Civil War era Original Packing Crate for twenty (20) Colt Special Model 1861 rifle-muskets, sold by Marcellus Hartley and Company, New York. Constructed of pine boards with square nails and round screws. Retains one of the wooden brackets to seat the barrel and ramrod for five of the guns; small cut out pocket at one […]
Lot 762: Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Rifle, .58 cal.
Civil War era Springfield Model 1863 Rifle-Musket, .58 caliber. Lock plate marked 1863 U.S. SPRINGFIELD with eagle logo and dated 1863, two barrel bands with "U" proof marks to left side. Walnut stocks, round barrel, metal frame, standard sights, checkered hammer, curved butt plate, ram rod. Barrel length: 40". Overall length: 58". Provenance: The Estate […]
Lot 763: Civil War Starr Army Model 1863 Revolver, .44 cal. Unmarked
Civil War era Starr Army Model 1863 six-shot single-action revolver, .44 caliber. Walnut stocks, round barrel, checkered hammer, standard front sight, loading lever. Barrel length: 8". Overall length: 14". Provenance: The Estate of Kevin George Carle, Albemarle, NC. Condition: Unmarked example with light pepper pitting to metal, particularly to hammer, storage dings to stocks with […]
Lot 759: Burnside Contract Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine, .52 cal.
Burnside Contract Model 1865 Spencer Repeating Carbine, .52 caliber, serial number 32550 to rear of the frame near the hammer. Top flat of receiver marked "MODEL/1865/SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE/PAT'D MARCH 6, 1860/MANUF 'D AT PROV. R. I./BY BURNSIDE RIFLE Co." butt plate tang with "W" inspector mark, top of butt stock near butt plate tang with […]
Lot 760: Civil War Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver, 44 cal.
Civil War era Colt Army Model 1860 Revolver, .44 caliber, serial number 141028, all visible serial numbers matching. Barrel marked "Address Col. Saml Colt New-York U.S. America," left side of frame marked "Colts Patent," illegible rectangular cartouche, bottom of left stock, "D" inspector marks, left and right side of barrel, "H" inspector mark, top of […]
Lot 761: Springfield Model 1863 Type II Rifle w/ Bayonet
Civil War era Springfield Model 1863 Type II Rifle-Musket Dated 1864, .58 caliber with bayonet. Lock plate marked 1864 U.S. SPRINGFIELD with eagle logo and dated 1864, top of barrel dated 1864, V over P over eagle head proof mark, left side of barrel, two illegible cartouches, left side of lock plate. Walnut stocks, round […]
Lot 757: 7 Civil War era Photographs, incl McClellan
Seven (7) Civil War related photographs, including cartes de visite (CDV). 1st-4th items: Four (4) CDVs, three (3) photographic and one (1) lithographed, depicting Union Major General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), Commanding General of the United States Army, from November 1861 – March 1862, and later the 24th Governor of New Jersey, in his uniform, […]
Lot 758: Civil War Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine, .52 cal.
Civil War era Sharps New Model 1863 breech-loading carbine, .52 caliber, serial number C. 20255 to tang. Top of barrel marked "SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG CO./ HARTFORD CONN." before the rear sight and "NEW MODEL 1863" between the breechblock and the rear sight, rear sight marked "R.S. LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 15TH 1859," left side of the receiver marked "C. […]
Lot 755: Civil War Joseph Meredith Archive, TN, incl. Badge, Johnston Parole Document
Archive of approximately ninety-eight (98) items pertaining to CSA Private Joseph M. Meredith, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Company G, including one (1) General Joseph E. Johnston parole document, dated May 3, 1865, and one (1) United Confederate Veterans (UCV) 11th Reunion Nathan Bedford Forrest Badge, Memphis 1901.1st item: Parole document […]
Lot 756: Civil War Related Archive, incl. Sheriden ALS
Archive of ten (10) Civil War and Post Civil War era soldier letters and documents. 1st item: ALS. Two page handwritten bifolium letter from Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Union General and later General of the U.S. Army, Chicago IL, to Mr. Bernard, circa 1869-71. The letter reads "My dear Mr Bernard The horses are at […]