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grp-1 - "GREAT SIOUX UPRISING GROUPING" The uprising that started the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. ULTRA-RARE WEAPONS GROUPING OF CAPTAIN PHILIP S. GARDNER OF THE 1ST & 2ND MINNESOTA CAVALRY.
This is a wonderfull grouping of material direct from family decendants of Captain Philip S. Gardner of the Minnesota Cavalry. It consists of Gardners inscribed Colt 1861 Navy revolver, his sword belt with holster, cap pouch and hangers, a military motif powder flask and a very fine condition Staff & Field Officers sword. The gun is in fine condition with about 20 - 25% blue on the barrel, traces of finish elsewhere and 95% fine cylinder scene. The grips show 85% varnish. The gun is super crisp. The leathers are all in fine condition, and the sword is a very fine Sauerbier with excellent grip, guard and scabbard to go with its near mint blade. The set is accompanied with a letter from the curator of the famed "Buffalo Bill Historical Center" of Cody, Wyoming. In this letter, Curator Frost states that the set was secured by him directly from Mr. Stanley Gardner in 1965, Mr. Gardner being the grandson of Captain Gardner. Stanley Gardner was at the time, an executive of the Husky Oil Company, and it is interesting to note that one member of the board of directors of the Historical Center was also an executive of Husky, who no doubt encouraged its placing in the museum. I don't know how long this set was displayed by the museum, but the letter seems to indicated it was definately brought in for that purpose as there is no documentation that says it was either purchased by or donated to the Museum. I can think of no more appropriate institution for the display of such historic artifacts. Captain Gardners' units, the 1st and 2nd Minnesota answered the call to defend the Western Plains States from attack by the Sioux Indians who were responsible for several attacks and the killings of hundreds of settlers in 1862. It culminated with the guilty verdicts of 303 captured Sioux Warriors who were sentenced to death. Abraham Lincoln remanded the death sentences of all but 38 of these warriors, whom Stanley Gardner claims were hung by the unit of his gradfather, Philip. A stack of historical documents from the National Archives and the original museum document is include. This is a great, historical grouping that is significant in that it was the very start of the Plains Indian Wars that brought us so many famed figures such as Custer, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Call for more details.

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