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Date Created: c. 1861
Description: CONTRACT P1853 ENFIELD RIFLE-MUSKET, .577 CAL. PERCUSSION. MARKINGS: LOCK: E.P.BOND/LONDON"; BARREL AT BREECH: LONDON PROOF MARKS; BUTTPLATE TANG: "1537/B"; BUTTSTOCK: "JW" CARVED ON RIGHT SIDE, "DEO DUCE VINCIMUS" ON LEFT SIDE. MISSING UPPER BAND &...
Date Created: 1961
Description: PARTICIPANT RIBBON/MEDALLION FROM THE CENTENNIAL REENACTMENT, FIRST MANASSAS, 1961, ISSUED TO WILLIAM M. DITTO, B COMPANY, 27TH NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, N-SSA. CIRCULAR GOLD WASHED MEDALLION WITH BLUE, GRAY & WHITE STRIPED RIBBON & PIN CLASP ON REVERSE. HOUSED IN PLASTIC CASE.
Date Created: 1862
Description: PASS WRITTEN ON STATE OF OHIO EXECUTIVE DEPT. LETTERHEAD. DATED: COLUMBUS, SEPT 2, 1862. TO REQUEST THAT THE BEARER, COL. CANTWELL, MAY BE PERMITTED TO VISIT WASHINGTON AND VICINITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MINISTERING TO THE RELIEF OF HIS FATHER, IF LIVING AND OF REMOVING HIS REMAINS IF DEAD."...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: HAND TINTED PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF LT. DAVID POTTS, CO. I, 26TH PA. VOL. INFANTRY. POSED IN UNIFORM WITH SWORD IN HAND. OVAL IMAGE MARKED UNDERNEATH: PHOT. BY R.N. KEELY, 5TH & COATES ST., PHILADA. FRAMED (UNDER GLASS). Origin: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN PORTER PAXTON, BROTHER OF WM. PAXTON, UNCLE TO WM. L. PAXTON, CO. I, 4TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. GOLD FRAMED & ENCLOSED IN BURGUNDY VELVET LINED, LEATHER CASE. ONE BRASS LOCKING CLASP. CLOTH TAPE ON CASE BACK IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT, A MIDDLE AGED MAN IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE....
Date Created: August 4, 1861
Description: RED SANDSTONE GRAVE MARKER OF PVT. BENJAMIN F. WARD, CO. D, 7TH GEORGIA REGT., DIED AUGUST 4, 1861, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT FIRST MANASSAS & BURIED IN THE LEWIS FAMILY CEMETERY AT ROSEMONT. CRUDELY CARVED INSCRIPTION: B.F.WARD/_GA. AUG./_1861." PORTION OF INSCRIPTION AREA APPEARS CHIPPED...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: RED SASH OF CAPTAIN JAMES B. RICKETTS, CO. I, 1ST U.S. ARTILLERY, ALLEGEDLY WORN WHEN WOUNDED ON BATTLEFIELD OF BULL RUN, JULY 21, 1861. EDGES WORN/TORN LENGTHWISE, CUT IN 2 SECTIONS WITH BOTH END TASSELS INTACT.
Date Created: 1864
Description: REGULATION ARTILLERY TUBE POUCH FOR FRICTION PRIMERS. TAN LEATHER WITH DOUBLE FLAPS, BRASS FINIAL (CLOSURE STRAP BROKEN OFF);INNER FLAP STAMPED: "WATERTOWN ARSENAL - 1864 / U.S."; 2 BELT LOOPS STITCHED TO BACK." Origin: WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: REGULATION ENLISTED MAN'S (PRIVATE'S) BRASS SHOULDER SCALE.MISSING POSITIONING TONGUE ON UNDERSIDE.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: REGULATION ENLISTED MAN'S (PRIVATE'S) BRASS SHOULDER SCALE. MISSING POSITIONING TONGUE ON UNDERSIDE.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: ROSEWOOD FIFE WITH BRASS TIPS. ALLEGEDLY FOUND ON THE BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD.
Date Created: c. 1840
Description: SAWED OFF SECTION OF BED POST ALLEGEDLY FROM BED OF MRS. JUDITH CARTER HENRY. BURNED HOLE SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY SHOT OR SHELL FRAGMENT WHICH KILLED MRS. HENRY ON JULY 21, 1861.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: SHEET METAL (TIN) RATION BOX WITH NESTING TRAY/CUP (b) & LID (c). SIMILAR TO BRITISH ARMY ISSUE MESS TIN, MADE IN ENGLAND FOR CONFEDERATE SERVICE TO ACCOMPANY THE S. ISAACS CAMPBELL FIELD PACK. ALLEGEDLY TAKEN FROM A UNION SOLDIER BY PVT. RICHARD E. WALDEN, WARRENTON RIFLES, CO. K, 17TH...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: SHIPPING CRATE FOR 12 ROUNDS OF 3-INCH CANISTER, FIXED ARTILLERY AMMUNITION. TRACES OF ORIGINAL OLIVE PAINT REMAIN WITH FAINT BLACK STENCILING ON BOTH ENDS OF EXTERIOR READING: FRANKFORD ARSENAL/ 12 ROUNDS/ 3 IN:CANISTER/ FIXED"; BOX LID MISSING. CONSTRUCTED OF 2.5-CM THICK BOARDS...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: SLOUCH HAT WORN BY COLONEL S.B. GIBBONS, 10TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. BROWN FELT WITH 3-1/2 BRIM, TURNED UP ON LEFT SIDE & PINNED WITH BRASS STAR & 2 BLACK OSTRICH FEATHERS (BROKEN); STRIPED LINING INSIDE CROWN.
Date Created: 1861
Description: SMALL "STARS & BARS" CONFEDERATE FLAG WITH 11 STARS. CORD & TASSLES ON HOIST. ALLEGEDLY TAKEN FROM THE HAND OF A SOUTHERN OFFICER SHOT FROM HIS HORSE AT FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN, JULY 21, 1861. RED BARS FADED TO PURPLE.
Date Created: c. 1887
Description: STEREO PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL THOMAS J. (STONEWALL) JACKSON'S HORSE, OLD SORREL (ALSO KNOWN AS "LITTLE SORREL"), TAKEN AT THE SOLDIERS HOME IN RICHMOND, VA. SHORTLY BEFORE THE HORSE DIED ON MARCH 16, 1886. PRINTED LABEL PASTED ON BACK OF PHOTOGRAPH STATES THE HORSE DIED AT THE...
Date Created: C. 1820
Description: TAPESTRY CLOTH PURSE BELONGING TO MRS. JUDITH CARTER HENRY. TAPESTRY MATERIAL: RED DESIGN OUTLINED BY BLACK LINES ON BROWN BACKGROUND; BROWN BORDER ALONG ALL EDGES; GREEN SILK LINED CARDBOARD FRAME FORMS 2 INTERIOR POCKETS. NO FASTENERS ON OUTER FLAP.
Description: TIN CANDLESTICK WITH CIRCULAR DISH BASE. 2 DIAM. RIM AT TOP OF STEM; RECTANGULAR OPENING IN STEM FOR CANDLE ELEVATOR LEVER (MISSING). STEM FILLED WITH CANDLE WAX.
Date Created: 1861
Description: TINTYPE OF WILLIAM L. PAXTON, CPL., CO. I (LIBERTY HALL VOLUNTEERS), 4TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, IN TOOLED LEATHER HINGED CASE WITH BRASS FASTENING CLIP. PAXTON POSED IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE, SEATED WITH HANDS FOLDED ON LAP. (WM. PAXTON KIA 21 JULY 1861 AT MANASSAS.) Origin: ROCKBRIDGE, VIRGINIA.
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: TRUNK OF BOY MAJOR JOSEPH W. LATIMER, C.S.A. (CAPTAIN, COURTNEY ARTILLERY). WOOD FRAME COVERED IN BLACK LEATHER, 5 METAL REINFORCE STRAPS ACROSS TOP & SIDES WITH LARGE BRASS STUDS SPACED 3.5" APART; LEATHER HANDLES AT EACH END; KEY LOCK ON FRONT; INTERIOR DIVIDED INTO 2 LOWER...
Date Created: c. 1855
Description: U.S. 1851 PATTERN INFANTRY FROCK COAT WITH EPAULETS. SINGLE-BREASTED WITH NO PIPING/TRIM. EAGLE I" BUTTONS AT TAIL (4 ) & FRONT (8 -TOP MISSING), BACKMARK: "W H SMITH & CO * NEW YORK"; 3 BRASS CUFF BUTTONS, NON-MILITARY, EACH WITH SINGLE EAGLE CUFF BUTTON.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: U.S. EAGLE BREASTPLATE. 2 WIRE ATTACHMENT LOOPS (MOUNTED ON CARTRIDGE BOX STRAP, CAT.# MANA 559)
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: U.S. ENLISTED INFANTRY WAIST BELT WITH BRASS KEEPER.U.S. WAIST BELT PLATE (CAT.# MANA 557) ATTACHED.
Date Created: c. 1850
Description: U.S. FLAG WITH 26 HAND-CUT STARS ARRANGED IN STAR PATTERN ON BLUE FIELD. INITIALS S M S" ON LOWER EDGE OF HOIST REINFORCE. ALLEGEDLY CARRIED AT DEEP CUT, SECOND MANASSAS, AUGUST 30, BY TROOPS IN GEN. BUTTERFIELD'S BRIGADE, V CORPS. GIVEN TO PVT. WM. W. RYDER, CO. F, 17TH N.Y. VOLS.,...
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: U.S. INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX FOR .58 CALIBER AMMUNITION.U.S. BOX PLATE, CAT.# MANA 1287, ON OUTER FLAP; 2 CARTRIDGE TINS WITHIN. APPEARS UNMARKED, UNISSUED. TREATED 6/15/1992 AT HFC.
Date Created: c. 1865
Description: U.S. REGULATION ARTILLERY SHELL JACKET, CIVIL WAR PERIOD. INSPECTOR'S STAMP & 2" ON LINING INSIDE RIGHT SLEEVE. UNISSUED CONDITION."
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: U.S. WAIST BELT PLATE (ON BELT, CAT.# MANA 555).
Date Created: c. 1861
Description: UNIFORM COAT WORN BY COLONEL S.B. GIBBONS, 10TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. SINGLE-BREASTED, 7 BUTTON FRONT (4 VIRGINIA SEAL BUTTONS REMAINING, TOP 3 MISSING); BROWNISH-GRAY WOOL; BLACK VELVET COLLAR WITH 3 BRASS STARS AFFIXED ON EACH SIDE. MAIN LINING IS BLACK SATEEN MATERIAL; SLEEVES LINED WITH WHITE...
Date Created: 1861
Description: UNIFORM JACKET WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, CO. A, 11TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES). BLUE-GRAY WOOL WITH RED & DARK BLUE TRIM, 10 BRASS BUTTONS. Origin: NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Date Created: 1861
Description: UNIFORM SHIRT WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, 11TH N.Y. INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES). RED FLANNEL FIREMAN'S SHIRT WITH BIB FRONT. Origin: NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Date Created: 1861
Description: UNIFORM TROUSERS WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, 11TH N.Y. INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES). GRAY WOOL WITH PLEATED WAIST, BUTTON FLY ON FRONT (METAL BUTTONS); DARK BLUE CORPORAL'S STRIPE ON OUTER SIDE SEAMS Origin: NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Date Created: c. 1889
Description: VIEW OF BEVERLEY MILL & OTHER STRUCTURES AT THOROUGHFARE GAP, C.1889. BLACK & WHITE, FADED; MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD BACKING. Origin: VIRGINIA.
Date Created: c. 1860
Description: VMI CADET TAILCOAT WORN BY CHARLES R. NORRIS (CO. B, 27TH VA INF.) WHEN KILLED 21 JULY 1861. SINGLE BREASTED; STAND UP COLLAR; CADET GRAY WOOL TRIMMED WITH BLACK BRAID; PADDED FRONT WITH RED LINING; WHITE COTTON SLEEVE LINING; GILT/BRASS VMI CADET BUTTONS (BACKMARK: R&W ROBINSON, EAGLE) IN 3...
Date Created: 1861
Description: WAIST BELT WORN BY CPL. FRANCIS BROWNELL, 11TH N.Y.INFANTRY (FIRE ZOUAVES). 2-PLY BLACK LEATHER WITH FRONT MARKED PREMIER" IN RAISED WHITE LETTERS ON RED BACKING. & "1" AT LEFT. FRAGMENT OF NARROW ATTACHMENT STRAP UNSTITCHED/SEPARATED." Origin: NEW YORK.
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