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Here is a wonderfully significant relic. It has seen the elephant! This is a remnant of the capture flag of the 30th Louisiana Infantry. The brocaded star sits on a section of blue silk field. It also includes the hand written provenance, on period paper, from the soldier who describes the facts about its captured. "Star from the Flag of the 30th Louisiana Vols. (Rebels) by Knifies(sp) Div Cav'y at Brentwood. Dec 17th" This action took place during the Franklin/Nashville campaign that destroyed the CS Army of Tennessee. The 30th LA as a regiment and later as a battalion fought at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Jackson MS., Mobile, Atlanta, Ezra Church, and finally captured at Brentwood, TN. Flag remnants from an identified unit are becoming harder and harder to find. (kb887) $1295 |
Early pattern 1839 .69 cal cartridge box. Complete in every way and yet has the appropriate wear pattern to be sure it was battle used. The leather is very supple; however, there is the age appropriate cracking of the blackened veneer. To be sure it is stable. Buckles and finial as well as tins are complete. This model was to use the shoulder straps only and therefore did not have the belt loops. The plate is excellent...the two leather pieces holding it in place appear to be the only replaced pieces, as one would expect. (kb664) $735. |