The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca

4 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1 in. pocket cigar case containing 9 cigars (case heavily worn, with rusting, residue, and darkening overall; cigars intact). Case with original interior label reading, "Robert Burns Segars Made of Best Selections of Tobacco  Straiton & Storm, New York. Entd according to act of Congress AD 1863 by J. Straton in the Clerk's Office of the D.C. of the Southn. D. of N.Y." Case also with remnants of exterior labels, though much is lost and/or darkened to the point of illegibility. Provenance: descended in the family of Jabez Alsover, through his great great granddaughter Karenlyn Alsover Banmiller. Letter from Alsover Banmiller included in this lot reads, in part, "This Tobacco Case belonged to my great-great Grandfather Jabez Alsover. He was a Private and a Sergent in the Civil War and his name is on the monument at Gettysburg, PA...His great Grandfather was a Sergenat in the Revolutionary War..."

Jabez Alsover  of Easton Pennyslvania enlisted in April 1861, first entering the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry and, after his discharge, mustering in to the 115th Pennsylvania Infantry on 13 June 1862. His name is listed on the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg as Private Jabez Alsover.