Confederate Louisiana die-struck rolled brass face waist belt plate. Lead filled with brass belt hooks, soldered directly onto the lead backing. Depicts the state seal of Louisiana, a pelican feeding her young. 55 mm x 77 mm (2.17" x 3.03"). Provenance: Estate of Jim Maconkey, Landrum, SC. Note: This is one of variants found wherever […]
Lot 268: Confederate Leech & Rigdon Waist Plate on Leather Sword Belt
Confederate Leech & Rigdon waist belt plate on original leather sword belt. 2-piece sand cast brass plain tongue plate, oak leaf wreath with embossed Leech & Rigdon "reverse L" patterns, top and bottom center. Includes original receipt and documentation from Shannon Pritchard, Old South Military Antiques. Plate approximately 50 mm x 91 mm (1.97" x […]
Lot 269: Confederate LA Officer's Sword Belt with Plate on Leather
Confederate Louisiana Officer's Sword belt with plate on original leather. 2-piece gilt cast brass waist belt plate with round keepers, applied die-struck tongue medallion depicting the state seal of Louisiana, a pelican feeding her young, surrounded by concentric rings to wreath. Partially illegible tag affixed to the inside of the belt which indicates capture at […]
Lot 266: Southern Cross Reunion Flag or Banner
Confederate reunion Southern Cross linen machine sewn flag or banner, comprised of pieced and appliqued red, white and blue linen with two brass grommets. 55 1/4" H x 57 1/2" W. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: Private Ringgold, Georgia collection; among items purchased in the 1960's from the old location of the A. P. Stewart […]
Lot 267: Confederate Richmond, VA R.H. Bosher Leather Belt with Buckle
Confederate Richmond, Virginia R. H. Bosher Carriage Works original leather belt with fixed tongue frame buckle. 1-piece enlisted infantry sand cast brass "Beveled Edge" frame buckle on leather belt stamped "W. H. BOSHER CO." over "RICHMOND VA." on the front of the leather below the stitching for the buckle. Includes original retail listing from Shannon […]
Lot 263: TN 1860 Album, Cumberland University Phi Kappa Sigma
Civil War Era Tennessee fraternal album, comprised of autographs and photographs of members of Phi Kappa Sigma at Cumberland University, circa 1860. The fraternity was founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1850 by Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell. Cumberland University, located about 30 miles east of Nashville, became the thirteenth university on the roll of […]
Lot 264: Album of 42 Confederate CDVs, incl. Generals, Booth
Civil War era album of forty-two (42) Confederate related cartes-de-viste, including John Wilkes Booth and a young Robert E. Lee, and other CSA Generals including Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Stonewall Jackson. 1st item: Composite CDV depicting John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators including George Atzerodt, Edmund Spangler, Michael O'Laughlen, Lewis Powell, Samuel Arnold, and David […]
Lot 265: Battle of Shiloh Polk Pattern Bible Flag, S.D.J. Lewis
Battle of Shiloh, Major General Leonidas Polk pattern personal/bible flag, presented to S. Duff J. Lewis, 12th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry. Flag comprised of machine sewn appliqued red and white silk on blue silk ground with eleven stitched stars in gold silk thread, obverse, appliqued white silk cross and oval with stitched "SHILOH" in red thread, […]
Lot 261: J. S. Mosby Archive, 3 ALS, Signed Photo, 8 items
Archive of 8 items related to John Singleton Mosby, the Confederate "Gray Ghost," including three (3) ALS, one (1) signed cabinet card, and three (3) related newspaper articles, 8 items total. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) ALS. One page handwritten letters written on Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. stationary. From John Singleton Mosby, at the time […]
Lot 262: Civil War Tintype & Archive, C. C. Taylor – Columbus GA
Tintype photograph of Christopher Columbus Taylor, CSA, Company E, 20th Georgia Infantry, along with a family photographic archive. The ninth plate tinted tintype depicts C.C. Taylor seated and wearing his Confederate uniform, and is enclosed in a gilt mat and gutta percha union case with note stating "C.C. Taylor 18 years old / Taken 1861 […]