Live Auction Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 10AM:
25. Civil War Union General John Ward’s Personal Spyglass
General John Henry Hobart Ward (1823-1903) enlisted in the army
at age eighteen. He worked his way up the ranks from Private to Sergeant Major
from 1842-1847, and took part in the siege of Fort Brown. He was wounded at
Monterry, and met his future wife at the capture of Vera Cruz. Commissioned
colonel with the 38th New York Volunteers after the outbreak of the Civil War
and became a Brigadier General on October 4, 1862. Campaigned at Fredericksburg
and Chancellorsville, wounded at Gettysburg. Relieved of command in 1864 for
“misbehavior and intoxication in the presences of the enemy during the Battle of
the Wilderness,” but honorably mustered out in July 1864.
Four-section collapsible telescope, wooden outer barrel, engraved cursive “Col
J.H.H. Ward”.
Condition Report: Excellent, remarkably clear optics, sliding eyepiece cover
fully functional
Size: 6 in. collapsed (15.2 cm.), 16 in. fully extended (40.6 cm.), 1.2 in.
diameter (3 cm.)
Provenance: Gary Hendershott Museum Consultants
Estimate: $5,000 – 10,000
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