[CIVIL WAR]. Hardtack taken from haversack of Private John Hubbard, Co. B, 108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and kept by his wife as a memento.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$700 -
$900
Sold for $1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Hardtack taken from haversack of Private John Hubbard, Co. B, 108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and kept by his wife as a memento.
Approx. 4 x 4 in. cracker housed in satin-lined wooden box (loss to two corners, unexamined out of the box). Accompanied by period inked note reading, "This was taken out of John Hubbard haversack by his wife in the fall of 1862 when the 108 Ills Voll Inftry left Peoria / Presented by I.B. Doolittle May 11th 1910 to G.A.R. Peoria Ills 5/11 - 10."
John Hubbard enlisted on 2 August 1862, and mustered into the 108th Illinois Infantry Regiment later that month. The 108th fought in the Battles of Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Brice's Cross Roads, and Spanish Fort. Hubbard mustered out at Vicksburg, MS on 5 August 1865.
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico
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