RARE CIVIL WAR ERA 106TH PA-SOLDIER'S MEDICAL BAG WITH GLASS SCREW TOP BOTTLES

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA 106TH PA-SOLDIER'S MEDICAL BAG WITH GLASS SCREW TOP BOTTLES- MEASURES 8" BY 7 1/2" OPEN- HAS FIVE SCREW TOP GLASS BOTTLES WITH NCKEL TOPS-EACH MEASURE 3 3/8" BY 11/16" ACROSS- HOUSED IN A CANVAS BAG WITH TIES-WRITTEN ON THE BAG IS DR J R C WARD 106TH INF REGT-PA VOL U S-1863-EXCELLENT CONDITION- COMES WITH LATER POSTCARD TO DR WARD FROM THE GIRALD COLLEGE ALUMNI DATED 1897- JOSEPH R C WARD ENTERED SERVICE AUG 1861 IN COMPANY I OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 106TH INFANTRY REGIMENT FOR THREE YEARS AS A MUSICIAN- HE MUST ALSO HAD SKILLS TO HEAL- BECAUSE OF THE MEDIC BOTTLES HE CARRIED AND HE WOULD LATTER BECOME A DENTIST- A LOT OF THESE SOLDIERS WERE SELF TAUGHT AND CARE IS WHERE YOU FIND IT- THE 106TH WOULD SOON BECOME A BATTLE TESTED AND TOUGH FIGHTING UNIT- FIRST BATTLE BALL BLUFF -OCT 1861- THEN WITH II CORPS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC IN THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN-SEVEN DAYS BATTLES- SECOND BULL RUN -THEN LOSTING A THIRD OF IT'S STRENGHT AT ANTIETAM- AT GETTYSBURG THE REGIMENT ARRIVED WITH 335 SOLDIERS AND WOULD LOST 63 IN THE FIGHTING AROUND THE BLISS FARM ON THE SECOND DAY AND IN HELPING DEFEND AGAINST PICKETTS CHARGE AS PART OF THE FAMOUS PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE II CORPS- JOSEPH WOULD SERVICE HIS THREE YEARS AND MUSTER OUT SEPT 1864- THE REGIMENT WOULD SUFFER 748 CASUALTIES FOR THEIR SERVICE- VERY INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE FROM HIS NAMED SOLDIER- GREAT COLLECTIBLE. The item "RARE CIVIL WAR ERA 106TH PA-SOLDIER'S MEDICAL BAG WITH GLASS SCREW TOP BOTTLES" is in sale since Wednesday, August 12, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Other Civil War Original Items".

The seller is "generallee292" and is located in Kingsville, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States.

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