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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INFANTRY REGIMENT- MEASURES 6" BY 3 1/2" BY BOUT 1 1/4- GREAT THICK GLASS WITH PEWTER SCREW ON CAP- BEAUTIFUL BROWN LEATHER COVER ON TOP AND PEWTER COVER ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE FLASK- THE FLASK BOTTOM HAS ENGRAVED NAME O H HOOPER ON ONE SIDE- IN VERY GOOD CONDITION- SOME WEAR AND TEAR ON THE LEATHER-LITTLE SEAM SEPARTATION- ALL MINOR- THE NAME O H HOOPER IS IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FILES AND CIVIL WAR DATABASE AS A MEMBER OF COMPANY I- 48TH ALABAMA INFANTRY - O H WAS A SERGEANT FROM CALHOUN COUNTY AND MUSTERED IN MAY 1862- BY JUNE HE AND THE 48TH- 1100 STRONG, WOULD BE IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN JACKSON'S CORPS- FIRST ENGAGED IN BATTLE AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN, THEN SECOND MANASSAS AND AN INTENSE FIGHT AT SHARPSBURG (ANTIETAM)- THE 48TH WOULD BE IN ALL THE MAJOR BATTLES LEE'S ARMY FOUGHT- AT GETTYSBURG AS PART OF LONGSTREET'S CORPS THEY WOULD ENTER THE BATTLE WITH 374 SOLDIERS PRESENT - THEY WOULD LOST A QUARTER OF THEM IN THE FIGHTING ON THE RIGHT FLANK AROUND DEVIL'S DEN AND NEAR THE WHEATFIELD- TEN WEEKS LATER THEY WOULD BE WITH LONGSTREET IN THE WESTERN THEATER FIGHTING AT SUFFOLK-CHICKAMAUGA AND KNOXVILLE- FROM THERE THE 48TH WOULD RETURN TO VIRGINIA AND THE WILDERNESS -SPOTTSYLVANIA AND MORE- THE LONG FIGHT AT PETERSBURG AND FINALLY WITH 14 OFFICERS AND 122 SOLDIERS SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX -NO RECORD KNOWN IF O H HOOPER SURVIVED THESE TROUBLE TIMES-THE FLASK WAS ACQUIRED IN CENTRAL PENN- A GREAT CONFEDERATE SOLDIER COLLECTIBLE- PERFECT FOR DISPLAY OR TO ADD TO A COLLECTION. The item "RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF" is in sale since Wednesday, August 05, 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.


RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S GLASS/PEWTER FLASK-48TH ALABAMA INF