British 1853 Pattern Enfield rifle-musket, .577 caliber also fired a .58 caliber bullet used by both the Union and the Confederacy.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln pulled ahead of William Seward and won the Republican nomination on the third ballot. The Republican platform opposed slavery in the territories but upheld the right of slavery in the South. It also opposed the Dredd-Scott decision. The Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas...

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This is the Poll Book used in the 1864 election by the electors of Washington County in Pennsylvania who were assigned to Company G Independnet Battery Volunteers held at Fort Delaware, Delaware.

General Lee's cane chair was acquired by General E.W. Whitaker and remained in his possession until 3 November 1871 when he presented it to the Nathaniel Lyon Post, Grand Army of the Republic, to be awarded to the person selling the most tickets for a benefit performance. After selling ninety-six...

General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North culminated in the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day battle in American history. More soldiers were killed or wounded at Antietam than all the American dead in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the...

The Battle of Gettysburg was a critical turning point in the American Civil War. During the first three days of July, 1863, over 172,000 men and 634 cannons were positioned in an area encompassing 25 square miles. An estimated 569 tons of ammunition was expended and, when the battle had ended, the...

Civil War battle rattle used on smaller ships to call all hands to battle stations.

These relics were presented to General Winfield S. Hancock at Gettysburg, 1885.

The bayonet was used as an additional deadly weapon to be attached to the end of military rifles. The scabbard is a sheath to cover it.