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- THE 155TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, CORCORAN'S IRISH BRIGADE, in
October 1862, more than 400 Buffalo men, most of them Irish, heeded
President Abraham Lincoln's call for additional volunteers during the
Civil War and crowded into Fort Porter near the present day Peace
Bridge to become the basis of the 155th New York Volunteer Infantry
Regiment part of Corcoran's Irish Legion 2nd Division 2nd Corps.
The 155th - marching under a green banner emblazoned with the Harp of
Erin - journeyed to Staten Island where it was consolidated with other
units so that ultimately the regiment contained only two companies
from Buffalo; another two companies became part of the 164th New York.
The 155th moved south into Virginia where, on Jan. 30, 1863, it saw
its first action in what was to become known as the Battle of
Deserted House near Suffolk, VA. Months of mind-numbing monotony
mixed with hardships caused by weather and disease were to follow. In
the spring of 1864, it became part of the Army of the Potomac and at
the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse suffered about 60
casualties. More engagements resulted in further losses and the
assault on Cold Harbor, VA, cost the 155th more than 160 men.
Tipping was to refer to the frontal assault as "murder, not
war." During the attack on Petersburg in June 1864, the
155th was riddled with casualties at the rate of 50 percent, or about
80 men, and was soon down to a mere 75 men. By July 1864, only 41
remained of the 820 who had arrived at Suffolk in December of 1862,
according to the history. The 155th participated in 16 battles or
campaigns and was present on April 9, 1865, for the Confederate
surrender at Appomattox. On July 15, 1865, the 155th New York
Volunteers were officially mustered out of service. The US flag
remnants were part of the effects of Captain Joseph F. Eustice of
the 155th NY who distinguished himself at the Battle of Hatcher's
Run and was carried by that unit. The copy photo above shows Union
troops during the assault on Petersburg. 11" X 14" double
matted, we have a limited quantity to sell of these displays...................................................................$195.00/unframed
 1240
- GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, US OVAL CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE, Emmetsburg
Road find as marked in white paint, partial hooks, excellent
face and rims, chocolate brown patina. An excellent Gettysburg relic
plate in fine condition......$225.00
 1241
- GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, US OVAL US BELT BUCKLE, US Oval
complete with hooks [all three], full lead fill existent, chocolate
brown patina with a great face and solid rims, old white paint
markings. Very fine......................................$325.00
 1242
- ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, US regulation cap box, early battlefield
pickup marked "Antietam PU", exterior in
excellent condition with both straps on verso, only one interior
"ear" missing. Leather has been nicely preserved.
Fine.................$250.00
 1243
- ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, EAGLE BREASTPLATE, excellent face and
rims, missing the hooks, dark chocolate patina [5] marked Ant. Museum
[an old museum that was sold years ago],
fine.................................................$145.00
 1244
- ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, EAGLE BREASTPLATE, excellent face and
rims, missing one hook, dark chocolate patina [4] marked Ant. Museum
[an old museum that was sold years ago],
fine.........................................................$155.00
 1245
- ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, EAGLE BREASTPLATE, excellent face and
rims, complete hooks, mottled patina [5A] marked Ant. Museum [an old
museum that was sold years ago],
fine.................................................$195.00
 1246
- ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN, EAGLE BREASTPLATE, excellent face and
rims, complete hooks, mottled patina [7] marked Ant. Museum [an old
museum that was sold years ago],
fine....................................................$195.00
 11096
- EXCAVATED NEAR ANTIETAM, Regulation US oval buckle with all
the hooks remaining on the reverse, small edge ding, light abrasion to
"S", marked "Antietam" in
white.................................................$275.00
 11098
- 14TH CORPS BADGE, Acorn shaped field made badge with T bar
hooks evident on the reverse [no bar remains] excavated near
Dalton, GA. 2" X 2" copper-brass alloy, the XIV Corps,
along with the XIII Corps, were both created in October of 1862 with
the passing of General Orders No. 168. The order directed that all the
troops of the Department of the Cumberland be organized into the XIV
Corps with General William Rosecrans in command. The troops of this
corps had previously been styled the Army of the Ohio, under the
command of Don Carlos Buell. Buell's Army of the Ohio had already been
divided into three unofficial coprs designated I, II, and III Corps.
When Rosecrans took command the army was renamed the Army of the
Cumberland and was made up of twelve divisions. This included 155
regiments of infantry, 1 regiment of engineers, 35 batteries of
artillery, and 6 regiments of cavalry. This corps served in the
battles from Stones River to the March to the Sea in 1865. Nice form
and metal quite solid........................................$165.00
  11099
- 19TH CORPS BADGE, 35mm X 35mm, silver with swivel tie bar on
verso. 900 silver, un-inscribed, nicely fashioned by a jeweler, shows
nice wear. Typical style of the 19th Corps serving in Louisiana and
Virginia. Battles this corps fought in were: Baton Rouge; Georgia
Landing; Bayou Teche; Fort Bisland; Irish Bend; Plains' Store; Assault
on Port Hudson, May 27th; Assault on Port Hudson, June 14th; Port
Hudson Trenches; Thibodeaux; Brashear City; Donaldsonville; Sabine
Cross Roads; Pleasant Hill; Cane River; Cloutierville; Alexandria;
Mansura; Yellow Bayou; Atchafalaya; Berryville; Opequon; Fisher's
Hill; Cedar Creek. Nice style and similar specimens are typically
offered at $600
up............................................................$425.00
 2273
- CIVIL WAR PERIOD DE LA RUE PLAYING CARDS, A complete deck of
cards manufactured by De la Rue of London, the largest manufacturer of
playing cards of the period. De la Rue also printed a Confederate
stamp for the Confederate Government during the War. This is a
complete and well used set. A favorite of soldiers on both sides to
pass the time away was playing cards. Difficult to find
today................................................$285.00
 
60610 - GREAT EARLY WAR GETTYSBURG FAN SOUVENIR, Early 20th
Century souvenir fan printed by Osburn of Biglerville, PA. Wooden
blades with dual-sided Gettysburg prints, photos, and maps of the
three day battle. Condition is fine with no tears,
uncommon..........................................$57.50
795 - BATTLE OF SHILOH, LOT OF
FOUR RELIC PLATES, (4) - 2 cartridge box plates, one US
buckle, and one Eagle plate. These are relic plates with much erosion
around the edges, with the central designs clear. Shiloh area relics
are scarce...............................$275.00
797 - NORTH
CAROLINA CONFEDERATE BUTTON, Large coat two piece, state seal.
Complete with shank, clear details, representative
specimen.......................$65.00
798 - CIVIL WAR
OFFICER'S BRASS HAT WREATH, Complete with hooks. An excellent
example of the half wreath officer's hat piece used with a regiment
number. Nice olive patina. Civil
war...............................................$115.00
800 - CIVIL WAR
CAVALRY HAT INSIGNIA, Large crossed sabers, stamped brass with
original hooks. Lovely olive patina, scarce
today...........................$175.00
801 - CONFEDERATE
INFANTRY BUTTONS, Large I, good face no back. Good for a
display as it has an excellent face. Dug at
Mobile............................$45.00
another has back, slight push, no shank. Dug in
Tennessee............................$45.00
803 - CIVIL WAR
SPRINGFIELD BAYONET WITH LEATHER SCABBARD, Stamped US, non-dug
Springfield bayonet with almost all of leather scabbard, top portion
missing by holding strap. A nice
example......................................$145.00
804 - CIVIL WAR
ENFIELD BAYONET, Non-dug example stamped US, complete with
tightening strap, nice and un-cleaned.............................$145.00
805 - CIVIL WAR
BAYONET, BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA, Enfield bayonet excavated
at Winchester, VA. Complete with tightening strap and has good form,
oxidation on surface. Nicely sealed, black
patina......................................$125.00
807 - CIVIL WAR
BAYONET, VICKSBURG, MS, Enfield bayonet excavated near
Vicksburg, MS. Has good form, oxidized surfaces, but solid
shape................................$125.00
808 - CIVIL WAR
BAYONET, CHANCELLORSVILLE, Scarcer Austrian bayonet. Has good
form, although oxidized, could be cleaned
additionally............................$135.00
809 - CIVIL WAR
BAYONET, BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR, VA, Enfield bayonet excavated
at Cold Harbor, VA. Nice form through oxidized,
scarce................................$130.00
822 - BULLETS IN
WOOD FROM SPOTTYSYLVANIA BATTLEFIELD AREA, Nice 4" -
5" pieces of wood with exposed Minnie balls from this famous 1864
battle.........................$69.00
823 - MUSKET
BARREL RINGS, GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD, Intact. We have four
nice complete rings....................................$15.00/each
824 - SMALL GUN
WRENCH, GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD, Intact. 4" long, a scarce
relic from this famous battle............................$28.00
825 - PISTOL
WORMS, GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD, Dug from a GB camp site. Used
to remove stuck bullets from barrels. These are
scarce...........................$30.00
826 - GETTYSBURG
BATTLEFIELD, Confederate Gardner
bullets...........................$10.00
827 - ANTIETAM
BATTLEFIELD, Lead artillery fuse caps. Dug near
Antietam.............$10.00
828 - GENERAL
SLOCUM MONUMENT DEDICATION MEDAL, GETTYSBURG 1902, Complete
medal, nice gray tone with picture of
monument.............................$250.00
829 - BADGE,
GETTYSBURG 1913, Beautiful celluloid badge with complete
ribbons. Quite colorful. Very fine...................................$250.00
 THE
61ST PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
The flag remnant above came from one of the Regimental Flags used by
the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. While this
regiment did not win specific acclaim for turning the course of a
battle, it was a workhorse unit that participated in the vast majority
of the battles fought by the Army of the Potomac and it also fought
briefly in the Army of the Shenandoah. The major battles the unit
fought in were: Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Antietam,
Marye's Heights, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester,
Cedar Creek, Gettysburg, Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House. At
Fair Oaks, the unit was mauled by Micah Jenkins' Confederates and lost
263 men and all the field officers were killed, wounded, or captured.
The unit lost 151 men at the Wilderness and 139 at Spotsylvania. The
61st lost more officers in combat than any other Federal regiment and
the battle deaths were the 15th highest of the 2000 Federal regiments
that fought in the War. In spite of tremendous losses the 61st never
lost a battle flag and was mustered out in Pittsburg ending the
tragedy and suffering of its tired men. The copy photo above shows
Federal troops staging before the Battle of Fair Oaks where the 61st
suffered their greatest losses in soldiers and officers. (a) fragments
from the flag.............................................$125.00
(b) partial gold painted star......................$200.00
(c) entire gold painted
star.........................................$295.00
11"X14" unframed
 THE
UNION INFANTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR, An eye catching display with
graphics showing a Confederate Infantry charge on Union Infantry at
Gettysburg in color. An authentic Union Infantry Kepi insignia mounted
on a remnant of a 34 Star Civil War flag of red and white fabric
stitched together. The kepi insignia is in mint condition and is
absolutely authentic. The text accompanying the display describes the
make up of an infantry company and regiment citing the rank of
officers in each company. The infantry was the backbone of the Union
Army during the War and this horn insignia was the symbol of the
infantry. 11"X14"
unframed.............................................$145.00
 THE
AGE OF CUSTER, George Armstrong Custer was an aggressive
cavalry commander during the Civil War leading his Michigan Brigade
into battle such as he did at Gettysburg. For his actions, he was made
a Major General at age 23. Other battles he and his brigade took part
in were the Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Trevelian Station, the Valley
Campaigns of 1864, and the final campaign stopping Lee from moving
south from Appomattox. After the War, he was made Lt. Colonel of the
7th U.S. Cavalry in the West and was killed at the Battle of Little
Big Horn by a force of Indians consisting of Sioux, Cheyenne, and
Arapaho led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The copy photo above
shows Custer leading his men into the Black Hills in the Dakotas.
Custer is seen in the light colored shirt. The brass cavalry insignia
is the model 1873 crossed sabers, the type worn by the cavalry during
the Indian Wars. The flag remnant dates from the Civil War (1863-65)
when Custer was made famous for his daring cavalry charges.
11"X14"
unframed.....................................................$125.00
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STAR US CIVIL WAR FLAG, This great inexpensive display is
housed in a 5"X7" plexiglas holder and contains a copy photo
of a Union soldier holding a large Civil War flag similar in size to
the one these remnants were salvaged from. You can see the stitching
holding the red and toned white fabric together. A popular one with
our customers for years and at the price we sold them for in 1995 when
we first made this display.................................$45.00
All displays
sold unframed, but framing is available at an extra charge and a
nominal fee.
Displays shipped shrink-wrapped otherwise!
 71144
- FROM A FALLEN SOLDIER AT THE BATTLE OF BULLS RUN, a large
coat New York button on the original coat fabric it was excavated with
years ago. The note states "Bulls Run" and does not mention
whether it is 1st or 2nd Bulls Run. Due to the large scope of the 2nd
Battle compared to the first battle it could be assumed it came from a
combatant in 2nd Bulls Run from a New York Regiment. But since several
NY regiments fought in both encounters there is always the possibility
this is a relic from 1st Bulls Run. Button has light oxidation with no
pushes. Fabric swath is 2" X
3.5"........................................................................SOLD
11093 - EXCAVATED AT GETTYSBURG, US breast plate with Eagle.
Superb face, hooks missing from verso, probably being clipped off to
mount on an old relic board. Markings on verso:
"Gettysburg"..........................SOLD
11095 - EXCAVATED NEAR SOUTH MOUNTAIN [ANTIETAM], Union gutter
back spur, brass, intact, undamaged as most
are................................SOLD
 110910
- SOUTHERN USED CIVIL WAR MEDICAL KIT, 2.5" X 7",
rosewood hardwook box containing 7 medical instruments consisting of
two saw blades, three bone-handed scalpels, one tweezers, and one
hooked probe, made by V.W. Brinkerhoff of NY, supplied medical
instruments to the army. All marked with the maker. Old pen
identification on the inside of the velvet lining seems to be C.
Thomason, New Orleans, LA. A very nice
set...................................SOLD
 110912
- CIVIL WAR ERA GLASS SYRINGE, 6" glass syringe with the
intact pewter cap. All interior plunger seals intact which is unusual,
in excellent
condition......................................................SOLD
796 - SOLDIER'S
CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN EATING SET, Knife, fork, and spoon. All fit
and have hardwood handle with brass fittings. Lovely patina to metal
and wood. Three prong fork, scarce....................................SOLD
802 - US OVAL
BELT BUCKLE, Complete with hooks, excavated from a Virginia
riverbed. Sharp US and completely intact. Several areas of erosion,
unaffecting attractiveness of the
buckle........................................SOLD
806 - CIVIL WAR
BAYONET, BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, Enfield bayonet with old marking "Piefer
Farm-Antietam", complete bayonet with strap, oxidized,
but has good form. Scarce Antietam
find...........................................SOLD
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