Bannerman Military Goods – Civil War Cavalry Carbine Socket Display Seldom surviving intact as cavalry and Civil War collectors have, dismantled these Bannerman display escutcheons removing the nearly always unissued condition carbine socket for display. Hard to imagine in today’s world of scarcity, Francis Bannerman of Bannerman’s Military Goods acquired an abundance of these carbine sockets when he purchased all manner of left over military paraphernalia from the reconstruction era U. S. government. The harness leather sockets were fashioned into match holder wall displays by plugging one end of the socket with a wooden disk and attaching it with a bit of iron wire to an shield shaped wood plaque. (Though we would discourage it, all easily removeable without damage to the original leather socket.) The display was further embellished with the attachment of issue shako chin strap buttons. Now seldom encountered, a complete original example of an old Bannerman Civil War carbine match holder as was offered in his early 1900s military goods catalogues (even to the typed label on the back) is worthy of preservation over and above the Civil War issue carbine socket.
Likely not required here, but for the sake of the uninitiated the carbine socket was buckled to a saddle strap in a position to accept the muzzle end soldier’s carbine as his weapon was slung on the issue cavalry sling. The leather socket would thus hold the carbine muzzle secure even at full gallop without restricting quick access. 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!



 

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!


 

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!
 

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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earlier to mid-19th century – Ladies Mourning Bonnet Entirely hand stitched and constructed in silk this earlier to mid-1800s ladies bonnet remains in excellent original condition and will best be described by our photo illustrations. With good evidence of period construction and style while remaining in pleasing condition this black silk bonnet will go nicely in any Mexican War through Civil War era grouping and will be of special interest to the earlier to mid-19th century mourning collector. A desirable ladies item simply laid out or displayed on your period form. 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!
 

later 18th century through Civil War era Takedown - Travel Size CANDLE STICK Best described here by our photos as to condition and appeal, this vintage cast brass candlestick will be of special interest to the period military collector as well as the antique lighting enthusiast as it is designed specifically for travel. Accepting the small personal use candle of the period and measuring a mere 2 inches in height minus the candle with a screw off base for takedown and easy carrying in haversack, satchel or carpet bag, this unusual scaled down personal candlestick will go well in any Revolutionary through Civil War era 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 MOURNING COCKADE Best described here by our photos as to condition and eye appeal, suffice it to say that this mourning cockade remains in pleasing original condition with good evidence period originality. Knowledgeable collectors will agree that material utilized, construction method and retention of the period japanned straight pin offer special appeal. Popularly worn on the breast, left sleeve or on the hat in the time of loss, the mourning cockade had an unfortunate presence in the time of the Civil War with those of patriotic overtone such as this example frequently worn as a general display of Union support as well as passion for military loss of life. A standout offering that will be especially appreciated by the purest collector / historian of American Indian memorabilia, this authentic pair of working moccasins will be recognized as seldom surviving daily use footwear as opposed to the more commonly encountered and frequently later beaded sale or trade examples. A true rarity, offered in as found and as used condition the soles of this pair of hide moccasins measure 10 inches heal to toe, the naturally tanned hide remains soft and pliable with good evidence age and period wear. Best described here as to condition and eye appeal, this pair of Native American moccasins will enhance any quality frontier Americana collection. 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 Pat. - Sailmaker’s Awl Offered here in untouched and as found condition after decades of storage, this unmarked pre-patent issue R. Egan Pat. 1865 sailmaker’s awl remains in excellent condition and will make a nice addition to any Civil War vintage grouping.
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Pat. 1861- BOOTH MONOGRAMED coin silver tablespoon While its historic provenance as to origin has been lost in time, this Pat. 1861 marked, Booth monogramed coin silver tablespoon will brighten up any quality Civil War period grouping and will be sure to foster lots of speculation. Bearing the period engraved sir name of the infamous Abraham Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth, this Gorham & Co., Cottage Pattern coin silver spoon measures 6 ¾ inches in length, weighs 35.3 grams and remains in pleasing condition.
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