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The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca

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The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca

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Lot 1 — FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). Partly printed document...Lot 2 — HANCOCK, John (1737-1793). Partly printed document signed...Lot 3 — WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partly printed document...Lot 4 — [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. George Washington...Lot 5 — [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. A group of 5 Civil...Lot 6 — ADAMS, John (1735-1826). Partly printed document signed...Lot 7 — JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Partly printed document...Lot 8 — Captain E.L. Jones, Company D, 54th Massachusetts Infantry,...Lot 9 — [AFRICAN AMERICANA - 54TH MASSACHUSETTS]. EMILIO, Luis F....Lot 10 — Gettysburg casualty Lieutenant W.H. Hamilton, Company I,...Lot 11 — WILLIAMS, John C. Life in Camp: A History of the Nine...Lot 12 — Confederate Agrider H. Dufilho Staff & Field Officer's...Lot 13 — Hiram Lynn, Company F, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, KIA...Lot 14 — Colt Army Model 1860 revolver.Lot 15 — Civil War J.D. Chevalier California Bowie knife and sheath.Lot 16 — Model 1861 US Springfield rifle musket dated 1861 with...Lot 17 — Patriotic album containing 24 engraved CDVs of Union...Lot 18 — SHELL, J.H., photographer. CDV portrait of Private Horace...Lot 19 — BONTA & CURTISS, photographers. CDV of the Civil War...Lot 20 — COLLINS, T.P., photographer. Patriotic Civil War CDV of...Lot 21 — Civil War partial stereoview capturing soldiers' private...Lot 22 — Half plate ambrotype portrait of a beautiful, young...Lot 23 — Quarter plate tintype of bugler Charles Raymond, Company D,...Lot 24 — Ninth plate ambrotype of double-armed Ohio volunteer...Lot 25 — Sixth plate tintype taken in the field featuring Ohio...Lot 26 — Civil War hardtack with penciled inscriptions identifying...Lot 27 — Civil War hardtack with period tag identifying it as a...Lot 28 — Civil War hardtack with manufacturer’s stamp, "Holmes &...Lot 29 — Civil War hardtack in original mailing envelope. June 1863.Lot 30 — Civil War hardtack received by identified veteran in...Lot 31 — Civil War hardtack issued to D.K. Bunnell, 23rd New York...Lot 32 — Private John A. Irvin, Company H, 64th Ohio Volunteer...Lot 33 — Civil War caricature CDV of soldier eating hardtack. 1861.Lot 34 — Private Daniel Lee Holgate, Company G, 52nd Illinois...Lot 35 — Blanket tossed to wounded Private Edward M. Curtis, Company...Lot 36 — Battle of Gettysburg 50th anniversary reunion encampment...Lot 37 — MILLER, Francis Trevelyan. (1877-1959). Gettysburg . New...Lot 38 — GAR Rank Post 534 quilt, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County,...Lot 39 — Private Jacob H. Perine, Company E, 4th Michigan Infantry,...Lot 40 — Manuscript circular in which Major General Joseph Hooker...Lot 41 — Private Byron Smith, 203rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment....Lot 42 — Private Charles Leland, Company B, 13th Massachusetts...Lot 43 — Private George S. Young, Company G, 126th New York State...Lot 44 — Army of the United States Corps Badges 1865 . Albumen...Lot 45 — Civil War IX Corps badge comprised of clay from Petersburg...Lot 46 — Civil War soldier's folk art shield brooch "made from a...Lot 47 — Private Daniel Hudson, Company K, 5th Ohio Volunteers,...Lot 48 — I Corps bullion and cloth corps badge.Lot 49 — Frame style 1st Division, III Army Corps badge.Lot 50 — 2nd Division, II Corps badge. Attributed to H.G. Clagston,...Lot 51 — Frame style 1st Division, V Army Corps badge.Lot 52 — 3rd Division, V Corps badge with stenciled regimental...Lot 53 — 3rd Division, XII Corps badge. Attributed to H.G. Clagston,...Lot 54 — Frame style 1st Division, XX Army Corps badge.Lot 55 — Frame style XX Army Corps badge excavated at Kennesaw...Lot 56 — Manuscript document issued by the Provost Marshal's Office...Lot 57 — Corps Badges for the 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 11th, and 12th...Lot 58 — GARDNER, Alexander, photographer. CDV of Army of the...Lot 59 — CHAMBERLAIN, Joshua (1828-1914). Autograph letter to his...Lot 60 — Henry C. Flick, 30th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1st...Lot 61 — Gold and silver II Corps badge presented to Lt. Colonel...Lot 62 — Gettysburg hero Corporal John M. Sutton, Company K, 5th New...Lot 63 — Silver engraved regimental number "5" as seen in 5th Ohio...Lot 64 — Post-Civil War gold and enamel XV Corps badge.Lot 65 — Gold Sheridan's Corps badge presented by GAR post to...Lot 66 — A group of 12 reproduction/fantasy corps badges collected...Lot 67 — Corporal Artemus D. Sutton, Company B, 89th Ohio Volunteer...Lot 68 — Private Thomas Conner, Company B, 32nd Ohio Volunteer...Lot 69 — Libby Prison shackles worn by escaped Union soldier with...Lot 70 — A group of 3 Civil War soldier folk art wood carvings made...Lot 71 — A group of 3 items, incl. Civil War soldier's folk art wood...Lot 72 — Union Prisoner of War ration bag and ration sent to...Lot 73 — Private George A. Hitchcock, Company A, 21st Massachusetts...Lot 74 — Long May it Wave over the Soldier's Grave . Civil War...Lot 75 — Confederate patriotic lady's ditty bag with hand embroidery.Lot 76 — Private David Yonally, Company A, 25th Ohio Volunteer...Lot 77 — Civil War-period needle holder acquired from General Lee's...Lot 78 — Captain George S. Benton, 5th Connecticut, KIA...Lot 79 — Civil War soldier carved wooden knuckles found on line of...Lot 80 — Civil War-period brass knuckles.Lot 81 — Civil War Sutler James L. Jones, 1st Massachusetts...Lot 82 — Private William Eldred, 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment. 2...Lot 83 — Recruits Wanted For The 3d Ohio Cavalry . Elmore, OH: 26...Lot 84 — Grand Skedaddle of the Rebel Editor of the Savannah...Lot 85 — Civil War CDV of an executed deserter.Lot 86 — Civil War CDV of a military court with prisoner.Lot 87 — Documented .58 caliber Springfield minie ball used in the...Lot 88 — Civil War chess board and accompanying pieces. Hills...Lot 89 — The Guerillas . Salem, MA: G.M. Whipple & A.A. Smith, 1863....Lot 90 — Civil War-era small hinged game box.Lot 91 — Union Playing Cards . New York: American Card Co., [ca...Lot 92 — Union Playing Cards . New York: American Card Co., [ca...Lot 93 — Private Byron A. Straight, Company B, 112th New York...Lot 94 — A group of items identified to Corporal William J....Lot 95 — A collection of items identified to Lieutenant Colonel...Lot 96 — Private Philip E. Smith, Company E, Iron Brigade, 2nd...Lot 97 — Corporal William L. Miller, Company G, 7th Indiana...Lot 98 — Civil War soldier's gauntlets.Lot 99 — Civil War-era officer's crimson sash.Lot 100 — Private William March, Company A, 23rd New York Volunteer...Lot 101 — Model 1858 forage cap identified to Private James Strauser,...Lot 102 — Cavalry officer’s McDowell style forage cap.Lot 103 — 1st Ohio Light Artillery forage cap identified to Joseph...Lot 104 — Model 1858 enlisted man's forage cap with blue 3rd...Lot 105 — 140th Pennsylvania Infantry II Corps enlisted man's forage...Lot 106 — 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. US regulation tarred...Lot 107 — Two Army slouch hats identified to Captain Charles E. Nash,...Lot 108 — Civil War private purchase infantry officer's forage cap....Lot 109 — Civil War-period brass cap ventilator and enlisted Hardee...Lot 110 — Civil War early contract regulation bugle. Manufactured by...Lot 111 — Richmond F. Parker, Principal Musician, Company C, 19th...Lot 112 — US Regulation bugle with infantry cords.Lot 113 — Civil War US Regulation bugle with original cavalry cords....Lot 114 — Civil War US Regulation bugle with artillery cords....Lot 115 — ROOT, George Frederick (1820-1895), editor. The Bugle-Call....Lot 116 — Pre-Civil War, or war-era unmarked rosewood fife.Lot 117 — Civil War painted military snare drum featuring four...Lot 118 — Civil War painted US regulation eagle drum with sticks....Lot 119 — Civil War painted regulation eagle drum.Lot 120 — Captain Albert W. Stiles, 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry...Lot 121 — Surgeon Emil Guelich, 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry....Lot 122 — Civil War regulation Model 1858 infantry frock coat...Lot 123 — Model 1855 cavalry sergeant's uniform jacket with field...Lot 124 — Model 1855 artillery corporal's uniform jacket with field...Lot 125 — A collection of 24 Civil War buttons representing every...Lot 126 — A group of 15 Civil War and post-Civil War buttons,...Lot 127 — A group of 9 pre-Civil War and Civil War Union and...Lot 128 — Civil War-period 1861 patent button polisher, button rings,...Lot 129 — Pre-Civil War ornate brass eagle head saddle pommel.Lot 130 — Ornate privately purchased brass eagle spurs.Lot 131 — Pair of eagle spurs.Lot 132 — Silver eagle suspender buckles.Lot 133 — Civil War infantry officer's hat insignia with regimental...Lot 134 — Civil War artillery hat insignia with regimental number "4."Lot 135 — Captain Benjamin B. Hopkins, Company G, 5th Illinois...Lot 136 — Civil War colonel of cavalry shoulder straps.Lot 137 — Civil War Smith patent colonel of cavalry shoulder straps.Lot 138 — Civil War Smith Patent captain of cavalry shoulder straps.Lot 139 — Civil War extra quality first lieutenant of cavalry...Lot 140 — Civil War colonel of artillery shoulder straps.Lot 141 — Civil War Smith Patent lieutenant of artillery straps Lot 142 — Civil War Smith Patent first lieutenant of infantry...Lot 143 — Civil War pioneer sergeant chevrons.Lot 144 — Civil War corporal / private's shoulder scales.Lot 145 — Major Frank Rolfe, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, KIA...Lot 146 — A group of items identified to Sergeant Major John S....Lot 147 — 37th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Major of staff shoulder...Lot 148 — Civil War artillery and company insignia displayed on...Lot 149 — A group of 10 reproduction Civil War insignia. [Ca 1960s].Lot 150 — A group of 14 items identified to Captain William L. Curry,...Lot 151 — Complete leather carbine sling with attached Burnside...Lot 152 — John Post, Company H, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment (George...Lot 153 — Corporal James Stafford, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry, KIA...Lot 154 — Civil War pocket watch featuring portrait of Ulysses S....Lot 155 — Silver patent lever pocket watch engraved with cavalry...Lot 156 — Private John R. Hallam, Company H., 2nd Ohio Volunteer...Lot 157 — Civil War-period collapsible candlestick and war-date...Lot 158 — Civil War-period collapsible silver candlesticks.Lot 159 — CHAMBERLAIN, Joshua (1828-1914). Autograph letter to wife...Lot 160 — Civil War soldier folk art carved pipe identified to the...Lot 161 — Captain John T. Bell, Company I, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry...Lot 162 — Jabez Alsover, 1st & 115th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiments....Lot 163 — Civil War-period patented cigar case with cigar.Lot 164 — Civil War patriotic tobacco pouch. Manufactured by the...Lot 165 — A group of 4 Civil War-era illustrated cigar labels,...Lot 166 — Gettysburg 50th Anniversary "Big Smoke" souvenir cigar....Lot 167 — Charles D. Mowry, Company C, 17th Maine Infantry / 1st...Lot 168 — Civil War-period officer's traveling eating utensils kit.Lot 169 — John C. Milligan army camp mess kit. Patented 20 January...Lot 170 — Corporal George M. Emrick, Company I, 62nd Pennsylvania...Lot 171 — Union army knife variation patented by A. Hills.Lot 172 — Price List of Articles Manufactured by Charles Parker ....Lot 173 — A group of items identified to Private William H. Shaver,...Lot 174 — WARD, George W. History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran...Lot 175 — Under the Maltese Cross: Antietam to Appomattox, the Loyal...Lot 176 — Vanranseler R. Champney, Company A, 149th Pennsylvania...Lot 177 — Stencil kit identified to Private Tilman Shupe, Company I,...Lot 178 — Lieutenant William H. Whitten, 21st Indiana Light Artillery...Lot 179 — Orrin W. Clark, Company H, 60th Massachusetts Volunteer...Lot 180 — Civil War-era writing kit patented by George Hathaway, 1861.Lot 181 — Civil War-period portable writing kit.Lot 182 — Civil War-period writing group, comprising:Lot 183 — Civil War-period writing group, comprising:Lot 184 — Civil War-period writing kit.Lot 185 — Civil War broadside calling on women to knit socks for...Lot 186 — Civil War-period man's dress shirt with original buttons.Lot 187 — Sergeant Benning Hall, Jr., Company I, 39th Massachusetts....Lot 188 — Pre-Civil War sunglasses.Lot 189 — US Pattern 1861 cartridge box with US box plate.Lot 190 — Civil War officer's belt rig with Model 1851 buckle and...Lot 191 — Civil War cartridge box sling with soldier's initials.Lot 192 — Early Civil War tarred canvas knapsack. [Ca 1861].Lot 193 — Model 1839 federal oval "US" belt plate.Lot 194 — Pre-Civil War straight razor and strop. Hall, [ca...Lot 195 — Civil War-period officer's grooming kit identified to W.M....Lot 196 — Civil War-period officer's grooming kit. Manufactured by...Lot 197 — A group of 4 Civil War-period shaving accessories,...Lot 198 — A group of 4 Civil War-period shaving accessories,...Lot 199 — Patriotic eagle and shield mirror. Paris, France: patented...Lot 200 — Civil War-period soap container with soap.Lot 201 — Illustrated Catalogue of Arms & Military Goods. [New York]:...Lot 202 — HARDEE, William J. (1815-1873). Hardee's Rifle and Light...Lot 203 — CRAIGHILL, William Price (1833-1909). Army Officers Pocket...Lot 204 — WEBSTER, William G. The Army and Navy Pocket Dictionary....Lot 205 — The New Testament . New York: American Bible Society, 1861....Lot 206 — KELSEY, D.M. Deeds of Daring by the American Soldier, North...

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