Lot # 80

JEWELER'S GOLD CIVIL WAR MILITIA BELT BUCKLE,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $1,150.00
likely from a militia group in one of the larger East coast cities, such as Boston or New York. Beautifully detailed deep engraved eagle in flight above UNION, at top, with Miss Liberty with Liberty Cap on pike on left side and Lady Justice, blindfolded with scales on right, crossed U.S. flags flanking U.S. shield at bottom, 1.5" x 2.4" high, tested 14k gold, 0.585 ozt.

Lot # 81

SMITH'S PATENT INFANTRY 2ND LT. STRAPS,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $345.00

Lot # 82

LOT OF TWO PAIRS OF EPAULETS AND SHOULDER BOARDS, PLUS,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $690.00
first pair of epaulets with brass button with image of eagle clutching a shield. Second pair of epaulets is in poor condition, but have an interesting jacquard pattern in the top region. One spare epaulet also in poor condition. Two bullion coil tassels for fore and aft section of a chapeau. Plus one pair of Indian Wars Lieutenant's shoulder boards and one Indian War Captain's shoulder board.

Lot # 83

PAIR OF RHODE ISLAND FIRST LIGHT INFANTRY EPAULETS,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $345.00
gold dress epaulets with bullion spread-winged eagle. Top center of epaulet with blue velvet dome with bullion letters FLI. Complete with pendant gold bullion cords. Bottom brass straps marked right and left.

The Rhode Island First Light Infantry was a state militia that was formed in 1818. They were called to state service in April 1842 and participated in the Dorr Rebellion. They were again called to service in the Civil War when they became Companies C and D of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment.

Lot # 85

PAIR OF 1851-PATTERN BRASS SHOULDER SCALES,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $143.75

Lot # 86

U.S. NAVY TIN BOX ID'D TO ANDREW BRYSON WITH DOCS,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $632.50
U.S. Navy Document Japanned Tin box inscribed to Andrew Bryson U.S. Navy. Lot includes a large group of photocopy documents and photographs, detailing his service record.

Andrew Bryson was born in 1822. He was appointed from New York, December 21st, 1837; attached to Sloop Ontario, West India Squadron, 1838-42; Naval School, Philadelphia 1842-43; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 29th, 1843, sloop Decatur, Coast of Africa, 1843-45; Steamer Michigan, on the lakes,1845-49; store ship Erie, 1850-51; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 30th, 1851; brig Bainbridge, Coast of Africa, 1851-55; receiving-ship, Boston, 1853-55; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1856-58; sloop Preble, Brazil Squadron, 1858-59; Navy Yard, New York, 1861 commissioned as Commander, July 16th, 1862; commanding steamer Chippewa, special service, 1862-63; commanding iron-clad Lehigh, S.A.B. Squadron, 1863; at the reduction of Fort Macon, and in all principal actions in which the iron-clads were engaged off Charleston, from September 22d, 1863, to April 5th, 1864; wounded slightly by fragment of shell off Charleston; commanding the iron-clad Essex, Mississippi Squadron, 1864-65: commissioned as Captain, July 25th, 1866; commanding steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1866-69; Commanding receiving-ship, Boston 1869; Commissioned as Commodore, February 14th, 1873 commissioned Rear Admiral, March 25th 1880; on Retired List January 30th, 1883; Died, February 7th, 1892.

Lot # 87

LOT OF EIGHT FULL BOXES OF FRANKFORD ARSENAL CANNON FUZES, PLUS ONE EXTRA FUZE BOX AND ONE BULLET,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $920.00
nine different packets, each one has a differently timed fuze. Six are dated 1863 and two are dated 1864. All made by Frankford Arsenal.

Lot # 89

CIVIL WAR CRUPPER STRAP FOR A MCCLELLAN SADDLE,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $345.00
hard to find item.

Lot # 90

INDIAN WAR OFFICER'S SWORD BELT AND BUCKLE,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $460.00
with sword hanger.

Lot # 91

M1832 FOOT ARTILLERY OR INFANTRY SWORD BELT,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $632.50
bridle leather with a 1851 enlisted sword plate. See Dorsey, 1984:14.

Lot # 92

FOLDING CIVIL WAR MEDICAL COT,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $345.00
37" in length (unfolded).

Lot # 93

LOT OF THREE WEST VIRGINIA GAR CIVIL WAR MEDALS AND HAT DEVICES,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $1,150.00
Wilm Kimberling, Co. I, 4th Infantry Regiment Volunteers. Wilm Gill, Co. K, 9th Infantry Volunteer Metal Artillery badge, officer's badge and 7th Cavalry device. Pair of Army-Navy Union medals for Civil War and Indian Wars.

Lot # 94

FIRST RHODE ISLAND MEDAL OF BULL RUN 7/21/1861,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $690.00
unmarked 1.5" long jeweler-made silver bar-form pinback with engraved and enameled BULL RUN/JULY 21st 1861 with floral scroll surround attached to 1" x 3" blue silk ribbon, with a shield-shaped jeweler-made silver pin displaying state and military motifs. A fine ribbon.

Lot # 95

1ST RHODE ISLAND CAVALRY BATTALION MEDAL,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $1,725.00
jeweler made gold filled 3-part medal with arched pinback with engraved and enameled 1st R.I. Cav. Ba., over gold silk ribbon with gold filled and enameled shield with anchor on blue field with ribbon banner above with Hope, attached to oval sunburst gold filled medallion with crossed sabers on blue field, 3.25" long.

Lot # 96

SEVENTH RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEER MEDAL,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $805.00
fine silver and enameled jeweler-made shield-shaped pinback medal with engraved and enameled ribbon banner at top with 7th R.I. Vol., over anchor with smaller banner with Hope in blue, over crossed guidons and rifles, 1.5" x 1.7".

The R.I. 7th Vol. Infantry saw its first action at Fredericksburg with heavy casualties. After this it was transferred to the Western theater under Grant and was active at the siege of Vicksburg and many smaller skirmishes in pursuit of Johnson's retreating army. The Regiment was again transferred to the Army of the Potomac and took part in the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Bethesda Church, and the siege of Petersburg.

Lot # 99

33 STAR CIVIL WAR U.S. NATIONAL FLAG,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $1,840.00
62" x 84", in wool with unusual two-piece canton that is vertically longer than horizontal distance (34.5" x 27.5"), with wreath pattern canton of 35 hand-sewn cotton stars, four of which are in corners of canton, reverse with matching hand-sewn cotton stars. Machine sewn canvas hoist with seven hand-sewn grommets. This flag has nine linen loops sewn along the top margin for displaying on wall.

Lot # 100

36 STAR MACHINE-SEWN AND HAND-SEWN NATIONAL FLAG,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $720.00
54" x 80", wool with canton pattern having six rows of six hand-sewn cotton stars, reverse with cut away and hemmed stars. Stripes and canvas sleeve-type hoist are machine-sewn and retains original hemp rope.

Lot # 101

36 STAR MACHINE-SEWN U.S. NATIONAL FLAG,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $460.00
65" x 136" machine-sewn wool with cotton stars. Canton pattern with six rows of six (36), reverse cut-away and hemmed. Canvas hoist with 2 brass grommets and inked inscription Christy and F.P.C..

Lot # 102

OUTSTANDING 36 STAR HAND-SEWN SILK CIVIL WAR FLAG,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $2,300.00
35.5" x 58.5", with canton pattern six rows of six stars (36), reverse with cut away and hemmed stars, hoist has four silk ribbon loops, wrapped in old linen, with attached note reading This flag was made in 1864 in New York City by Susan Dayton Maclay grandmother of Helen Maclay Burt of Palermo, California.

Lot # 104

CIVIL WAR R.I. 2ND/3RD/7TH CAV. REUNION GUIDON WITH DOCUMENTS,

Sale Price Including Buyer's Premium: $977.50
lot of 8, includes a 29" x 42.5" guidon with painted crossed cavalry sabers in gold, red and blue with 2d./3d./7th in gold with red outlining, on golden yellow silk ground with matching fringe and hoist in braided metallic edging. Lot includes a 2.25" x 7" gold silk printed ribbon for the above units reading 2d, 3d and 7th Squadron Veteran Cavalry Association Annual Reunion Rocky Point Tuesday, August 4th 1896. Also a GAR corps badge-type two-part metal, in Maltese cross-form with enameled 2/3/7, surrounding central crossed sabers with R.I. above and Cavalry/Association below, with blank bar form pinback, 1.75" long, plus 5 post-war state militia documents for 2nd Lt. Robert Pollard, 3rd R.I. Cavalry, and an illustrated Civil War escutcheon for the 3rd R.I. Cavalry, 18" x 22".

The 7th R.I. Cavalry, a 3-month unit, was part of the Army of the Potomac, narrowly escaped the Colonel Miles disaster at Harpers Ferry. The R.I. 2nd dragoons battalion of cavalry was also a three-month unit. The R.I. 3rd Cavalry was a 3-year enlistment, assigned to the Dept. of the Gulf, under General Banks. These units saw considerable action in the West, including the Red River expedition.