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1. 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....
2. Field Map, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864 Field Map, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864 Georgia--Maps This hand drawn map guided Union troops as they fought to capture Atlanta in 1864. According to the records of the Grand Army of the Republic, the map was found on the body of Major General James B. McPherson,...
3. Brownell, Kady Brownell, Kady This engraving of Kady Brownell shows her in uniform as part of her husband's Rhode Island regiment. Her bravery while carrying the regimental banner at the battle of New Bern (NC) was celebrated in the...
4. Bas-relief, James Garfield Bas-relief, James Garfield Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents--United States This bas-relief of President James Garfield is made of bronze from Confederate cannons. The Grand Army of the Republic commissioned it, and a matching bas-relief of President Abraham Lincoln, for Robert...
5. Bas-relief, Abraham Lincoln Bas-relief, Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents--United States This bas-relief of Abraham Lincoln is made of bronze from Confederate cannons. The Grand Army of the Republic commissioned it, and a matching bas-relief of President James Garfield, for Robert Lincoln...
6. Epaulets, Colonel Epaulets, Colonel These epaulets were sold by the Chicago firm of Larrabee & North, dealers in hardware and military goods, from swords to sashes. The silver embroidered spread eagle has been separated from these colonel's...
7. Sword, Model 1840 Medical Staff Officer Sword, Model 1840 Medical Staff Officer The ornate guard on this 1840 Medical Staff Officers' Sword has the letters "M S" inside a shield above 13 stars. According to GAR records, this sword was carried by Dr. George F. Wetherell of the 26th...
8. 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,...
9. Sword, Model 1850 Foot Officer Sword, Model 1850 Foot Officer The blade of this sword is unmarked except for a beehive motif impressed into the ricasso, the maker's mark of Samuel Hoppe of Solingen, Germany. This is a presentation sword and the accompanying scabbard...
10. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents--United States The black mourning band around Grant's arm is in remembrance of President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated in April 1865. Just a year before, Lincoln had summoned Grant (1822-1885) to Washington,...
11. Sword, Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword, Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry The "Old Wristbreaker" as this heavy and unwieldy sword was known, was adopted in 1840 for the Army's three dragoon regiments and was based upon the French model 1822 light artillery sword. This is a particularly...
12. Housewife (sewing kit) Housewife (sewing kit) The "housewife" or sewing kit was an essential part of any soldiers gear. While not an army-issued item, commercial versions were available from sutlers, civilian merchants who followed the army camps....
13. Housewife (sewing kit) Housewife (sewing kit) The "housewife" or sewing kit was an essential part of any soldiers gear. While not an army-issued item, commercial versions were available from sutlers, civilian merchants who followed the army camps....
14. Stirrups, Ulysses S. Grant Stirrups, Ulysses S. Grant Stirrups that accompany the modified McClellan officers' saddle. According to Grand Army of the Republic records, Ulysses S. Grant used these stirrups in the Battle of the Wilderness (1864) and the Appomattox...
15. Campaign ribbon, A. Lincoln Campaign ribbon, A. Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Silk campaign ribbon from the 1860 presidential election. John Chester Buttre (1821-1893) engraved the image of Abraham Lincoln, which was based on a Mathew Brady photograph known as the Cooper Union photograph....
16. Bugle Bugle Private William Berdel (1839-1884) of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery played this bugle. It was one of the few artifacts from the Battery not in the Board of Trade building when it burned in the Great...
17. 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...
18. Holsters, Ulysses S. Grant Holsters, Ulysses S. Grant Pistol holsters that accompany the modified McClellan officers' saddle. According to Grand Army of the Republic records, Ulysses S. Grant used these holsters in the Battle of the Wilderness (1864) and...
19. Cushman, Pauline Cushman, Pauline Cushman, Pauline, 1833-1893 Pauline Cushman (1833-1893) was an actress. She was also a spy and scout for the Union Army until caught with secret papers and sentenced to death. Rescued by Union forces, she was made an honorary major....
20. Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Of the many companies providing swords to the federal government, some were manufacturers, while others were assemblers, retailers and wholesalers. And, some combined these roles. W.H. Horstmann & Sons...
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