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Lot 1052

Confederate Grouping, Lt. D. T. Wilson

Estimate: $600 - $900

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muster roll of the Hamilton Rangers, Company K, 48th Georgia regiment, printed post war listing D. Thaddeus Wilson, first lieutenant promoted to Captain, wounded and retired; pocket watch by J.F. Cooper, London in pieces with discharged musket ball, watch supposedly saved Wilson's life; two ambrotypes, one of D. Thaddeus Wilson, one of small child; ephemera including six battlefield letters written in 1862; seven letters from wife Caroline Collins Wilson; three Civil War covers, one stamped "Richmond, July 1st 1862", with Confederate States of American bond and 59 bond coupons intact, Provenance: By descent in D. Thaddeus Wilson family

Condition

ephemera articles with fading, foxing, tears and losses; watch with obvious damage from musket ball