Date Created: c. 1862
Description: .44 CALIBER COMBUSTIBLE SKIN CARTRIDGES, FOR COLT'S ARMY PISTOL, HOTCHKISS' PATENT, FEB 11TH, 1862. MANUFACTURED BY D.C. SAGE, MIDDLETOWN, CONN. ORGINAL PACKAGE: PAPER COVERED, WOODEN BLOCK WITH 7 HOLES (CAPS & 6 CARTRIDGES); 1 LOOSE CARTRIDGE: SEE CAT.# MANA 1702; PERCUSSION CAPS...
Date Created: 1861
Description: 10TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY REGIMENTAL FLAG CARRIED AT FIRST MANASSAS. FIRST CONFEDERATE NATIONAL FLAG PATTERN WITH 13 HAND-PAINTED GOLD STARS ON OBVERSE, VA SEAL PAINTED ON REVERSE OF UNION (PARTIALLY SHOT AWAY BY CANNONBALL -FRAGMENTS SAVED); MARKED: HORSTMANNS PHIL" (BELOW VA SEAL); GOLD SILK...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: 12-POUNDER SOLID SHOT SPHERICAL ARTILLERY PROJECTILE.
Date Created: c. 1865
Description: 200-PDR PARROTT SHELL REMOVED FROM BULL RUN MONUMENT, HENRY HILL. FRAGMENTED WHEN DISARMED IN 1975. PORTION OF CASING & BRASS SABOT MISSING. CONTAINS 1 DIAM IRON CASE SHOT IN TAR MATRIX (32 LOOSE IN BAG); 1 LARGE CASING FRAGMENT SEPARATED." Origin: COLD SPRING, NEW YORK.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: CONFEDERATE 3-INCH BURTON SOLID SHOT PROJECTILE (BOLT). FIRED: BODY CHIPPED ABOVE MISSING SABOT. NOTE: ASSIGNMENT TO ACC.# MANA-111 IS SPECULATIVE. (PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO ACC.# MANA-6 IN ERROR)
Date Created: July 1861
Description: SKETCHED MAP TITLED: BATTLE OF BULL'S RUN (FOUGHT JULY 18TH 1861)"DRAWN IN INK BY CAPTAIN E.P. ALEXANDER, SHOWING ARTILLERY & INFANTRY POSITIONS BETWEEN MITCHELL'S & BLACKBURN'S FORDS ALONG BULL RUN. EDGES TORN, OLD FOLD MARKS, CELOPHANE TAPE APPLIED TO BACK...
Date Created: c. 1850
Description: ALLEN & THURBER PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX, .31 CALIBER, 6-SHOT REVOLVING BARREL. HAMMER MARKED: ALLEN & THURBER/ NORWICH C-T." (SIDE), "ALLEN'S PATENT" (TOP); 1 CONE MISSING; CARRIED BY SAMUEL W. MCDANIEL, CHAPLAIN Origin: NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: ARMY BOOTEE/BROGAN WORN BY PVT. GEORGE H. LYLES, CO. E (MT VERNON GUARDS), 17TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. CANISTER SHOT EMBEDDED IN LEFT SIDE OF SOLE NEAR TOE. (WOUND RECEIVED AT BLACKBURNS FORD, 18 JULY 1861.) Origin: VIRGINIA.
Date Created: c. 1850
Description: ARTILLERY OFFICER'S SWORD WITH COUNTER-GUARD, C.1821-1850, CARRIED BY CAPTAIN JAMES B. RICKETTS, CO. I, 1ST U.S. ARTILLERY, AT FIRST MANASSAS. (SEE PETERSON, #101) SCABBARD: SEE CAT.# MANA 594.
Date Created: c. 1890
Description: BEVERLEY'S OLD MILL (UPPER MILL) AT THOROUGHFARE GAP, C.1890.BLACK & WHITE; MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD BACKING. Origin: VIRGINIA.
Date Created: C. 1820
Description: BIBLE BELONGING TO MRS. JUDITH CARTER HENRY. RED MOROCCO LEATHER COVER WITH EXTENDED FLAP & TONGUE FASTENS IN SLIT ON FRONT COVER.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: BOX CANDLE LANTERN WITH 4 HINGED SHUTTERS ON FRONT FOR NIGHT SIGNALING. CIRCULAR BRASS BASE EXTENDS ON CENTRAL SPRING LOADED CANDLE TUBE TO FORM HANDLE. HEAVY BRASS WIRE BAIL; ARCHED TOP COVER OVER CHIMNEY WITH 2 BRASS PLATES MARKED: WALTON MANUFACTURING/COMPANY/NEW YORK", "39"....
Date Created: c. 1862
Description: CARTRIDGE BOX SHOULDER STRAP WITH U.S. BREASTPLATE. BLACK BUFF LEATHER; BACK STENCILED: JAMES BOYD & SONS/ MANUFACTURERS/BOSTON". TREATED 6/15/1992 AT HFC." Origin: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
Date Created: C. 1820
Description: CARVED IVORY FAN BELONGING TO MRS. JUDITH CARTER HENRY. 22 RIBS, ONE PARTIALLY BROKEN (RESTORED), ANOTHER WITH SMALL BREAK AT TIP.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: CASED DAGUERREOTYPE OF FELIX G. BUTLER, CORPORAL, COMPANY G, 4TH ALABAMA INFANTRY, IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE. LABEL UNDER METAL FRAME MARKED: GENUINE UNION CASE, IMPROVED. - FINE GILT AND BURNISHED HINGE. - S.PECK & CO., MANUFACTURERS." INSCRIPTION IN PENCIL ON SAME LABEL READS: "FELIX G....
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: CASED TINTYPE SHOWING MEMBERS OF PAXTON FAMILY & THEIR TEACHER. GOLD FRAMED TINTYPE ENCLOSED IN RED VELVET LINED, BROWN EMBOSSED LEATHER CASE. 2 BRASS LOCKING HOOKS. CLOTH TAPE ON CASE BACK IDENTIFIES 5 OF 6 PERSONS IN PHOTO: STANDING (l-r): UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, JOS. S. PAXTON, COUSIN FANNIE...
Description: CLEAR GLASS ROUND BOTTLE WITH BROKEN NECK (2 PIECES) MARKED (MOLDED): 2-1/2 FLUID OUNCES.
Date Created: 1862
Description: COMMISSION OF JAMES B. RICKETTS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS, EFFECTIVE: 21 MARCH 1862; DATED: 22 MARCH 1862; SIGNED: EDWIN M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR, & ABRAHAM LINCOLN (BOTTOM); G. THOMAS, ADJT. GENL. (TOP). WAR OFFICE BLUE SEAL AFFIXED. Origin: WASHINGTON, DC.
Date Created: July 1, 1864
Description: COMMISSION OF JAMES B. RICKETTS TO MAJOR, 1ST REGT. OF ARTILLERY, EFFECTIVE: 1 JUNE 1863; DATED: 1 JULY 1864; SIGNED: E.M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT (BOTTOM); E.D. TOWNSEND, ASST. ADJT. GENERAL (TOP). WAR OFFICE BLUE SEAL AFFIXED. MATTED. Origin: WASHINGTON, DC.
Date Created: 1862
Description: COMMISSION OF JAMES B. RICKETTS TO RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS, EFFECTIVE: 21 JULY 1861; DATED: 30 APRIL 1862; SIGNED: EDWIN M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN (BOTTOM), & G. THOMAS, ADJ. GEN. (TOP). INK FADED. WAR OFFICE BLUE SEAL AFFIXED. Origin: WASHINGTON, DC.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: CONFEDERATE CAP BOX. BLACK LEATHER HARD & WEATHER CRACKED. BRASS FINIAL SECURES OUTER FLAP; INNER FLAP WITH SIDE PIECES (BUTTON GONE?); SINGLE WIDE BELT LOOP STITCHED TO BACK.
Date Created: June 1862
Description: CASED DAGUERREOTYPE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL TURNER ASHBY, C.S.A. IMAGE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN AFTER DEATH, JUNE 6, 1862, NEAR HARRISONBURG, VA. WOOD FRAME CASE WITH EMBOSSED LEATHER EXTERIOR (WORN & TAPED AT EDGES); BRASS CLASP; RED VELVET INTERIOR COVER LINING; GOLD INTERIOR FRAME, OVAL...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: DOUBLE-BREASTED FROCK COAT WORN BY MAJOR WM. E. MICHIE, ASSISTANT SURGEON, HOLCOMBE'S LEGION. GRAY WOOL EXTERIOR WITH DARK BLUE CUFFS & COLLAR, 7 PAIR OF C.S. EAGLE BUTTONS ON FRONT, CAPTAIN'S INSIGNIA (3 BARS) ON COLLAR. COAT ALTERED & WORN BY CAPTAIN WM. HENRY SMITH, CO. K,...
Date Created: 1861
Description: FEZ WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, 11TH N.Y. INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES).RED WOOL FELT WITH DARK BLUE TASSEL ATTACHED AT TOP.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: FIELD ARTILLERY SPONGE BUCKET, COMPLETE WITH WOODEN COVER (FLOAT) ATTACHED TO IRON BAIL WITH LINK CHAIN.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: FIELD GLASSES BELONGING TO JOHN HENRY THOMAS, 43D BN VIRGINIA CAVALRY. BRASS BODY WITH BLACK LACQUER FINISH (WORN); CENTER FOCUS ADJUSTMENT WHEEL.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: FIELD GLASSES USED BY MAJOR GENERAL FITZ JOHN PORTER, U.S.A. BRASS BODY & EYEPIECE WITH BLACK LACQUER FINISH; CENTER FOCUS WHEEL. ONE SIDE DENTED.
Date Created: c. 1890
Description: HAND RELOADING TOOL FOR .38 W.C.F. (WINCHESTER CENTER FIRE) CARTRIDGE. MFD BY WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO, NEW HAVEN, CONN., USA. (MARKED ON SIDE) HINGED TONG TOOL WITH 2 CHAMBERS: OPEN TO PRIME CASES & ENCLOSED TO SEAT BULLETS. Origin: NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: JOINED PAIR OF BROWN LEATHER MEDICAL SADDLEBAGS. EACH BAG HAS 2 CLOSURE STRAPS SEWN TO FLAP SECURED BY SMALL METAL BUCKLES (1 MISSING) AT LOWER SIDE OF EACH BAG; LEATHER LOOPS SEWN TO INTERIOR OF EACH BAG TO SECURE BOTTLES/VIALS (NONE PRESENT). STITCHING PARTING ON SIDE OF ONE BAG.
Date Created: 1861
Description: KEPI WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, 11TH N.Y. INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES). RED WOOL CROWN WITH DARK BLUE BAND, BROWN COTTON LINING, LEATHER SWEAT BAND, BLACK LEATHER VISOR; BRASS SIDE BUTTONS MATCHING JACKET BUTTONS BUT NO CHIN STRAP. Origin: NEW YORK.
Date Created: 1861
Description: CONFEDERATE LEMAT GRAPESHOT" PERCUSSION REVOLVER, FIRST MODEL, .42 CAL. HALF ROUND/ OCTAGON BARREL OVER 20 GA. (.63 CAL.) SMOOTHBORE BARREL. TRIGGER GUARD WITH SPUR; LANYARD RING ON GRIP BUTT. UPPER BARREL FLAT MARKED: "COL. LEMAT'S PATENT". SERIAL # 61 (ON FRAME), BARREL,...
Date Created: c. 1830
Description: U.S. M1816 MUSKET, .69 CAL., RIFLED & CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION WITH MAYNARD TAPE PRIMER LOCK (REMINGTON CONTRACT OF SEPT. 9, 1854). FRANKFORD ARSENAL RIFLED BARREL WITH PATENT BREECH & LONG RANGE REAR SIGHT. LOCK DATED: 1856; TANG MARKED: 33; 171 G W S----" CARVED ON LEFT SIDE OF...
Date Created: 1847
Description: M1842 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL, .54 CAL. ASTON CONTRACT: MADE BY HENRY ASTON, MIDDLETOWN, CT. LOCK DATED: 1847. BARREL MARKED: J.H./P MISSING: RAMROD & RAMROD SWIVEL. Origin: MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: 1852
Description: PALMETTO ARMORY M1842 PERCUSSION MUSKET LOCK TO CAT. LOCKPLATE MARKED: COLUMBIA/ S.C. 1852, PALMETTO ARMORY/ S*C. (ENCIRCLING TREE). ALL LOCK PARTS PRESENT & FUNCTIONAL. Origin: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Date Created: 1852
Description: PALMETTO ARMORY M1842 RIFLED MUSKET, .69 CAL. PERCUSSION. STOCK BROKEN WITH WOOD MISSING AT TANG (FILLED WITH EPOXY); BARREL & STOCK CUT DOWN 3 AT MUZZLE; BARREL FLAT OPPOSITE BOLSTER MARKED: "WG&Co" (WM GLAZE & CO.); 2 BRASS BARREL BANDS; LOCK (SEE CAT.# MANA 591);...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: COLT M1849 POCKET REVOLVER, .31 CAL. PERCUSSION, SERIAL # 213672. SILVER PLATED TRIGGER GUARD; WEDGE PIN, 2 FRAME SCREWS MISSING. Origin: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: COLT M1849 POCKET REVOLVER, .31 CAL. PERCUSSION, SERIAL # 213135. CARRIED BY PVT. LUDWELL THOMAS RECTOR, CO. H, 4TH VA. CAV. (BLACK HORSE CAVALRY); 5-SHOT CYLINDER; 5 OCTAGON BARREL WITH LOADING LEVER, 1-LINE N.Y. MARKING; BRASS BACKSTRAP & LARGE TRIGGERGUARD. Origin: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: M1850 FOOT OFFICER'S SWORD CARRIED BY 2ND LT. DAVID POTTS, CO. I, 26TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, WHEN KILLED 29 AUG. 1862 AT SECOND MANASSAS. 23.5 BROKEN BLADE MARKED: "W.H./HORSTMANN'S/& SONS/PHILADELPHIA"; FISH-SKIN GRIP DETERIORATED; SCABBARD: CAT # MANA 1709." Origin...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: SCABBARD TO M1850 FOOT OFFICER'S SWORD, CAT # MANA 1708. BLACK LEATHER WITH BRASS THROAT INSCRIBED: DAVID POTTS"; TIP & DRAG MISSING; MIDDLE BAND LOOSE DUE TO A MISSING BRASS RETAINING SCREW." Origin: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
Date Created: c. 1864
Description: COLT M1851 NAVY REVOLVER, .36 CAL., SERIAL # 181817 (ALL MATCH). BRASS BACKSTRAP & SMALL ROUNDED TRIGGERGUARD; MISSING WEDGE SCREW. ALLEGEDLY CAPTURED BY MOSBY'S MEN. Origin: HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: M1853 LEFAUCHEUX PIN-FIRE CARTRIDGE REVOLVER, 12 MM. CALIBER, 6-SHOT. LEFT SIDE OF BARREL MARKED: E. LEFAUCHEUX / IN E BREVETE"SERIAL # ON LEFT SIDE OF FRAME UNDER CYLINDER: 4415" Origin: PARIS, FRANCE.
Date Created: 1859
Description: U.S. HARPERS FERRY M1855 RIFLE, .58 CAL. PERCUSSION. ALL IRON MOUNTED; LOCK DATED: 1859; BARREL FLATS STAMPED: PO-KEEPSIE N-Y" (ABOVE STD. V/P/EAGLEHEAD PROOF MARKS); SINGLE LEAF M1866 TYPE REAR SIGHT WITH 2 APERTURES (REMOVED/ REPLACED WITH REPRODUCTION M1855 SIGHT); NO VISIBLE STOCK...
Date Created: 1860
Description: U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1855 RIFLE-MUSKET, .58 CAL. PERCUSSION. LOCK & BARREL DATED: 1860; IRON TIP; NO PATCH BOX (REPLACEMENT STOCK?); M1861 REAR SIGHT (NON-STANDARD). Origin: SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: REMINGTON-BEALS M1858 ARMY REVOLVER, .44 CALIBER, PERCUSSION, SERIAL # ? FLANGED HEAD OF CYLINDER PIN BROKEN OFF. NO ORIGINAL BLUE FINISH REMAINING. Origin: ILION, NEW YORK.
Date Created: c. 1864
Description: MEMORIAL SCARF PIN MADE FROM THE HILT OF GEN. J.E.B. STUART'S SABER. DESIGN: A HORSESHOE BEARING CROSSED SABERS WITH THE LETTERS A N V" INTERTWINED. ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO GENERAL LUNSFORD LINDSAY LOMAX, C.S.A. (1835-1913). IN WHITE VELVET LINED CASE WITH CLIPPED CORNERS (TOP COVER...
Date Created: 28 July 1861
Description: MILITARY PASS WRITTEN IN INK ON LINED LIGHT BLUE PAPER: PASS HENY W. CLOWE TO CENTREVILLE." DATED: "HEAD QUARTERS / 8TH BRIG. JULY 28TH 1861" SIGNED: "P.ST. GEO COCKE / COL COMDG 8 BRIG / PER T.J. RANDOLPH / AID DE CAMP." IT IS PROBABLE MRS. CLOWE OF HAYMARKET OBTAINED...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: MILITARY SNARE DRUM WITH EAGLE DESIGN PAINTED ON SIDE. 2 CM HOLE IN CENTER OF EAGLE BREAST; UPPER SKIN HEAD TORN (MENDED); HEMP ROPE, LEATHER TENSIONING EARS & SNARES ARE RECENT REPLACEMENTS,
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: MINIATURE COLOR PORTRAIT OF GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT ON IVORY; OVAL SHAPE; IN GLASS FACED, BRASS BACKED FRAME WITH HINGED HANGING LOOP AT TOP. UNMARKED; ARTIST UNKNOWN.
Date Created: c. 1865
Description: OIL ON PAPER PAINTING OF WINCHESTER, VA. BY GEORGE L. FRANKENSTEIN. MADE IN THE FIELD SHORTLY BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH ALONG VALLEY PIKE WITH MAGILL-KELLER HOUSE & DARLINGTON HOUSE AT NORTH END OF TOWN (FORT HILL).BATTLEFIELD SERIES NO. 3 OF THE...
Date Created: c. 1802
Description: ORIGINAL PROFILE PORTRAIT OF DR. ISAAC HENRY BY ARTIST CHARLES B.J. ST. MEMIN. CRAYON (PASTEL/ CHARCOAL) ON PAPER. MATTED & FRAMED UNDER GLASS. ORIGINAL WOODEN FRAME BACKING (b) IS SEPARATE (REMOVED BY CONSERVATORS). Origin: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.