RARE TIFFANY MARKED CIVIL WAR VETERANS MEDAL-NUMBERED

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For sale is an large outstanding civil war veterans medal from the 51st Regiment Veterans Association, New York State Volunteers. It measures about 3 1/2 inches long overall, by about 2 inches wide. The metal itself is a little over 1 1/2 inches in circumference. T is a bronze ribbon which serves as a clasp that is marked Tiffany & Co. the pin is in very solid shape and still is an excellent stiff working order. The ribbon is comprised of red white and blue fabric which shows some signs of some wear, but is overall intact. The front of the bronze medal reads New York State Volunteers Veterans Association 51st Regt. 1861. The bottom of the medal reads Shepard Rifles. The bottom rim of the medal has been hand engraved with the number 127. This is apparently the number associated with the soldier in this item was issued to. The back of the medal reads Ninth Army Corps, and has the insignia of the New York state crest, and a union shield on each side. It is topped by a eagle with its wings spread, and the ninth Army Corps in insignia on bottom. This is a very handsome metal that is in excellent shape for its age. I will start this item with a $99.00 opening bid with no reserve. Please examine the photographs carefully, and ask any questions before you bid, because this item is being sold as found. Below is some histoy of the unit. History Mustered in: July 27 to October 23,1861Mustered out: July 25, 1865 The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion , 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912. This regiment was organized in New York city October 11, 1861, by the consolidation of the Scott and the Union Rifles with the Shepard Rifles. The New York Rifles, Col. Chas. W. LeGendre, had already been consolidated with the Shepard Rifles, Colonel Ferrero, and part of the Empire Zouaves with the Union Rifles, Col. Anton Martin Lichtercost. Other incomplete organizations were added, Henry Z. Drew's company of Mechanic Rifles becoming part of Company C; Company A, U. S. Voltigeurs or Rangers, Col. Albert C. Ramsay, Company D; and a portion of Col. L. Ayer's Yates Rifles part of other companies of the regiment. The Scott Rifles were recruited by Col. W. R. McDonald, under authority from the War Department, dated July 22, 1861. Col. Edward Ferrero was placed in command of the regiment, which, recruited in New York city, was mustered in the service of the United States for three years between July 27 and October 23, 1861. At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled tto were mustered out and the regiment retained in service. June 3, 1865, the enlisted men of the 109th Infantry, not discharged with their regiment, were transferred to it.The regiment left the State October 29, 1861; served in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Department of North Carolina, from November, 1861; in the same brigade and division, 9th Corps, from June, 1862; in the 1st Division, 23d Corps, from September, 1863; in the District of Kentucky, Department of Ohio, from January, 1864; in the 2d Division, 9th Corps, from February, 1864; in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 9th Corps, from March, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 9th Corps, from April, 1864; as Engineers of the Division, from May 26, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from July 2, 1864; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, commanded by Col. John G. Wright, July 25, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 7 officers, 130 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 2 officers, 63 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 181 enlisted men; total, 11 officers, 374 enlisted men; aggregate, 385; of whom 1 officer, 72 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy. The following is taken from The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . Madison, WI: ... read more

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