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61. Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer The 1850 Staff and Field Officers' Sword was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1850 as the standard sword for all staff officers and the field officers of the infantry, artillery and riflemen. Although a "frail"...
62. Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry This model was meant as a replacement for the heavier model 1840 Cavalry Sword, which was known as the "Old Wristbreaker" by the men who used it. Here, the blade width was narrowed with accompanying reductions...
63. Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry This model was meant as a replacement for the heavier model 1840 Cavalry Sword, which was known as the "Old Wristbreaker" by the men who used it. Here, the blade width was narrowed with accompanying reductions...
64. Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry Sword, Model 1860 Light Cavalry This model was meant as a replacement for the heavier model 1840 Cavalry Sword, which was known as the "Old Wristbreaker" by the men who used it. Here, the blade width was narrowed with accompanying reductions...
65. Sword, Non-Regulation Officer (based on Model 1850 Foot Officers' Sword) Sword, Non-Regulation Officer (based on Model 1850 Foot Officers' Sword) This high-grade sword, based on the Model 1850 Foot Officers' Sword, exhibits the artistry offered by makers like W. Clauberg; for example, the quillon, usually a scroll, is molded as an eagle’s head....
66. Sword, Presentation (based on Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword) Sword, Presentation (based on Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword) The blade on this Cavalry Officers' Sword was made by the German firm, W. Clauberg for the New York company, Schuyler, Hartley and Graham (both names are engraved on either side of the ricasso). Schuyler,...
67. Taylors Battery, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company B Taylors Battery, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Company B United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel In 1862 many men of Taylors Battery visited a photographers studio in Memphis to have photographs made, such as this carte-de-visite. Seated, left to right: H.T. Chappel, William J. McCoy and William D....
68. Truce flag remnant, Fort Donelson Truce flag remnant, Fort Donelson According to Grand Army of the Republic records, this piece of white bunting was part of the truce flag under which Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner surrendered Fort Donelson, Tennessee, to General...
69. Uniform, artillery jacket Uniform, artillery jacket Private John Stagg wore this artillery jacket, according to Grand Army of the Republic records. He joined the Chicago Board of Trade Battery in August 1862 and was killed four months later in the Battle...
70. Union Ticket Union Ticket Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 President Abraham Lincoln heads the list of candidates on the "Union" Ticket for the south side of Chicago in 1864. Across the United States, Republicans ran as the National Union Party in an attempt to...
71. Utensils Utensils Many soldiers purchased utensils from sutlers (civilian merchants in the field). This versatile spoon, knife and fork set folds compactly into the wood handle. The bowl of the spoon is engraved: A Poucher...
72. Walker, Mary, Dr. Walker, Mary, Dr. Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919 Mary Walker (1832-1919) is the only woman to have ever received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. She served as a surgeon for the Union and endured time in a Confederate prison....
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