Very Rare Confederate Meerschaum Pipe Dr J R Woods 48th Miss

Here is the Civil War era pipe belonging to Dr. John R Woods who was the Assistant Surgeon of the 48th Mississippi Infantry. He had a very interesting history.

 John Randolph Wood left the University of Virginia to volunteer in the  Confederate Army - first, as a private.  After receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia where he graduated in the class of 1863.

and is in excellent condition. The front has the caduceus and one side reads Dr. J R Woods 48th Miss. The other has the CSA with the bottom having a floral pattern. The stem is missing and pipe shows heavy use. 

Here is a fantastic grouping of items that belonged to Sgt W Floyd of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry. The tintype show him wearing a regulation Georgia Cavalry Uniform with him holding an 1841 Colt Root Revolver. The 2nd Ga Cav was part of Confederate General Joe Wheeler's Cavalry.

"Gifts from Will David Floyd Sponsor Wheeler Cavalry Corp and the shipping envelope from the ribbon maker Whithead & Hoag was sent by Miss Crawford to Col Prather in 1916. Why she sent them to him is a mystery that is lost to time. Very interesting group of rare Confederate items with a GREAT History

received a federal letter order for 58,000 .58 caliber Model 1861  Springfield rifled muskets. In February the order was reduced to 25,000.  In June of 1862, he signed a contract with Parkers’ Snow & Co. to  produce the guns. William H. Miller, with twenty years of gun  manufacturing experience, was hired to superintend gun production, and his younger brother, George W., with ten years gun manufacturing experience, was hired to produce the locks. Converting the Cherry Street  machine making and foundry operation into a gun works took time, and the first 5,502 rifles with “Parker Snow & Co.” and “1863” stamped on the locks were not completed until October 31, 1863. 

Charles Parker again renamed the Cherry Street operation. The new name was “Meriden Manufacturing Co.” and, on January 9, 1865, the operation was restructured as a joint stock company with all non-Parker interest being conveyed to Charles, John, and Edmund Parker. Charles retained controlling ownership interest. It was under this name, that Parker’s breech-loading conversion system for rifled muskets (the William H. and  George W. Miller patented system), the Triplett & Scott repeating rifles and carbines, and the first Parker shotguns were made in 1865. There were only 2000 of the Miller Conversions produced and they were all converted from the original 5000 that are marked 1863.