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2271 - IDENTIFIED KNIFE TO A
MEMBER OF THE 1ST TEXAS INFANTRY, A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS HOOD'S
BRIGADE, 19" blade, 24" overall. Spanish style
wooden handle with brass guard and fittings. Two thirds of the
original double stitched scabbard accompanies the knife missing the
throat. Old linen cloth label states the owner to have been "M.
C. Noble Texas". Lt. M. C. Noble was a
Company F, 1st Texas Infantry, Woodsville Rifles, which was part of
Hood's Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia and later in the Army
of the Tennessee. The blade and handle is in excellent condition and
is typical of the array of knives used by Texas soldiers with a
Spanish influence from nearby Mexico. This had just come out of the
"backwoods" and is a new find. The 1st Texas Infantry was
one of the core regiments in "Hood's Texas Brigade",
arguably the most celebrated infantry brigade in the Confederate Army.
It was the only Texas unit in Gen'l Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern
Virginia. The 1st Texas was recruited largely from East Texas in April
1861 after the opening shots of the War Between the States, and was
the only regiment in the Confederate Army comprised of twelve
companies. The regulations called for ten. All of the companies made
their way piecemeal to Virginia in the spring and summer of 1861.
Later that fall with the arrival of the 4th and 5th Texas, the 1st
Texas and its Colonel, Louis Trezevan Wigfall, (being promoted to
brigadier-general), was assigned to the new Texas Brigade. The tree
regiments were brigaded together for the first time on November 13,
1861, when the 4th and 5th joined the 1st at Dumfries, VA, roughly 25
miles south of Washington City. Thus the frontier Texans, who were
admired as the best riders and riflemen in the army, began their
almost matchless and unsurpassed march across the pages of history.
The 1st Texas Infantry, nicknamed the "Ragged Old
First," experienced its day of glory in the cornfield at
Sharpsburg, MD on September 17, 1862, suffering 82% casualties - the
highest of any regiment North or South during the war. A great knife
and scabbard from a great unit.....................................$1,995.00
 794
- NAVAL BOARDING AXE, 1840 - 1860's, 7" tomahawk steel
head with original wooden handle, overall 18". A mainstay weapon
of naval forces for centuries used for boarding attacks in cutting
rigging as well as a weapon. Very
fine.......................................................$225.00
SOLD
 818
- NAVAL CUTLASS BAYONET, MODEL 1859 ENFIELD, 27" in
length, checkered leather handle in superb condition. Blade and
mounting ring in excellent condition. WS stamped on the blade. An
excellent example of this popularly imported naval cutlass during the
Civil War. A splendid
example..................................................$650.00
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