Arms, Armor & Militaria

The archive includes the following items:
1) An etched blade Collins & Company US Model 1850 Foot Officer's Sword dated 1861 and retailer marked by Willard & Hawley of Syracuse, NY. The sword has a 30.75" single edges spear point blade with a 21" stopped median fuller. The sword is 36.75" in overall length with a 6" hilt. The cast brass guard is decorated with foliate themes and the leather covered grooved wood grip has 15 wraps of twisted wire. The sword is accompanied by a brass mounted leather scabbard.
2) A civilian pattern black velvet waistcoat attributed to Zug with US general service cuff buttons, a decorative pin on the vest that purportedly has the bullet that took his arm attached to it. The waistcoat is displayed with a white shirt of a "period" pattern that is of much more recent manufacture.
3) A round slouch hat with officer's braided hat cord and the number "7" on it.
4) A Tobias key wind 13 jewel pocket watch in a rose gold full case with chain and key.
5) Two CDVs that are purportedly of Zug, in attractive brass 19th century display stands. The clean shaven image of Zug shows him in a single breasted officer's frock coat with his right arm missing and holding what appears to be the slouch hat in this grouping in his left hand. The other image of a bearded man does not appear to be the same person, although both images have pencil notations that the images came from the Zug family album. both images were published in a short article about Zug by Tom Gordon Jr in the November-December 1984 issue of Military Images Magazine, on page 12, a copy of which is included with the archive.
6) A binder of information about Zug, including copies of his obituaries, two family letters, one from "Aunt Sallie" to a family member discussing the wounding of Zug and another lengthy post-war letter that delineates the Zug family tree to some degree. The binder also includes the above mentioned copy of Military Images Magazine and some other general biographical information about Zug.
7) A period fork and knife set with assumed attribution to Zug and a souvenir Minie ball.

A variety of display stands are included with the the archive as well.

Jacob T Zug (1839-1883) was 21 years old when he enlisted as a private in Company H of the 36th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on May 28, 1861. Zug was promoted to Second Lieutenant on December 1, 1861. The first major action the regiment saw was at Mechanicsville, where the regiment suffered 3 killed, 1 wounded and 1 missing. The following day they were heavily engaged at Gaines' Mill where the regiment suffered 21 killed, 21 wounded and 4 captured.
Zug was one of those captured at Gaines' Mill on June 27, 1862. He was exchanged two months later for Thomas J Ferguson of the 16th North Carolina Infantry. While he was a POW the regiment fought at White Oak Swamp, and after his release there regiment fought at Second Manassas, South Mountain and Antietam. At Antietam the regiment suffered 30 casualties, 14 killed and 16 wounded. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on September 17, 1862, the day of the Battle of Antietam. At Fredericksburg the regiment suffered 23 casualties, with 8 killed, 14 wounded and 1 missing. There Zug severe wound in his right arm on December 13, 1862 which resulted in its amputation. He resigned his commission June 12, 1863. This was somewhat fortuitous, as at the Battle the Wilderness, the regiment suffered more than 260 casualties on May 4 and 5, with the bulk of the regiment captured or listed as missing after the battle. He was apparently breveted to the rank of Captain sometime after his wounding and prior to his resignation. After the war Zug lived in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA where he died on July 2, 1883.