Item: Civil War Era Confederate Jacket
Sold For: $1,025.00
Bids: 35
Date: Apr 17, 2012
Auction: Ebay
Seller: generallee292
Description and Image By: generallee292
Original confederate shell jacket –buttons removed and gray cloth body cut up and sold for fund raising effortsby the daughters of the confederacy for monuments and museums –jacket still retains fragments of the original gray wool and red cuff wool –jacket has a wonderful dark patina and is completely hand sewn –it is in the exact same condition as when the daughters of the confederacy conducted their fund raising –really rare wonderful piece for any confederate collection –jacket has family verbal id to augustus p. Farnell company f 5th florida infantry –jacket still retains all original thick lining and interior and displays very well –this confederate jacket is truly a real conversation piece and truly an historic piece that has a great association with the daughters of the confederacy –don’t miss this rare opportunity to own this super confederate item –extremely hard to find any confederate tunics and, if you’re lucky to find one, it is very expensive –the beauty of this piece is that it is without a doubt 100% original –this great relic of the civil war could be seen in any fine museum with a great history to the early days of the daughters of the confederacy –frame size 29″ x 23″ — comes with confederate veteran pension records –records state that soldier served 3 years in the army under general r.e.lee