SOLD – CIVIL WAR OFFICER CAPT. JAMES B HATCHER TELESCOPE SPYGLASS

CIVIL WAR OFFICER CAPT. JAMES B HATCHER TELESCOPE SPYGLASS
CIVIL WAR OFFICER CAPT. JAMES B HATCHER TELESCOPE SPYGLASS RARE

THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR OFFICERS BRASS AND LEATHER SPYGLASS THAT WAS FOUND IN ASHLAND VIRGINIA. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND UNCLEANED CONDITION AND THE OLD PATINA IS STILL INTACT. IT IS SIGNED “JAMES B HATCH” WHO WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE 20TH NEW YORK MILITIA CO. B DURING THE WAR. HE SERVED AS A SERGEANT, FIRST SERGEANT, SECOND LIEUTENANT, FIRST LIEUTENANT, AND THEN CAPTAIN. THE 20TH FOUGHT BATTLES IN FREDERICKSBURG, ANTIETAM AND OTHER CONFRONTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. THIS IS A GOOD EARLY CIVIL WAR IDENTIFIED OFFICERS TELESCOPE THAT IS NOT OFTEN FOUND. MEASURES: 36″ EXTENDED