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Albert VN-60. Coat size, 2 piece, uniform button, 7\/8 inches in diameter, Nebraska S & S Home in raised letters on a lined field on the face. This is an absolutely beautiful example retaining 100% of its gold gilt finish. Complete with shank. Imprint on the reverse, Superior Quality. The reverse side of the button is just as nice as the obverse. Circa 1880's. Extremely desirable condition. The Nebraska Soldiers & Sailors Home, located in Grand Island, Nebraska, was approved by the state legislature as a ho
Colonel of the 27th Illinois Infantry Mathew Brady photograph (1807-83) Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, at "Rose Hill," his family's plantation. At the time of his birth his namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was at the height of his power. He was the half brother of Union cavalry General John Buford of Gettysburg fame. His cousin, Abraham Buford, was a general in the Confederate States Army. After receiving an education in the plantation schools of Kentucky, he graduated in the West Point
General "Stonewall" Jackson was mortally wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 2, 1863 (1824-1863) Born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), he graduated in the West Point class of 1846, a class that furnished 24 general officers to the Union and Confederate armies during The War Between the States. He earned the brevets of captain and major during the Mexican War distinguishing himself at the Battle of Chapultepec. He was an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., fr