A seldom found Civil War Smith carbine in relic condition. Possibly a battlefield pick-up. The sight is loose and comes with the gun. If only this carbine could talk. Please view the images for condition.

ON LAYAWAY

I usually do not list anything post Civil or Indian War but this revolver just has too good of a history. Offered is a Colt 38 Lightning revolver with written provenance that will accompany the sidearm. The letter states:
"Thought to have been used by one Henry Parks to shoot and kill one Dea(k)(t)? Turner on the head of Gillmore Creek in Wolfe Co. Ky. Gambling Quarrel! 1920's or 30's.
Found on place owned by Gary Banks purchased from Orville Banks. Place was lived on by Henry Parks at time of shooting. Revolver was found under a stump pushed over by bulldozer while clearing land. Early 1990's.
Two weeks after this shooting, Henry Parks was shot 6 times with his own gun after he showed it to a supposed friend on a street in Campton, Ky.
Henry survived the shooting. Bad ammo? Poor shot?"
Received letter and gun from Bob Banks 6-17-06.
Overall, a nice dug revolver you don't normally see with an interesting history.

Another item for you relic hunters. A matching pair of dug shoulder scales with a green patina. The shoulder scales were excavated at Stones River Battlefield.

Offered is a confederate briddlecutter pike excavated at the Sumter, South Carolina trainwreck site. Near the end of the War, Sherman's cavalry caught and burned a confederate supply train. This pike was probably manufactured at the Augusta Georgia works. Note the talon-like "briddle-cutter" for better defense against cavalry units. This style of pike was used by the Home Guard Troops (State Militia) against cavalry raiders. A unique dug item to add to your collection.

An outstanding period framed camp scene and piece of flag from the 138th New York. The frame appears period with the original glass containing bubbles in various places. The frame is 13" X 17" and the piece of flag cloth is 7.5" X 1.34". The camp scene is of "Camp Morris of the 138th Regt. N.Y. Vols." There is an old strip of paper on top of the cloth that states "A Piece of the Colors of the 138th N.Y.S. Vols." This item is out of a private collection in New Jersey. A must have for the flag fragment or New York collector.

The Regiment History of the 138th New York Vol. is below:

NEW YORK
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Second Auburn Regiment; Second Cayuga and Wayne County
Regiment.

This regiment was organized in August and September, 1862;
it was converted into a regiment of artillery, and, December
19, 1862, designated the 9th Artillery, under which head its
record will be found.

New York
NINTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY (HEAVY).
Second Auburn Regiment; Cayuga and Wayne County Regiment.
(Three Years)

The organization of this regiment was determined August 8,
1862, and Col. Joseph Welling received, August 12, 1862,
authority to recruit the regiment in the, then, 25th Senatorial
district of the State. September 29, 1862, this regiment was
designated the 138th Regiment of Infantry. It was organized at
Auburn, and there mustered in the service of the United States
for three years, September 8 and 9, 1862. It was converted
into an artillery regiment December 9, 1862, and designated,
December 19th, the 9th Regiment of Artillery. February 5,
1863, the 22d N. Y. Volunteer Battery was, by the War
Department, transferred to the regiment as Company M. Company
L was organized at Albany and there mustered in the United
States service for three years between November 4 and December
9, 1863.

The companies were recruited principally: A at Red Creek,
Huron, Wolcott and South Butler; B at Williamson, Ontario and
Walworth; C at Conquest, Cato and Victory; D at Lyons, Sodus,
Huron, Rose and Galen; E at Venice, Scipio, Auburn, Moravia,
Miles, Summerhill, Fleming and Montezuma; F at Geneva, Auburn,
Owasco, Sennett, Niles, Lansing, Mentz and Aurelius; G at
Wolcott, Savannah, Butler, Sterling, Huron and Rose; H at
Galen, Butler, Savannah, Rose and Victory; I at Auburn, Owasco
and Sennett; K at Clyde, Ira, Lyons, Wolcott, Galen, Williamson
and Ontario; L in Albany county; and M at Batavia, Bergen,
Bethany, Alexander, Darien and Oakfield.

The regiment (ten companies) left the State September 12,
1862, and served as infantry and heavy artillery in the
defenses of Washington, D. C., north of the Potomac, from
September, 1862; in the 2d, and later 3d, Brigade, Haskins'
Division, 22d Corps, from February, 1863; the 1st and 3d
Battalions in the 2d Brigade, 3d Division; the 2d Battalion in
the Artillery Brigade, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from May
25 and 31, 1864, respectively; the 2d Battalion in 1st Brigade,
Hardin's Division, 22d Corps, at Washington, D. C., from July
10, 1864; in Colonel Keim's Provisional Brigade, from September
23, 1864; all in the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps, Army
of the Potomac, from October 3, 1864; with the Army of the
Shenandoah from October, 1864, and with the Army of the
Potomac, from December, 1864.

It was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Col.
James W. Snyder, July 6, 1865, at Washington, D. C., the men
not entitled to be discharged then having been formed into four
companies and transferred, June 27, 1865, to the 2d N. Y.
Volunteer Artillery as Companies I, K, L and M of the latter.