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IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RELICS FROM THE CONFEDERA

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RELICS FROM THE CONFEDERA
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RELICS FROM THE CONFEDERATE PRISON CAMP ANDERSONVILLE. All of these relics were collected by Theodore Thomson, who, at 23 years old, enlisted as a Private in Company C 17th Iowa Infantry on March 29, 1862. Throughout his service, he rose from Private to Corporal and was promoted to 1st Sergeant on August 9, 1863 and 1st Lieutenant on January 30, 1864. The 17th Iowa fought in a number of significant battles in the Department of Tennessee. On March 16, 1863, Corporal Thomson was wounded in action at Champions Hill, Mississippi and was taken prisoner as 1st Lieutenant on October 13, 1864 at Tilton, Georgia. The small, but significant collection consists of a large seedpod measuring 16-1/2" in length and about 2" wide with an old paper printed label reading "195/COW PEAS. These were obtained from T. Thomson who ___ confined in Andersonville Prison in 1864, ___ are a part of the identical ____ issued to ____ while in confinement". 2) A carved walnut whimsy which resembles a vertebra, all carved from a single piece of wood and measuring approx. 15" long. CONDITION: Excellent. One or 2 chips and minor losses. 3) An 8" long pc of Georgia pine taken from the Andersonville Prison stockade, a carved bone ring, a long handmade spike, about 6" long with an old handwritten tag reading "Old spike from the Andersonville Prison from T.L. Thomson in 1864," a small sliver of wood measuring 2-3/4" x 1/2" with an old handwritten label reading "From Andersonville Stockade," and a small semicircular wedge of wood with an old handwritten tag reading "From the Oak near Andersonville Prison from which a spring of water gushed." All in all, a very interesting and rare collection of Andersonville Prison artifacts all collected by a member of the 17th Iowa infantry during his confinement there 1864-1865. 4-56158 CW27 (2,500-3,000)