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.

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