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IDENTIFIED WALKING CANE FROM THE CEDAR CREEK BATT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
IDENTIFIED WALKING CANE FROM THE CEDAR CREEK BATT
IDENTIFIED WALKING CANE FROM THE CEDAR CREEK BATTLEFIELD. An American Cherry-wood walking cane 35 1/4” tall with bend-wood handle and small brass thimble tip. Approximately 5 1/2” below the top of the handle is a nickel/silver band, which is engraved as follows: From/Cavalry Camp. Cedar Creek/19th October 1864/cut by N.A. Bosworth, 1885. An exhaustive search of the Civil War records may produce results for N.A. Bosworth who may have served in one of the cavalry units positioned on the Cedar Creek Battlefield. It has been the experience of this cataloguer that the veterans themselves were the principle collectors of battle relics from the campaigns and fields on which they served. The Cedar Creek Battle was a critical late war victory for the Union Army. This victory disabled Lee’s army in the Shenandoah Valley. The Confederate Army of the Valley, under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, surprised the Federal Army at Cedar Creek and routed the VIII and XIX Army Corps at dawn on October 19, 1864. Gen. Philip Sheridan, commanding, arrived shortly thereafter from Winchester to rally his troops, and, in the afternoon, launched a crushing counterattack, which recovered the battlefield. A wonderful battlefield relic from an important Virginia engagement. CONDITION: Cane is well preserved but shows much use during its lifetime. Brass thimble tip is well worn and there is wear and minor losses to the bark on the cherry handle. Nickel/silver band is firmly in place, orig to the cane and the engraving readable. 4-54497 CoW1 (600-800)