851, Federal Cavalry
sword belt plate. This buckle was
recovered here in Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
from "Camp Stanley" which was the 1863
winter Cavalry camp of the Army of the
Cumberland. The buckle was no doubt
discarded because the attachment hook on the
back broke. It has a smooth, chocolate
patina, crisp detail, and still has body
curve.--$295.
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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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    Very
pretty condition, regulation, Federal
percussion cap box with original nipple pick
and still filled with percussion caps.
Clearly written on the outside flap is the
soldier's name, Thomas Miller. Here's
the problem - this percussion cap pouch was
purchased a number of years ago from a
Central Ohio estate sale, and the problem
is, there are about twenty Thomas Millers
out of Central Ohio. Still an
excellent ID'd relic in beautiful
condition.--$225.
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  REALLY
pretty excavated Model 1851 cast brass
Federal Cavalry enlistedman's eagle sword
belt plate. This cast eagle plate was
recovered long, long ago from a Federal
cavalry camp located near Winchester, TN.
and occupied during Aug. of 1863. The
brass keeper was with the plate when found.
Anyone would be thrilled to recover this
plate !!--$425.
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  Rich,
aged, bronze/brown patina on this 1840's era
"Peace Flask". These flasks were often
carried with the Model 1841 "Mississippi"
rifle. This example shows numerous
small dings and marks from actual field
service.--$395.
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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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      One
of the most sought after and useful set of
reference books that are out there. 1)
Confederate Faces,
by William Albaugh 2)
More Confederate
Faces, by William Albaugh, 3)
Even More
Confederate Faces, by Bill Turner.
Confederate Faces
is autographed by William Albaugh.--$395.
for the entire set.
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  Very
attractive pair of Indian War Era Eagle belt
plates. One of the plates is a
die-struck plate, and the other plate is
solid cast. Both plates date the
1870's era and are from the Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas, area.--$295. for both.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, gilted
South Carolina State Seal. This button
was recovered near Charleston, South
Carolina, and has a beautiful face with 70%
bright gold gilt and a "Waterbury
Scovill"backmark. The shank remains
intact and straight.--$195.
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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, .54 cal., Model 1842,
percussion, single-shot "Horse Pistol".
This pistol was brought into the North
Georgia Dalton Civil War Relics Show by some
local folks whose Confederate ancestor
carried it in the Civil War. The
pistol has a smooth, gray/brown, aged patina
with lockplate markings of, "H. Aston - US -
1846 - Middtn Conn". It has a strong
main spring, and the action works perfectly.
The original walnut stock has two clearly
visible military inspector cartouches.
There is an old age crack across the walnut
stock just above the butt of the gun.
This would be a very easy repair, and the
knurled very top portion of the hammer is
broken off but is also a repair that any
gunsmith could make. This is otherwise
a very nice example with the original
pivoting ramrod completely intact.--$795.
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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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          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.--$3,250.
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    Very
pretty condition Civil War era Belgium 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.--$595.
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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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     Very
nice condition, Model 1860, Ames produced
Light Cavalry saber and scabbard. This
saber was brought home from the Civil War as
a souvenir by a local Confederate Infantry
soldier. The saber has a clean blade
just beginning to darken with age. The
blade is marked, "Ames Mfg. Co. - US -
1865". The grip remains in excellent
condition with original wire intact.
The scabbard is in nice condition and has
been with the saber since the Civil War Era,
but is actually for an 1840 Heavy Cavalry
saber. This would be a beautiful saber
to go over someone's mantle.--$695.
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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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     Very
pretty condition, 1820 - 1840 era, "P-Guard"
Militia Officer's saber. This saber is
out of a Texas estate and is believed to
have been carried by a Texas Cavalryman.
The grip on the saber is intricately carved
bone, and the blade is nicely engraved with
gilting and bluing. It is quite a
rarity to encounter a saber of this type
with the original leather scabbard remaining
completely intact with both mounts and
original brass drag. It is very likely
that this saber was carried by a Texas
Cavalryman and will be a museum quality
addition to someone's Civil War
collection.--$1,150.SOLD
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     Beautiful
condition, regulation issue, large oval,
lead-filled, arrow hook, US waist belt plate
on its original leather waist belt with
brass adjuster remaining perfectly intact
and also an 1863 Lewiston makers mark on the
belt. This belt rig is museum quality
and remains completely pliable.--$650.
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  Mint
beautiful, matching pair of CS5 Confederate
Staff Officer buttons in both 24 mm and 19
mm size. These are in pristine
condition with near 100% gilt on each
button. They have "Extra Rich/Treble
Gilt" backmark. You couldn't ask for
nicer examples.--$450. for the matching
pair.
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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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  Quite
rare, excavated, wreath half of a
Confederate local Georgia State Seal
two-piece sword belt plate. This
wreath was recovered from the camp of the
1st Georgia Cavalry CSA located just south
of Hoovers Gap, Tennessee, in 1863.
The wreath remains in very nice condition
and would be perfect to complete the crude
Georgia local two-piece sword belt plate if
you happen to have a Georgia State Seal
tongue.--$850.
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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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    Very
nice condition, Confederate carried, carbine
cartridge box. This cartridge box is
out of a north Florida estate and has an
1820 - 1840 pattern Infantry horn affixed to
the front of the box. The Infantry
horn is a rare, very early pattern and has a
near chocolate brown, never ever cleaned
patina. The box has the original
cartridge tin remaining inside and also the
loop for your belt to go through for the box
to hang at your side. This is a very
nice example of a Southern Cavalry carried
cartridge box.--$795.
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    Very
nice condition, 1st Model, Smith & Wesson
7-shot, .22 cal. revolver. This
revolver is serial number 64552 and is early
Civil War production. The "Smith &
Wesson Springfield, Mass" marking on the
barrel remains deep and crisp. This
little revolver has 90% silver wash intact
and would be a very nice addition to any
Civil War display. They were very
popular with officers in that they fired
pre-manufactured, fixed ammunition.--$850.
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Absolutely
mint perfect beautiful condition, excavated,
coat size, 2-piece "CSA" uniform button.
This is a CS81A with the "S. Buckley &
Co/Birmingham" backmark. This button
was recovered in 1979 from Drury's Bluff,
Virginia. You could not ask for a more
drop-dead perfect example and hasn't even
been washed off.--$650.
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   Excellent
condition, small 7 mm, Belgian Leige
produced, 6-shot pinfire revolver.
This revolver has the folding trigger,
cartridge ejector rod, and loading door all
completely intact, and the action still
works perfectly. Confederate General
Stonewall Jackson carried a pinfire revolver
very much like this one except a larger
caliber. This revolver would make a
nice addition to any Confederate
display.--$595.
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Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, solid cast
brass, coat size "CSA" uniform button.
This exceptional button was recovered in
1979 from a Confederate camp near Drury's
Bluff, Virginia. This button has never
even been washed off and has an excellent
brown/green woods patina throughout.
This is a CS86D in Albert.--$650.
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  Very
nice condition, excavated, coat size, Albert
CS17, one-piece, Confederate Staff Officer
with "CS" in the shield. This
beautiful button was recovered many years
ago in a Confederate camp near
Fredericksburg, Virginia. It has nice,
crisp detail and a smooth, chocolate brown
patina, and the shank remains perfectly
intact on the reverse. This button was
recovered over 30 years ago and ranks among
the rarest to find.--$1,150.
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    Quite
rare to find, complete set of Civil War
brown leather saddle bags. These
saddlebags came out of a local Middle
Tennessee estate and were very likely
Confederate used. They will make a
fine addition to any Cavalry display.--$895.
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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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      Very
attractive, 6 inch barrel, Model 1849, Colt
.318 cal., 6-shot pocket revolver.
This revolver is out of a deep South estate
and was quite likely Confederate carried.
It is serial number 209433 which is most
desirable 1861 production. The
revolver has a smooth, uncleaned, chocolate
patina overall and is marked, "Address Col.
Saml. Colt - New York - US America".
The walnut grips are original and show nice,
even, honest wear. The main spring
remains good and strong, and the action
advances properly some of the time and some
of the time it does not. This would be
a very nice addition to any Civil War
collection and was very likely CS
carried.--$975.
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  Excavated,
gilted, extremely rare, coat size, "MVC".
For many years these were thought to be
"Mobile Volunteer Corps", but documents have
surfaced in recent years that strongly
suggest that "MVC" is Mississippi Volunteer
Corps just like "AVC" is Alabama Volunteer
Corps. This is a very attractive
button but has too much build up on the
reverse to read the backmark, but it is
almost certainly Scovill. The face
remains very attractive with no dents and
nice gold gilt. This button was
recovered from the 1862/1863 camps of
Walthall's Mississippi Infantry.--$425.
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 Absolutely
massive "Bad To The Bone" Confederate
blacksmith hand crafted bowie out of a North
Carolina estate many years ago. This
wicked weapon measures a full 19 inches
overall with a spear shaped blade measuring
just over 12 inches, and this thing is still
lethal sharp. The knife has an
attractive hand crafted brass guard.
When you hold this guy in your hand - the
words of "Crocodile Dundee" comes to mind --
"NO - This Is A Knife" !!--$850.
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 This
is the most mammoth size excavated wreath
that I have ever seen. As can be seen
in the picture, the perimeter of the wreath
is the same size as an Eagle breast plate
(believe it or not). This buckle was
recovered from an 1863 Confederate winter
camp on Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. The wreath measures 2 1/2
inches from outside to outside of the
circular portion. The belt loop is for
a massive 2 1/2 inch wide belt. The
center disc would measure 1 5/8 inch across.
I believe this to be some sort of pre-war
militia buckle, but I have never seen a
two-piece buckle this large. This
thing reminds me of some of the Texas rodeo
buckles!! As can be seen in the
picture, a section of the wreath has been
intentionally cut out for some purpose.
To say the least, this is a super unusual
plate.--$450.
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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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  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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    Could
not be nicer - mint beautiful as issued,
large size, lead-filled US oval on original
brown buff leather belt. This belt rig
was purchased almost 50 years ago and has
been in the same private collection ever
since. Look as long as you like and
you're not going to find a nicer
example.--$650.
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  Very
nice condition, excavated, coat size, "CSA"
Officer's button. This is the very
desirable "S. Buckley Birmingham" backmark.
It has a smooth, chocolate brown patina with
crisp detail - nice clear backmark - and
shank intact.--$595.
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  Very
pretty excavated coat size Confederate "C"
(Cavalry) button. This was recovered
from a Confederate Cavalry camp located near
Sayler's Creek, VA. It has a slick
brown patina with shank intact, and is
backmarked "Superior Quality".--$425.
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  Beautiful
condition, excavated, coat size, solid cast
"CSA" uniform button. This button was
recovered many years ago on private property
near Chickamauga, Georgia. It has a
smooth, brown/green patina with the shank
intact.--$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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      Very
attractive, big 12 mm, "E. Lefaucheux"
pinfire revolver. This revolver is out
of a private museum in Arkansas and is very
similar to the pinfire revolver carried by
General "Stonewall" Jackson. It has
intact both the loading door and cartridge
ejector rod which are often missing.
The lanyard ring on the butt is not present
and the trigger doesn't advance the cylinder
"every time". This will be a very nice
addition to any Confederate display, and it
is extra nice in that it is BIG caliber and
is actually "E. Lefaucheux" marked.--$895.
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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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  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 and in drop-dead beautiful condition,
excavated, Federal "cape hook". This
cape hook was recovered during the
mid-1960's from a Federal camp located just
north of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The
button portion of the cape hook itself is a
cuff size Eagle "I" and has 90% bright gold
gilt. The hook remains perfect and is
sharp as a needle. The cape hook has
the extremely rare backmark reading, "Pat.
July 29, 1862", and that remains perfectly
legible.--$325.
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  Beautiful
condition, non-excavated, coat size,
Confederate manuscript "I". This is a
CS175A2 with the "Halfmann & Taylor -
Montgomery Alabam"d". The misspelling
of Alabama is a well known trait of this
button. This is a beautiful example
with crisp backmark and shank intact and
would be a fine addition to any Civil War
collection.(CW)--$325.
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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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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, non-excavated, coat
size, Maryland Staff Officer button.
This button has near 100% bright gold gilt
and is backmarked, "Waterbury Scovill Mfg
Co" in small letters. The shank
remains perfectly intact on the
reverse.(CW)--$425.
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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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  Beautifully
ornate, 1840 - 1850 era, gilted,
non-excavated, two-piece Militia sword belt
plate. This very ornate buckle retains
near 100% bright gold gilt, and most that
have been recovered come from Confederate
sites. This buckle would be a fine
addition to any Civil War collection.--$450.
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  Absolutely
mint beautiful condition, non-excavated,
cuff size, Confederate States Navy button.
This button has virtually 100% bright gold
gilt, shank intact, and "Treble Gilt"
backmark. You won't find a more
perfect example.--$595.
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  Absolutely
beautiful condition, excavated, coat size,
LA8, Confederate Local Louisiana State Seal.
This beautiful button was recovered from
General Hardee's 1862 - 1863 winter camps
around Tullahoma, Tennessee. Several
rectangular Louisiana buckles were recovered
from this same camp. This excellent
button has a flawless, smooth, chocolate
brown face with gold outlining the detail
and a perfect reverse with gold in the
depressed channel and shank intact.--$395.
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  Nice,
solid, excavated, Confederate "Droop Wing
Eagle" Staff Officer's button. This is
a CS26B in Albert and is in very solid
condition with no dents and shank remaining
intact. This is a Confederate Local
and was recovered about 30 years ago by
Kenny Banks from General Hardee's 1863
Confederate winter camps near Tullahoma,
Tennessee.--$275.
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      Beautiful
condition, post Civil War Era, Federal Navy
Officer's sword of the pattern of 1851.
The sword has a beautiful blade with 100%
crisp, clear engraving and a presentation to
"Tom Graham". The sharkskin grip
remains in very nice condition, and the
scabbard remains in nice condition as well.
We are unsure as to the exact era that this
sword falls, but we are confident that it is
post Civil War Era. This beautiful
presentation sword will be a fun research
project for someone.--$495.
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           Very
nice historic grouping containing three $50
Confederate notes that have been handed down
and are original to the historic Cedar Grove
plantation house that is located in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
The notes remain in solid condition but have
clearly been circulated and come with a
signed family affidavit verifying that these
notes are original to the Cedar Grove
plantation. It isn't often that we
have Confederate currency come in that has
an iron-clad, single family history back to
the Civil War.--$275.for all three notes
along with their documenting history.
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 Excellent
condition, hand blacksmith crafted, 14 1/2
inch overall with a 9 inch blade,
Confederate sideknife. The knife has a
walnut grip with a brass ferrule and will
make a fine addition to your Confederate
weapons display.--$695.
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     Model
1840, "Ames" heavy Cavalry saber (Old
Wristbreaker) found in a Civil War Era
outbuilding located near Charleston, South
Carolina. The saber is complete but
has a very dark patina overall with some
pitting to the scabbard due to exposure to
the elements for the last 150 years.
When found, the grip was decayed down to
wood and has had the leather nicely restored
for better display. The blade is
marked, "Ames Mfg Co - Chicopee Mass - 1855
- US - JB". This is a quite rare saber
that could be displayed equally well with an
excavated or non-excavated
collection.--$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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     Beautiful
condition, Model 1840, Ames Non-Commissioned
Officer, Federal sword and scabbard.
The blade remains clean and bright with Ames
on the scroll marking on one side and dated
1864 and marked "US" on the other. The
leather scabbard remains complete and in
very nice condition tip to tip.--$695.
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     Very
attractive condition, Model 1840, Ames
production, N.C.O. (Non-commissioned
officer) sword and original leather
scabbard. The sword has blade markings
of "Ames Mfg. Co. - U.S. - 1862". The
original brass guard remains in excellent
condition just beginning to tone with age.
The leather scabbard is complete with brass
throat and drag intact. There is a
little black tape around the scabbard where
the brass drag meets helping to support the
weak area where the brass drag attaches to
the leather scabbard. Both the sword
and scabbard remain in overall nice
condition.--$595.
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      Very
attractive, Model 1850, Federal Foot
Officer's sword and original, metal
scabbard. The sword has crisp,
visible, Union engraving on the blade top to
bottom. The sword is a "Solingen"
marked import manufactured under Federal
contract. The grip has original
sharkskin and original wire. The metal
scabbard has a smooth, brown, aged patina
and a couple of normal small service dings.
The brass drag has a rich, dark, never
cleaned patina and is mounted "upside-down"
to the way it usually is. If you like
a nice, honest sword that clearly saw
service and has not been cleaned, you will
enjoy this one.--$1,150.
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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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       Beautiful
cased artifact display purchased out of a
local private museum. This display
consists of an excavated Model 1851, cast
brass, sword belt plate recovered from an
1863 camp Stanley trash pit, an 1863
Patriotic token, an excavated soldier's
pocket knife with bone handle intact, an
excavated 12mm pinfire cartridge, an
excavated .69 cal. Confederate buck and
ball, an excavated tin containing percussion
caps, an excavated bayonet scabbard tip with
leather still inside, one CS used excavated
floral button, 4 Federal Eagle buttons, two
excavated knapsack hooks, and several other
smaller artifacts. These artifacts are
all displayed in a very nice 12 x 18 glass
face walnut display case.--$395. for the
entire display.
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   Very
nice condition, non-excavated, Model 1850
Officer's sword belt plate with the
integrally cast wreath. The plate has
nice detail and a nice, uncleaned, aged,
bronze patina. We have a correct belt
keeper on hand for this buckle, and it is
pictured above on the buckle. We are
going to offer the buckle itself without
keeper, and also the buckle with correct
keeper attached.--$315. without keeper or
$350. with keeper.
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    Very
nice condition, cast brass, Model 1851 sword
belt plate of Civil War issue on an original
1870's Indian War leather waist belt.
The belt remains soft and pliable and is
marked, Watervliet Arsenal. This would
be the perfect belt rig if you happen to
have an Indian War's Era jacket.--$495.
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       Extremely
rare, College Hill Arsenal, Confederate Foot
Officer's sword and original scabbard.
The sword has a nice, clean blade with faint
traces of original Confederate engraving.
The cast brass Foot Officer's guard remains
in perfect condition with a never-cleaned,
rich, aged, bronze patina. The leather
grip remains in nice condition as well, but
we feel it may have had the leather restored
during the 1960's era. The original
scabbard remains with the sword with no
breaks or weak spots and all brass mounts
intact. This would be a museum quality
addition to any Civil War Confederate
collection.--$7,950.
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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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    Nice
condition, regulation, large size, US oval,
lead-filled waist belt plate on original
black leather waist belt with brass adjustor
remaining perfectly intact. This was
likely worn by an Ohio Infantry soldier as
it recently was purchased at a Central Ohio
estate sale. The buckle itself remains
in beautiful condition with a rich, never
cleaned, bronze/brown patina. The
reverse has full lead and all three
attachment hooks intact. The belt
itself remains pliable with no breaks or
weak spots and will be a fine addition to
someone's collection.--$550.
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    Uncommonly
nice condition saber bayonet in its original
leather sheath, correct for the Remington
Zouave rifle. The blade remains
sparkling bright without even one hint of
rust or darkening. The heavy cast
brass guard remains perfect as well and has
a nice, untouched, bronze patina. The
original leather scabbard is complete and in
nice condition, but the stitched seam has
opened up in areas. This would be an
excellent compliment to display with your
Remington Zouave rifle.--$395.
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     Fresh
out of a Florida estate sale, Federal Model
1840, N.C.O. (Non-commissioned Officer)
sword in original scabbard. The sword
has a bright, clean blade marked, "Ames Mfg.
Co. - 1864 - US". The brass guard
remains in excellent condition with some
aged, bronze/brown patina remaining in
recessed areas. The leather scabbard
remains complete with the brass top mount
intact, but the brass drag has dropped off
somewhere along the way. These are
fairly easy to locate for
replacement.--$495.
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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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      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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     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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     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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   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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    Original,
early pattern, "Puppy-Paw" hook style, large
oval, lead-filled, US Enlistedman's belt
plate on original, black leather waist belt.
The buckle has a rich, uncleaned, aged
patina on the face with full lead and all
three attachment hooks on the reverse.
Every Civil War collection should have a
nice US belt buckle on original belt.--$495.
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         Very
- very nice condition Model 1852 Federal
Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard.
The blade is beautiful with deep - crisp
engraving from top to bottom. The
guard has a rich never cleaned thick bronze
- brown patina, and the grip has the
original sharkskin weap and wire. The
blade is bright with sparkling bright
engraving and is marked "Philadelphia" and
would have been also marked "Horstmann" -
but that mark has been intentionally
removed. The leather scabbard is
exceptionally nice with "coiled rope" ring
mounts and a Dolphin drag. What a
fantastic gift this would be for that
Naval person in your family.--$1,250.
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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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