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Two (2) CIvil War Officer's Swords. 1st item: Cavalry Officer's Sword Model 1860. Light but visible etching on steel blade, brass guard and shagreen leather wrap with twisted brass wire. Brass mounted metal scabbard. Plain mounts. Gilt in protected areas. Blade length – 32". Overall length with scabbard – 39 1/4". 2nd item: Foot Officer's […]

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" […]

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 […]

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". […]

Three Civil War era items including 2 photographs and a broadside. 1st item: Cabinet card portrait of Confederate Major Joseph Vaulx, Jr. of Nashville, TN, autographed below image in ink, image published by NY society photographer Benjamin "Jack" Falk, 949 Broadway, N.Y. Major Vaulx served under Major General, B. F. Cheatham in several campaigns including […]

Group of Civil War era albumen prints, CDVs, and a stereoscope of Union officers and two Presidents. 1st item: Autographed CDV of Major General Thomas, signed below image. Stamped on back Giers & Co., Nashville, Tenn., 4" x 2 1/2". 2nd-3rd items: Two CDVs, one of President Andrew Johnson and other a composite illustration view […]

Circa 1904 Giers photograph of Confederate Veterans of Company B, Nashville, Tennessee. Among the more than 100 former CSA soldiers pictured are Captain Mark S. Cockrill, Lt. William Aimison, Lt. M.M. Barnes, Lt. Howlette, Quartermaster Spencer Eakin, Chaplain M.B. Pilcher, Surgeon R. J. Neil, and one African-American, Monroe Gooch, who served as a Confederate cook […]