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1063 - ANTIQUE GUN, COLT MODEL 1849 POCKEt REVOLVER CLASSIFIED AS A "WELLS FARGO' VARIATION WITHOUT RAMMER ASSEMBLY.
This is a fine little gun showing strong markings, edges and action. It retains traces of dull blue in protected areas on the barrel and some bright case colors on the frame. The cylinder scene is all there as is 90% of the original varnish. The gun has some small dings about the barrel but not the big ones that would detract from its overall look. It's really nice and with original finish and this condition at this price, well below what you might find elsewhere.

$2,750.00 - Reduced to $2,500.00 !!!
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993 - EARLY AND 1851 INSPECTED AMES STAFF AND FIELD OFFICERS SWORD. HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED AND PRESENTED TO FAMED ARKANSAS NATIVE WILLIAM S. QUESENBERRY.
I don't have to tell you all how rare this sword is. A UNION SWORD presented to a CONFEDERATE OFFICER, BY A CONFEDERATE OFFICER! This is a very early Ames Staff & Field with the early etch, smaller hilt, wide blade and even wider blued scabbard. It is dated and inspected. The blade etching is crisp but the end of the blade shows wear. The scabbard is fine with but a single slight dent. The mounts, hilt and grip are superb as is the beautiful inscription. The blade is dated 1851 and fully inspected. Quesenbury was born in 1822 in Arkansas and attended the first school in Fort Smith. In 1838, he went to St. Joseph’s College, a Catholic institution in Bardstown, Kentucky. The following year, he settled in Van Buren (Crawford County) and began writing for the town’s newspapers, Frontier Whig and the more enduring Democratic Arkansas Intelligencer. In 1842, painter John Mix Stanley began his two-year tour of the Indian Territory and northwest Arkansas. Quesenbury, who had been drawing since childhood, took advantage of the opportunity to study under him, probably during Stanley’s stay in Van Buren in 1844. In the late summer of 1845, Quesenbury joined a scouting party of Cherokee interested in settling in Texas. The outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846 prompted Quesenbury to join the Arkansas regiment. He wrote a detailed account of the Battle of Buena Vista and, in an extended poem, castigated his friend, Albert Pike. Because Pike’s detachment had been on the other side of the field, Pike had not observed the engagement, which cost the life of the regiment’s colonel, Archibald Yell. Quesenbury’s personal courage in this battle was noted in the dispatches, and his long letter explaining the battle was much reprinted. Quesenbury did not leave with the first party of gold seekers in 1849 but did join the rush to California in 1850. A diary and two sketchbooks survive from this expedition, and his detailed drawings of Western sites provide important documentation of historic places. Quesenbury did not prosper as a miner, but he did find work writing first for New Orleans’s California True Delta and then for the new Sacramento Daily Union. His art work included “View of Sutter’s Fort” and pictorial letter sheets showing a view of the Tehama block in Sacramento. In 1851, Quesenbury returned from California in the company of J. Wesley Jones, whose plans to use daguerreotypes (reportedly 1,500) as the basis for a vast representation of the West called the Pantoscope included signing up Quesenbury as his staff artist. Quesenbury sketched a variety of scenes along the route back through Salt Lake City, Utah, and east into Nebraska. A printed narrative and Quesenbury’s two sketchbooks survive. In 1853, he started the South-West Independent newspaper. Neutral in politics, he nevertheless promised to “advance or lead in all the great improvements and questions of the day.” The same year, he built a home in Fayetteville that stood well into the twentieth century. He had to stop publication of his newspaper in 1857 because of health problems. His financial predicament was perilous as well, but in 1859, he assisted Superintendent of Indian Affairs Elias Rector in removing some of the Seminole from Florida to Indian Territory. Quesenbury opposed secession, but once the Civil War began, he joined Brigadier General Albert Pike in Indian Territory, serving as major in the commissary department. Pike’s career there was turbulent, and Quesenbury was one of the minor players in the first clashes between Pike and Major General Thomas C. Hindman over lines of authority. His poor health returned, and in 1864, now in Texas, he tendered his resignation. Albert Pike, who knew him for half a century, praised both his landscapes and his caricatures but was most taken by his writing: “I do not know where he got his command of language. No man ever wrote me such letters, so quaint and forcible, so full of acute remarks and bold expressions of opinion, of exuberant mirthfulness and queer fancies and grave reflections and sagacious axioms, expressed in incomparable language.” Two of his lines lived long in Arkansas history: “Be not affronted by a jest: if a man throws salt at thee, it will not hurt thee unless thou hast sore places.” The other, the concluding line in Arkansas: A Poem, was: “GOD LOVES NOT HIM THAT LOVES NOT ARKANSAS.” I believe that E. S. Bell, the presenter, was a Captain from Alabama. More research needs to be done on the military career of this man and his sword. This is very rare stuff.

$11,500.00
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989 - COLT, MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER, MARTIALLY MARKED, ORIGINALLY ISSUED WITH A MATCHING SHOULDER STOCK PER FACTORY LETTER.
This gun is in the only group of Colt Army Revolvers that are known to have been issued with shoulder stocks and carried by a New York Cavalry Regiment. Call for details as my Look & Peck typing skills would take forever to do it justice.

$1,450.00 - on hold !
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980 - CIVIL WAR AMES NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD, HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED AND IDENTIFIED.
This is a very fine condition Ames Naval Officers Sword inscribed on the top mount, "Geo. E. Wise". It retains 50% gold gilt on the hilt mixing with patina. The mounts show generous gold in their protected areas. The blade shows all of its etching but with softening frost to the etched backround. The scabbard body is sound but missing the drag. George E. Wise was from Massachusetts and enlisted on 11/28/1864 as a Acting Ensign. He was commissioned into US Navy and served on the USS CATSKILL in the South Atlantic Squadron and possibly others. More research needs to be done on this fine sword and a drag could certainly be found to restore it to a high quality Naval Collectible in the $3500 - 4,000 range.

$2,975.00 - REDUCED TO $2,675.00 !!!
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958 - CIVIL WAR, MARTIALLY MARKED COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER.
This is an extremely fine to near excellent Cavalry Issue Holster revolver. This big .44 caliber Colt was the mainstay of most all Union Cavalry Troopers from 1861 - 1863. You rarely see them in this condition vs. the Remington New Model, which was more prevalent in the later war years. This gun shows 90% original aging barrel blue with traces on the cylinder retaining a fine, deep scene. The frame and other case-hardened surfaces show the majority of their bright, vivid colors. The grips are excellent with near perfect cartouches save for a sliver of a chip from the left heal. The action, markings and edges are excellent and even the screw-heads show most of their original fire-blue. This gun has some scattered age speckling from laying for over 100 years in a holster, but is on the upper end in terms of condition. It is priced to sell and I'd rather have it than a stack of t-bills.

$7,650.000 - Reduced to $6,985.00
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948 - SOLDIERS MEMORIAL OF Lt. JOHN H. McNALLY OF THE 5TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES (34TH VOLUNTEERS.
This is an excellent condition memorial still in its beautifull and original walnut with gilt trim. McNally mustered in on 6/21/1861 and out on 6/11/64. His unit saw most of the severe action of the Army of the Potomac to include; Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Joined Army of Potomac in the fleld. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front May 31. Mustered out June 13, 1864. Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 127 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 68 Enlisted men by disease. Total 209.

$450.00
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872 - CIVIL WAR ERA, ENGLISH ADAMS PATENT REVOLVER MANUFACTURED BY THE LONDON ARMORY COMPANY.
This gun was probably manufactured prior to the Civil War but walked into the Richmond Virginia gun show a few weeks ago and had been in the same family for at least 80 years. I have no doubt it saw Civil War use. It shows about 80% aging blue on the barrel and frame and about 40% of the same finish on the barrel. The grips are finely checkered and in great shape. For those unaware, this is actually a very rare configuration. It is a large bore gun (prox. 40 caliber) on a smaller-than-average frame, something an officer and gentleman of the South would have been proud to carry.

$1,975
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837 - HORSTMANN & SONS, CIVIL WAR IMPORTED FOOT OFFICERS SWORD. HISTORICALLY INSCRIBED.
This is a fine condition sword with etched blade in very good to fine condition. It is inscribed, "Presented to Dennis M. Shapleigh by the Machinists at the Ports' Me N. Yard". This regiment was mustered into service Sept. 30, 1862, to serve for nine months. They left on Oct. 20 for Washington, arriving there on the 22nd. On the 26th it marched to Arlington Heights, where it remained doing picket duty until Dec. 12th, when it was ordered to the south of Hunting creek. Here it relieved a Vermont brigade in the duty of guarding a picket line 8 miles long, extending from the Potomac near Mount Vernon to the Orange & Alexandria railroad, and remained here in the performance of that duty throughout a severe winter until March 24, 1863. It then moved to Chantilly, Va., doing picket duty on the outermost line of infantry in the defenses of Washington. On June 25 it returned to Arlington Heights. The term of service of the regiment had already expired, but 315 of the officers and men (including Shapleigh) volunteered to remain and if necessary assist in the defense of the capital against the forces of Gen. Lee, who had then commenced his great invasion of Pennsylvania. On July 4, after the result of the battle of Gettysburg was announced, the regiment left for Maine and arrived at Portland on the 6th, where the men were mustered out on the 17th. The 27th left the state with 949 men, and lost 82 men by death, discharge and resignation.

$2,750.00 - Reduced to $2,500.00 !!!
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811 - UNION, REGULATION SIZED CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL BATTLE FLAG ON ITS ORIGINAL FLAG STAFF, COMPLETE WITH SPIRE AND TASSLES.
AS RARE AS IT GETS! I know I'll probably never find another one. This is an original Civil War Regimental Battle-Flag on its original staff with tassles. I purchased a fantastic Illinois Majors Frock Coat and Vest over a year ago from the same area that this flag came from. The set was ID'd to an Illinois Colonel who was killed leading a charge at Kennesaw Mountain. I was told by the picker that he had missed a regimental flag that the family had sold previously. I believe this to be the same flag that he had missed. After some study, I am certain that indeed, this is a pattern that is found to be used most often by Illinois Regiments. It is 100% original and untouched and needs some help from a good collector. It is in generally fine condition but suffers from the problem of flaking paint on the right wing, tail and regimental banner. This could easily be mounted and/or conserved. I am not interested in making a killing on this flag. I have priced it very low in the hope that a good collector will buy it and have it properly mounted and/or conserved. You don't have to be wealthy to own this fine flag. It will be offered on a first come, first serve basis and I expect there to be many inquiries. Again, this is a flag that conserved could demand $25,000 - $35,000.00 or more when conserved and mounted. I want it to find a good home and am offering it at a fraction of that range. Call for details !

$9,900.00
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0671 - COLT REVOLVING RIFLE/CARBINE BULLET MOLD IN .56 CALIBER.
Near mint !

$1,750.00, *** CLEARANCE - $1,250.00
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0516 - HISTORIC, DOUBLE-INSCRIBED MARTIAL SINGLE-SHOT PISTOL OF MEXICAN WAR HERO AND LATER GENERAL GEORGE H. CROSMAN AND THEN PRESENTED BY HIM TO CIVIL WAR VET.
THIS ITEM IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESEARCHED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUT IS FOR SALE AT THE PRICE LISTED BELOW.

$5,975.00
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