fine! 31st Maine Col. Edward L. Getchell - presentation – Ames Mod. 1850 Staff & Field Sword Offered from our personal collection of many years (see:www.Mainelegacy.com for a small sample) this Ames Mod.1850 Staff & Field Sword remains in fine original condition in all respects, offering a high quality etched blade with Latin motos ‘Nec Temere, Nec Timide’ (Neither Rashly, nor Timidly) and ‘Justitia, Nunguam Ulto’ ( Justice, Never Vengeance and bears the presentation inscription Alexander to Edward. It should be noted here that the sword emanated from Bangor, Maine from among personal effects of Col. Edward L. Getchell who was Maine’s only ’Edward’ staff grade officer and will come with our letter of provenance.
Edward L. Getchell was a twenty two year old resident of Bangor, Maine when on May,28,1861 he was commissioned as 1st Lt. Co. H 2nd Maine Infantry. Promoted to Captain on October 1, 1862, Getchell mustered out with the 2nd Maine Regiment on June 9,1863. He reenlisted on April 9,1864 and was commissioned as Captain Co. H 31st Maine Infantry . Wounded at Bethesda Church, VA on June 21,1864, Edward Getchell was promoted to Lt. Colonel on October 21,1864. Serving in command of the 2nd Brigade – 2nd Division – IX Corps during the sixth offensive on Petersburg, Lt. Col Edwin L. Getchell was ’appointed’ by Lincoln as Bvt. Colonel of Volunteers for ‘gallant and meritorious conduct in the assault before Petersburg, Va." ( Available for viewing on fold3.comis an April 2,1865 National Archives collection letter from Edward Getchell to Sec. of War Stanton acknowledging Lincoln’s appointment.) Mustering out with his 31st Maine Infantry on July 15,1865, Col. Getchell returned to Bangor, Maine for a time however he died in Jacksonville, Florida where he was fatally shot in 1884. His last will in testament (available for viewing on ancestry.com) bequeaths his personal property to Mrs. Mary J. Chalmers in Bangor. Per available records Edwrd Getchell was returned to Bangor, Maine where he is interned in Mount Hope cemetery. This attractive Ames presentation sword has the advantage of remaining in fine condition while offering the collector / historian significant history.
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early 19th century Onion Globe – CANDLE LANTERN Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal, suffice it to say this rarely surviving ’onion’ globe candle lantern remains in most pleasing all original condition with desirable evidence of age and period originality. Standing approximately 12 ¾ inches, this classic late 1700s / early 1800s candle lantern is fashioned in tinned sheet iron with a blown glass globe and bayonet style candle holder base of copper. An especially desirable untouched lighting device in style and condition.
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Original unopened! 1918 dated - Bull Durham Tobacco Pouch A bit late for our usual fare but in line with our special appreciation for once common and now rarely surviving every day items, we couldn’t resist this original unopened Bull Durham Tobacco pouch. Remaining in as new condition with seals intact, this patent 1918 marked pouch is a classic of the ’roll your own’ days. Once common to many a Civil War veteran hall or Western gambling hall, this offering will display well in any period grouping. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!


 

Civil War vintage tinned sheet iron – WASH BASIN Remaining in excellent condition while offering good evidence of age and originality, this basin measures approximately 8 inches in diameter, is 3 3/8 inches deep and is constructed of tinned sheet iron. Not to be confused with typical tin mess or cooking utensil of the period, this straight sided two piece construction basin is typical of the size and design of the personal, camp or medical wash basin of the Civil War and will display well in any period grouping.
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especially desirable! late 18th early 19th century Pacific Northwest - TRADE BEADS Remaining in pure unmolested condition with good evidence of age and wear commensurate with period use, this string of ’Chief's’ trade beads (named ’ti-a, co-mo-shack’ by North American Natives), is fashioned from trade beads as were used in the American Pacific Northwest, Columbia River Basin in the late 18th early 19th centuries. Of particular interest will be the unusually intricate period ’chain stitch’ lacing utilized. Acquired here in Washington Stare from an accumulation of early Washington Territory artifacts, such early blue glass ’furnace wound’ trade beads are referred to as Chief’s beads as an indication of their significance, noted in Lewis & Clark Expedition journals as being particularly sought by Native American tribes in preference to other trade beads. The 1803 – 1806 expedition leader Captain Meriwether Lewis wrote that if he were to return, he ’would make the blue bead half to two-thirds of his trading goods’. Such notation has led to common reference as Lewis and Clark type trade beads. Mostly surviving as loose artifacts or loosely restrung together on a single strand complete period examples particularly in early chain stitch (illustrated here with a US quarter for size comparison) will be especially appreciated by the collector / historian. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!



 

Saddling Up an Army Horse – Civil War CDV photograph Best described here by our photo illustration, this crisp CDV features the image of an enlisted troop standing behind his horse with only forage cap and trousers in view as he prepares to saddle a fine looking horse. Sharply in focus is a McClellan army saddle ready for use. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

40th North Carolina- Confederate altered import ‘cutlass’ Starting out as an early pattern of 1804 British made cutlass (see:royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-49) this Confederate altered knife is marked by London saddler & army accoutrement manufacturers Renton & Frazier and measures 22 ½ inches in total length with a substantial 18 x 2 inch wide double edged, spear point blade. Best described here by our illustrations as to eye appeal and condition, this impressive blockade runner weapon remains in exceptional period condition with a boldly cut 40th N. C. VOL in its original manufacture black enameled guard. All important to the originality / provenance of the punched out inscription is the unmolested natural age patina of the iron at lettering edges in combination with sporadic loss of original British manufacture enamel finish at those edges. (see illustrations)
The 40th Regiment of Volunteers was organized at Bald Head, Smith's Island, North Carolina, in November 1863, from heavy artillery companies formed in 1861 and 1862. Attached to the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, detachments served at Fort Holmes, Fort Caswell, Fort Campbell, Fort Anderson, and Fort Fisher. In 1865 the unit was converted to infantry and assigned to Hagood's Brigade. It fought at Bentonville and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee on April 26. (See a detailed history of each independent Co. and a firsthand Regimental account at carolana.com/NC/Civil_War/40th_nc_regiment.html)
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W. Stokes Kirk inventory – patriotic Cavalry Officer SASH Acquired several years ago now when we were fortunate enough to purchase a number of items brought home by a late W. Stokes Kirk clerk when the old Philadelphia based military surplus dealer closed up shop in 1976, this attractive old Cavalry officer sash is best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal. Suffice it to say it remains in excellent condition in all respects while offering good evidence of age and originality. Clearly a product of the mid to later 1800s with the advantage of having emanated from the New York inventory of one of the pioneer dealers in government military surplus, this colorful old dress sash will go especially well in any quality military grouping. Founded in 1874, W. Stokes Kirk, like Bannerman in New York, purchased large quantities of still available Civil War surplus at government auction. Seems like an impossibility now but we can remember the two offering original Civil War material as late as the 1950s. We will include our letter with the sash as preservation of its W. Stokes Kirk origin. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!


 

Quincy Mass. Civil War Record – personal copy of Bvt. Brig. Gen. C. F. Adams – 5th Mass. Colored Cav Published in Boston in 1866, this REBELLION RECORD of the TOWN OF QUINCY by E. W. Underwood offers an alphabetically arranged detailed record of each resident of Quincy, Massachusetts who served in the Civil War military. Measuring 5 5/8 X 9 ¼ inches and consisting of 57 pages the volume is complete to include a tipped in addendum. All remaining in pleasing condition with good evidence of age, originality and period use, of note is that this is the personal edition of Bvt. Brig Gen. Charles Francis Adams with identification in his hand on the cover. (An example Adams signature may be found on Fold 3 .com ) Listed on page 54 of the record as a Lt. Colonel (July 1864), C. F. Adams, (great grand son of President John Adams, grandson of President John Quincy Adams and son of Lincoln’s minister to Great Britain), was commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. H 1st Mass. Cavalry on December 26, 1861. By now a veteran of the Antietam Campaign, Adams was promoted Captain in command of Co H on October 30, 1862. Directing the unit during its participation in the Gettysburg Campaign, Adams fought in the heavy cavalry clash at Aldie, Virginia on June 17, 1863. On July 15,1864 he was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel, and was assigned to be second in command of the 5th Massachusetts (Colored) Volunteer Cavalry. Promoted to Colonel in February of 1865, Adams was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for distinguished gallantry and efficiency at the battles of Secessionville, South Carolina, South Mountain and Antietam, Maryland, and for meritorious services during the war. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!



 

antique - lignum vitae - MUSICAL BONES A musical relic from as early as the colonial period, the rhythmic rattle of musical bones reached its popularity zenith in the Civil War era where when the easy to acquire, easy to travel and easy to use pair of bones graced many military camp festivity when the cracking rhythm of musical bones mixed with banjo, fiddle and washtub created much appreciated make do entertainment. Remaining in pleasing untouched condition with good evidence of period use, this vintage pair were crafted from an exotic hard wood called lignun vitae. The extremely hard wood was widely used in the 1800s steam era in making support bearings utilized in all manner of steam powered applications both nautical and otherwise. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!



 

10th New Hampshire Infantry - Civil War Veteran Group Still housed on old cotton batten in its original painted 9 ¾ X 12 ½ inch frame just as it was put together, this group Civil War veteran grouping, was the keepsake of Corp. Edward B. Prince late of the 10th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and a member of the Srorer G. A. R. Post # 1 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Best described by our photo illustration, the group consists of an 1887, eleventh encampment New Hampshire Veteran Association ribbon, three first half of the 1880s, 10th N. H. Regimental Association ribbons, a GAR cuff or cap button along with a like size Civil War, New Hampshire uniform button, Prince’s G. A. R. membership medal along with a STORER Post envelope addressed to Prince. The framed display includes a badly deteriorated war time tintype of Prince in uniform.
Clearly identifiable as the only other Prince in the 10th NHV was a Gray, Maine resident, before and after the Civil War, Edward B. Prince was an eighteen year old resident of Portsmouth, New Hampshire when he enlisted and mustered in on September, 13, 1862 as a Private of Co. G 10th N. H. V. Participating in such actions as Fredericksburg Drewry’s Bluff Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Edward Prince was promoted to Corporal on May 18, 1864 before beingwounded at the battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864. He was discharged for disability on May 20, 1865. He resided in Portsmouth after the war and worked in neighboring Kittery.
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Civil War - Memories of Rhode Island Officers by John R. Bartlett - c. 1867 Published in 1867 just a year following the Civil War, this scarce complete and original 450 page 9X 11 volume is titled Memories of Rhode Island Officers and offers the researcher / collector a valuable record of the Civil War service of Rhode Island officers from high ranking generals such as Gen. Ambrose Burnside to colonels and down through the lieutenant grades to include 34 engraved portraits all on heavy rag paper stock. Archivally stitch rebound in leather and deacidified by a professional conservator, save the title and preface pages which are solid but fragmented at the edges, (see photos) all remains in excellent and complete with no condition issues. An indispensable volume for the Rhode Island Civil War collector or a researcher. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

COLT’S PATENT marked - Root or 49 Pocket - Revolver Flask Reflective of our personal preference for the charm of untouched real history, period used and pleasing condition over period unused relics this little (4 ½ in length including the charger by 2 inches wide at the base) pistol flask with it’s federal eagle motif, crossed pistols and especially desirable COLT’S PATENT E PLURIBUS UNUM nomenclature will rest well in any quality Civil War grouping. An untouched natural patina combined with it’s period used but not abused originality will fit exceptionally well beside any Colt Root or Civil War, Colt’s Pat. 1849, .31 caliber Pocket Revolver and will make a welcome addition to a cased revolver. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!


 

rare !! - Pro CONFEDERATE – New Hampshire POSTAL COVER This unused, fine condition postal envelope will be of special interest to a wide variety of Civil War collectors. Clearly of Confederate origin, the cover offers a pro-south ditty: ‘Granite State of Yankee peddlers, Home of tricksters, den of meddlers, Do your worst with hand and mouth, You never can subdue the South’ A rare cover acquired from an old collection and seldom seen on today’s market. Don't forget to give our search feature a try for special wants. A simple key word in lower case works best.
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c.1840s - PATRIOTIC MILITIA figure - WHISKEY FLASK This attractive light aqua hand blown whiskey bottle stands approximately 9 1/4 inches and sports the patriotic figure of a Mexican War era militiaman on its face. The calabash style flask sports a classic iron pontil and is topped by an applied mouth. The calabash shaped whiskey flask saw considerable popularity in the 1840s through the Civil War era with most surviving examples emanating from the later period. This early example with the Mexican War period military figure is offered as acquired with a painted collection inventory number on the base which could be easily removed. All original and period with no chips, cracks or condition issues this colorful patriotic flask will set well in any period grouping. As with all direct sales, we are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with refund of the purchase price upon return as purchased! Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !