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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INFANTRY - MEASURES ABOUT 13" BY 3 1/4" ACROSS THE CARVED WOODEN END CAP- GREAT BEAUTIFUL PATINA- WONDERFUL LARGE CARVED END CAP WITH WIDE GROOVES ALL AROUND THE EDGE- THE CONFEDERATE'S NAME J H BAKER IS CARVED INTO THE END ALONG WITH DATE 1863 AND A METAL MAN ON THE MOON PROFILE TACKED TO THE END- SECURED BY SCREWS- THE SPOUT IS A GREAT EIGHT SIDED PANELED WOODEN GEM WITH 12 AND AL CARVED INTO TWO OF THE PANELS- APPEARS DESIGNED FIT OVER BARREL- J H BAKER ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY F OF THE 12TH ALABAMA INFANTRY- MOST OF F COMPAY WERE FROM MASON CO-ALABAMA- THE 1196 MEN OF THE 12TH FORMED IN RICHMOND IN JULY OF 1861- IN 1862 THEY FOUGHT FIRST AT WILLIAMSBURG VA AND THEN SUFFERED 300 CASUALTIES STORMING FEDERAL REDOUBT IN THREE SUCCESSIVE CHARGES- THEY WOULD BE IN THE ADVANCE INTO MARYLAND IN SEPT 62- SUFFERED ANOTHER 12O CASUALITIES AT SHARPSBURG (ANTIETAM)-LUCKILY NOT ENGAGED AT FREDERICKSBURG, BUT AGAIN IN ACTION AT CHANCELLORSVILLE- AT GETTSYBURG THE 12TH WAS ON THE EXTREME LEFT AND SUPPORTED PICKETT'S GRAND ASSAULT LOSTING 80 OF THE 317 SOLDIERS WITH THE REGIMENT- 1864 WOULD HAVE THE 12TH HOTLY ENGAGED AT THE WILDERNESS AND SPOTTSYLVANIA-THEN CNTINOUS SKIRMINISHING WITH GRANT'S ADVANCE UNITS TO COLD HARBOR- THEN WOULD MARCH UP THE VALLEY AND BE WITH EARLY WHEN HE THREATENED WASHINGTON AND THEN RETURN TO THE FIGHTING AT PETERSBURG AND THE LONG FIGHTING RETREAT TO APPOMATTOX WHERE J H BAKER AND 66 OF HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS LEFT OF THE 12TH ALABAMA WOULD LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS AND BE MUSTERED OFF ON APRIL 9TH 1865- AS THE SAYING IN A SONG GOES- YOU FOUGHT ALL THE WAY JOHNNY REB- GREAT POWDER HORN USED BY J H BAKER- GREAT COLLECTIBLE. The item "RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF" is in sale since Wednesday, July 22, 2015. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Black Powder". The seller is "generallee292" and is located in Kingsville, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States.


RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED CONFEDERATE POWDER HORN-NAMED SOLDIER-12TH ALABAMA INF