Group of Civil War Dug Artifacts from Devon Farm. 1st item: U.S. Navy Percussion Pistol, Model 1842. Field repair on stock and forestock. 11 1/2" L. 2nd item: Percussion pistol relic without lockplate, hammer, and half of lower grip. 14" L. 3rd and 4th items: 2 .58 caliber bayonets. 20 3/4" L & 18 3/4" […]

Tranter Revolver, .44 caliber, serial number No. 12959 T, Side Arm of Lt. Colonel Henry Clay Yeatman, cased with accoutrements. Checkered English walnut stocks, no visible cracks, complete and intact. Safety is present, bore is dark. Name of retailer stamped on top of barrel "R. S. GARDEN. 29 PICCADILLY. LONDON". Barrel length – 6". Housed […]

Civil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July 18, 1842 to Charles and Rebecca Lones, the first of nine children. The Lones' were a prominent Knoxville family that originally moved to the area in the 1770's. Military […]

Grouping of Four (4) Civil War Items. 1st item: Civil War era .58 caliber cartridge box. Leather with brass "US" army buckle on front flap, with tins inside, metal hardware. Two straps on back. 6" H x 8" W x 2 1/4" D. 2nd item: Civil War era brown leather belt with brass "US" army […]

Confederate Civil War items of Private John Randolph Zeigler (1833 – 1919) of Franklin County, Virginia. 1st item: Civil War era engraved light cavalry saber with partial floral and shield engraved decoration to the blade, grip with full sharkskin and twisted gilt copper wrap with scabbard, no visible marks but probably Solingen. Blade measures approximately […]

Two (2) Civil War era pistols from Devon Farm, Nashville, TN (possible battlefield pick-ups from Battle of Nashville). 1st item: Savage Navy Percussion Revolver .36 cal. Octagonal barrel, walnut grips. Hammer and trigger function. Barrel length – 7 1/8", Overall – 14 1/2". 2nd item: Colt Model 1851 Revolver, .36 caliber, serial number 96321. Brass […]

Group of Civil War era photos including TN Governor Brownlow and staff, and assorted images of Union Officers. 1st group: Albumen print of Governor Brownlow (second from left) and with his staff including son James Patton Brownlow (seated to his right) and his other son John Bell Brownlow ( seated fifth from left) during one […]

Group of six Civil War era albumen prints of Union generals and officers in uniform, attrib. C.C. Giers of Nashville, two with some hand-coloring including one of Brig. General Thomas H. Ruger, 1833-1907. Sizes range from 6-3/8" x 8-3/8" to 10-1/4" x 9". Also included is one photograph of city street scene with two cannon […]

Autographed Civil War era Union officer CDV and 5 albumen officer prints, all attributed to C.C. Giers of Nashville. 1st item: Autographed Carte de Viste of Brig. General Thomas H. Ruger, 1833-1907, with Ruger's signature in ink on reverse. Stamped on back for Giers & Co., National Portrait Gallery, Nashville, Tenn. 4" x 2 3/8". […]

Collection of 13 Civil War Related carte de visite cards from various studios, including several officers in uniform including a signed Major General James "Birdseye" Mc Pherson CDV, Kearny, Thomas, McClellan, Hooker, Thomas Waldon (NY Private), Brig. General Robert P. Kennedy, 3 other unnamed subjects and 1 group shot of soldiers in uniform. Lot also […]