Collection of a wide variety of Civil War–era artifacts, including: a bone-handled fork and spoon set, the knife with a ‘Lamson & Goodnow’ maker mark and patent date of 1860; an unmarked ‘camp spoon’ with floral decorations at the top of the handle; a scissors-like wick trimmer with patent date of 1864; a wooden toothbrush handle with sixty tiny holes for bristles, now absent; an unsmoked ‘torpedo-shaped’ rolled cigar; a package of Pure Yellow Bank tobacco from W. H. Goodwin & Co. in its original wrapper; a package of Queen of the Valley fine cut chewing tobacco from J. W. Loomis in its original wrapper; a set of unused matches; an 1863 five-cent US fractional currency note; an 1864 fifty-cent Confederate note; a section of wood from an original beam from Libby Prison, double-matted with descriptive text and two images; and an attractively displayed collection of eight items, including an 1864 $30 Confederate bond note, a brass button excavated from a Confederate campsite, and six bullets excavated from the Shenandoah Valley. In overall very good to fine condition. Please contact RR Auction to obtain a shipping quote.
