Miscellaneous

HOME Updated 06/16/2008

	mi50/ Ames (Foot Officers) presentation sword scabbard part $99.00 Rare find, this seven inch brass section to an Ames scabbard is inscribed to a lieutenant in the Indiana or Illinois regiment of Wilder's division camped in Normandy, TN. Most of the inscription is legible but missing some of the important letters( the Lieutenant name.) Still a very nice piece of civil war history. Found by Brad Presley!
	mi49/ Small Brass Stirrup $75.00 Brad Presley of Shelbyville, Tn dug this small brass stirrup in a Confederate camp site in Lincoln, Co Tennessee. This unusual size will make a nice variant to your cavalry stirrup collection. It measures 4 1/4" tall and 3 1/8 " wide.
	mi45/ Badge Grouping $99.00 These three badges were found in Shelbyville, Tn. One on the left is an Nashville, TN Centennial Exposition (1897), the second one is a Annual Tournament picturing a bicycle rider (probably a bike race). And the third one is an Centennial Celebration in Nashville, TN. picturing the Tennessee State Seal but is very worn and hard to make out. These are a nice collection of post Civil War badges showing life moving on after Reconstruction years in the south!
	mi44/ Masonic Grouping ( Knights of Pythias ) $125.00 Here you have a nice Watch Fob on ribbon and leather strap which reads 44th session Grand Lodge - Columbus, Ohio-June 1913. On the back of fob it reads The supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias Insurance Department, Indianapolis, U.S.A. On the badge it has the name Wm. F. Price. Also you have a large lapel pin. Most all members of this organization were Civil War vets. These items are in excellent condition and rarely seen come up on the market.
	mi41/ U.S. Military Bridle Bit $60.00 Dug at Stones River in Murfreesboro and in nice condition, light pitting but is solid as a rock. Both of the U.S. bosses are missing. If you have the bosses you can stick-um on there and have a nice bridle bit.
	mi40/ United Confederate Reunion Badge $145.00 This Confederate Reunion badge was found in Shelbyville, TN. I not sure that the top piece actually goes with the bottom but this is still a rare find. It's a U. C. V. reunion badge that reads -9th Annual Reunion/ May 10-13 1899 ( Charleston). Must be rare I couldn't find it listed in the price guide. It is in dug condition but is still legible.
	mi38/ Bullet Struck (Heart Pine) Chickamauga 28" long $185.00 Rare piece of History from the Chickamauga woods where some intense fighting took place bullets and grape shot littered the woods with most of them getting lodged in trees. Here's a nice solid piece of Heart Pine 28" long X 6" wide and about three inches deep with what appears to be a 58 or 69 cal. Minie Ball. This is ready for display and can be cherished for years.
	mi37/ Lafayette & Indianapolis R.R. Lock W/ Key $395.00 If you collect Rail Road memorabilia or Locks this is an excellent brass 1850's era Lafayette & Indianapolis R.R. Lock with it's original key. This rail road lock is fully functional, the key hole plate is spring loaded and closes tight. This is the rail lines that carried President Abraham Lincolns body to his final resting place.
	mi35/ Butternut covered smooth sided Canteen $225.00 Smooth sided Canteen with good condition Butternut cover that is complete and the stitching is still in good condition. Missing is the bottom shoulder strap sleeve and the cork stopper has deteriated with age and crumbled away. It has the iron water spout instead of the pewter normally seen.
	mi34/ Relics from Snyder's Bluff ( Vicksburg, MS.) $225.00 This is a package deal of relics from Snider's Bluff in Vicksburg, MS. and consist of some super nice dug artifacts. You have a nice pair of iron stirrups, rare iron Smith Carbine bullet mold, Springfield (58)cal. Bayonet, Large Four pound solid shot (grape shot), One pound grape shot, and a nice Marine button with loads of gold quilting and no pushes or rim damage ~ Scovills & Co./Superfine B/M - no shank.
	mi32/ Alabama Sword Belt Keeper and Sword Hanger $50.00 This pair was found years ago in an Alabama Cavalry camp near Shelbyville, TN. The belt keeper is of a smaller pattern and I'm almost positive that it went to the Alabama State Seal Sword Belt plate but has no bench mark number. The Sword hanger shows extensive ware in the loop showing it seen plenty of action.
	mi23/ Buck-n-Ball $40.00 This 58 cal. Buck-N-Ball was found with a 44 Cal. round ball fused to the 58 cal ball. Probably from trash pit. Found in Shelbyville, TN along the Duck River. Nice artifact to own and display with the unusual.
	mi21// Rare Bullet Grouping from Snyder's Bluff MS. $195.00 Here's a group of bullets that has a story to tell. Found at Snider's bluff along the Big Black River in Mississippi where the Confederates had been overrun by the Union Army. No way were the Confederates gonna give up their ammo to the Yankee's so they blew up the ammunition stores and hightailed it outer there. Here are six bullets that survived the explosion but the percussion from the blast did uniquely reshaped there appearance. They are all square shaped from the compression of the blast . We have one Enfield 577.cal., Three 69 cal., and one 69 cal.3 ringer and a 69 cal. round ball fused together. This will make one heck of a display and great conversation piece that is loaded with (I was there history!
	mi14/ Civil War Relic Board $395.00 Here's one fully loaded relic board with 35 great relics on a nice 33"x71/2" piece of barn wood. All relics is from the Hoover's Gap area and represent a decade of digging Confederate & Yankee artifacts. If you add it all up it comes to just over $11.00 dollars a piece at the asking price. As you can see there's some very nice artifacts on this board. Baby U.S. Cartridge Box plate, Enfield lock plate, C. S. Egg plate telegraph wire frog, tin type picture, pocket knife, large cent, six coin type buttons, button back, gen. service button, heel plate, fork & spoon, sash buckle, suspender clip, clay marble, picket bullet, 69 cal. bullet, 58 cal bullets, Spencer Cartridge, plus more!!
	mi10/ Confederate Scabbard Tip $55.00 Solid cast brass C. S. made scabbard tip from the Stones River area.
	mi9/ Country Rifle or Kentucky Rifle butt plate $40.00 Brass but plate found at Liberty Gap for Country rifle or possibly the Kentucky long rifle most defiantly confederate carried.
	mi7/ Sword Belt Plate Keeper $40.00 Sword Belt Plate keeper found at Hoover's Gap.
	mi5/ Carved 69 cal. Tower Enfield Bullet $ 65.00 I would say this qualifies as a rare find and is the only one I have seen. Dug in Hoover's Gap in Confederate General William Bates summer camp. Soldier carving on this no doubt his boredom was cut short by Wilders " Lightning Brigade" in June of 1863. The rest is HISTORY!!
	mi3/ Fancy Kepi buckle $45.00 I dug this item myself in a Louisiana camp site in Wartrace, TN. A lot of good memories was made there in the 1990's. This is thin made with nice lined boarders
	mi1/ Civil War era musical Jews Harp $45.00 Nice non-dug musical Jews Harp. Has the name J. R. Smith stamped on the side bar.