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The following are for sale and are lifetime guaranteed.  For a more detailed picture, just click the thumbnail.  Please  E-mail me at reunion@cox.net or call with questions or to place an order.  

Confederate Artifacts
VaFrock1.jpg (27271 bytes) Virginia Confederate Lieutenant's Frock Coat.  It will be hard to find a better one.  Virginia staff buttons and Crenshaw (Richmond) cloth.  Comes with authentication letter from Les Jensen.  $ 52,000
SCSharps.jpg (84141 bytes) S. C. Robinson Confederate Sharps Carbine.  A real beauty.  Call or email for details. $ 22,000
Beals.jpg (17928 bytes) Leech & Rigdon Navy. (see firearms page for details).  $ 22,500
Gutterback01a.jpg (14159 bytes) Confederate Frame Buckle.  Gutterback pattern brass frame belt buckle dug in the Shenandoah Valley near New Market.  Recently purchased from the original digger's estate and absolutely guaranteed. $ 750
ForkedTongueBuckle01a.jpg (10703 bytes) Confederate Forked-tongue Buckle.  Beautiful brass frame belt buckle dug in the Shenandoah Valley near New Market.  Recently purchased from the original digger's estate and absolutely guaranteed. $ 800
ButtonCSA.jpg (21828 bytes) Confederate Button Page Click on the icon for over 50 of the real thing.
CS201A.jpg (17391 bytes) NEW Confederate Rifleman's Button,  25mm Stippled Roman 'R'  H T & B Manchester b/m $ 850
CSBormann273.jpg (108892 bytes) C.S. Six Pounder Shell having a Confederate 5-1/2 second Bormann fuse. Fuse has been flattened but last increments are readable. Heavy pitting on the iron. $ 400
ReadCase.jpg (50686 bytes) Confederate Read Parrott Case Shot round for the CS 3" Rifle or Parrott Rifle.   Prominent lathe dimple in base.  An absolutely Confederate round.  Disarmed and coated. $ SOLD
Sideloader.jpg (34228 bytes) Confederate Sideloader.  12 pounder case shot with lead plug.  Cool. $ SOLD
Fuses01.jpg (92250 bytes) Confederate Fuse Plug.  One bronze threaded paper fuse holder for CS conical rounds (the one long pattern in picture).   $ 60
Fuses01.jpg (92250 bytes) Confederate Fuse Plugs.  Bronze threaded paper fuse adapters CS spherical rounds (the two short patterns in picture).  Priced each. $ 65
SideloaderPlugs296.jpg (32114 bytes) Side Loader Plugs.  These lead plugs filled the holes in case shot shells where iron balls were poured in, a distinctively Confederate munitions type.  Priced each. $ 20
Housewife01.jpg (7287 bytes) Period Housewife.  Beautiful roll-up style with thimble pocket.  Just like the ones in Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy.   $ 110
Canal5.jpg (100246 bytes) New Orleans $5 Note.  Original, un-issued, and un-circulated c. 1850  Canal & Banking Co. fiver.  Haxby LA-105 G-10 pattern.  These notes are often found unsigned and un-numbered.  Your chance to by a Confederate State note in outstanding condition.  Guaranteed authentic.  Have several so quantity discounts are a possibility. $ 20
UCVMahone.jpg (17561 bytes) Confederate Veteran's Ribbon Mahones' Old Brigade.  How many of these are left?  For the 1877 Reunion at Petersburg. $ SOLD
UCV_LA_1912.jpg (28967 bytes) UCV Badge 1912 Baton Rouge Louisiana.  Two-piece with weak ribbon and Robert E. Lee planchet.  Lacks pin. $ 225
UCVRichmond1915.jpg (27239 bytes) UCV Badge 1915 Richmond.  Two-piece with Robert E. Lee relief and enameled battle flag details.   $ 250
UCV Badge 1922 Richmond.  Two-piece with Jackson monument and White House of the Confederacy details.   $ 280

For Sale: Union Artifacts

CavMusician01.jpg (147378 bytes) Cavalry Musician's Jacket.  Stunning Schuylkill Arsenal marked, regulation pattern with its arsenal-distinctive plaid liner intact.  The only flaw is minor repair on its right shoulder and three buttons have come off over time (I will provide replacements).  This arguably has the most desirable combination of features you could ask for: cavalry, great condition, awesome lining.  It would be hard to improve on this hard-to-find uniform piece.   $ 10,750
Tourniquet.jpg (37536 bytes) Period Maker-marked Tourniquet.    These are always missing from Civil War Period surgical kits and this one is still in its original paper wrapper and has never been fully removed.  Marked TIENCKEN a listed Period maker.  Still has traces of sealing wax and pencil-written "Field Tourniquet" on flap.  You won't find a better one. $ 200
Hotchkiss_2_6.jpg (22592 bytes) 2.6" Hotchkiss Percussion Shell.    Iron anvil, rarity 8+.  This shell was dug by Coiner Rosen a third generation Rude's Hill, New Market Virginia resident.  This fired Wiard Rifle shell has a piece broken off the nose and the heel is gone. $ 300
Parrotts263.jpg (130604 bytes) Parrott Case Shot.  Disarmed shells as fired from Union 10 pound Parrott rifles.  From from George Keggereis'  Pennsylvania collection, but I can't verify which battlefield, so I won't claim the G word.  Choice, priced each. $ 220
LockUS.jpg (56731 bytes) US marked Ordnance Padlock.    These were used on limber chests and payroll boxes.  A fine example that is unlocked and ready of display. $ 75
Band.jpg (1494720 bytes) Fantastic Yankee Band CDV!!!  Bones, Triangle, Fiddle, Guitar, and Tambourine.  New Albany, Indiana (Louisville, Kentucky) backmarked.  Unique. $ 750
36StarFlag.jpg (74467 bytes) 36 Star National Flag.  Original 1865-67 stars and stripes.  84" X 48" machine-sewn linen flag with hand sewn stars.  Rope hoist.  Has large star (souvenir?) cut out of the canton field as shown.  Some insect loss to white stripes, otherwise in excellent, sound condition.     $ SOLD
JS02.jpg (106964 bytes) Original Soldier Art.  Featuring sketches by Medal of Honor winner Julian Scott.
M1858 Forage Cap.  Regulation flat-top of classic enlistedman form with L. J. & L. Philips No. 1, Size 6 3/4" paper label.  Chinstrap and buttons have separated and polished cotton liner is gone, else in very good condition for display.  Save a few hundred dollars and sew the buttons on yourself (original loose pieces are included). $ 2400
TallMcDowell.jpg (3898 bytes) McDowell Kepi.  Early War pattern.  Very tall with patent leather visor.  Liner is there, but most of the sweatband isn't.  Email for full description. $ 3,500
ShellJacket_keg.jpg (100089 bytes) Mounted Artillery Jacket.  Regulation shell jacket with inspector's mark and size"2" in the sleeve.  Complete and in very good to fine condition. $ 2850
TT2ColtArmies.jpg (320237 bytes) Yanks with Army Colts Quarter-plate tintype of two cavalrymen with Colt 44's.  Great content. $ 550
LVCorporalColt.jpg (130807 bytes) Tintype with Colt Navy.  Large quarter-plate of a Union corporal in brass matte as shown. $ 400
AmbroSgtM1850.jpg (85661 bytes) Ambrotype with M1850 Officer Sword.  Ninth-plate of a Union sergeant holding a foot officer's sword.  In half case and brass matte as shown. $ 300
TT6WiscPards.jpg (295954 bytes) Six Wisconsin Pards.  Quarter plate of enlistedmen attributed (without firm provenance) to Wisconsin.  Certainly look like western Yanks.  $ 400
Beals.jpg (17928 bytes) Firearms Page. (click icon) 
GallagerCarts.jpg (133337 bytes) Gallager Cartridges.  Unopened box reads "10 Poultney's Metallic CARTRIDGES, PATENTED DECEMBER 15th, 1863; 12 CAPS, FOR Gallager's Breech Loading Carbine, 50/100 Calibre."  $ 600
Maynards.jpg (33405 bytes) Maynard Carbine Cartridge Packet.  Unopened, original 10-pack of .50 caliber Maynards including percussion caps.  RARE. $ 650
Box of Spencer Cartridges.  Original box of seven cartridges in correct 56-56, .52 caliber.  $ 300
Lanyard02_1.jpg (225245 bytes) Artillery Lanyard.  The cord is regulation 12 feet long and has a few old knots in it  The friction prime hook is machine forged.   Excellent example. $ SOLD
Lanyard03.jpg (54010 bytes) Artillery Lanyard.  The cord is regulation 12 feet long.  The friction prime hook is machine forged.   Excellent example. $ 425
splintag.jpg (4299 bytes) Maker marked, dated and undated Medical Splints $ 75-150
RhodeIslandFirstCav.jpg (92521 bytes) First Rhode Island Cavalry Reunion Ribbon.  Pristine 1886 dated ribbon from a hard-to-find unit. $ 100
GAR 126th OVI.jpg (97682 bytes) 126th Ohio Infantry Ribbon.  1915 dated two-color Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) ribbon from a unit that fought in the East in the battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Petersburg campaign, plus the battles of Opequan, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.  The ribbon has been mounted to a piece of foam core as shown. $ 40
GARCadizOhio.jpg (78341 bytes) Ohio Veteran's Ribbon.  1926 dated two-color Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) ribbon from Cadiz, Ohio celebrating the 36th annual reunion.  The ribbon has been mounted to a piece of foam core as shown. $ 30
Ohio130thGAR.jpg (113918 bytes) 130th Ohio Infantry Ribbon.  1898 dated four-color Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) ribbon from a 100 day unit. $ SOLD