An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.

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An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.

An Historically Important & Rare.Two Clasp CANADA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL.
“FENIAN RAID 1866" “FENIAN RAID 1870"



To: WILLIAM KINGSBURY.
Roxham Inf Co
51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.


An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. (Fought previously with the Union Army
(5th New Jersey Infantry)
in The American Civil War)


[THE MEDAL]
Private W. Kingsbury, 51st. Bn
(Officially Impressed)
CLASPS
FENIAN RAID 1866 (Roxham I Co.)
FENIAN RAID 1870 (51st Battalion) Hemmingford, Quebec.


**NOTE: Roxham is a stone’s throw away from Hemmingford on the United States Canadian border near Quebec.

[BIOGRAPHY]
*(After MUCH dedication and a long time spent in liaison with our USA research agents, the full service record of William Kingsbury is now fully available for this rare and exceptional medal. It is worth noting that not many civil war records are automatically available on line as many are still only accessible via private & hard copy archives, as is the case here. )*

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.







An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. ALSO INCLUDED....A VERY RARE AND ORIGINAL UNION ARMY “CIVIL WAR” BELT CARTRIDGE CASE.

We have recently been able to add to this lot a rare & seriously superb example of an Original American Civil War leather Cartridge Ammunition Belt Case. The exceptional case, which is of the 1864 pattern is totally complete with both its internal “tinned” metal sliding containers. The case in totally original condition as will be seen by the photographs below. All the original inspection & manufacturing reference stamps & embossments which were applied to the leather are fully visible & readable. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.














[FRONT FLAP] An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. “OVAL” EMBOSSING: “U.S.”





(& lower right hand flap corner):

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. G.T. WOODBURY. SUB INSPECTOR. U.S. ORD. DEPT.





[INNER BODY]

straight line impressment.
An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. W.F. WILKINSON, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.


[IN VARIOUS PLACES]
An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An eight pointed “inspection” star stamped into several panels.

This is exactly the type of case that William Kingsbury wore while in service with the Union Army.

Along with the case, which has come recently from a very early & premier collection of rare American Military equipment, are four interesting & historically important inclusions. These were all gathered during field walking on the civil war battlefields by the previous owner in the late 1960’s & early 1970’s.

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. Two .58 Calibre “Springfield” Union Army rifle bullets recovered from the battlefield at SHILO.



An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. One Confederate “Two Ringed” rifle bullet from the battlefield at GETTYSBURG

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. Two stones recovered from the wall fillings at FORT SUMPTER

A bag of Cotton Bolls which were picked in 1972 at the battlefield at MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA.

William Kingsbury was born in Pennsylvania in 1838 and later lived at the N.J. address of: Bridgetown Cohansey Township, Cumberland, New Jersey.
He is recorded as having previously worked as a farmer's courier.

At the outset of the American Civil War he joined the Union Army at Trenton on 22nd August 1861 and left for Washington D.C. on 29th August. He then fought at some of the most famous & internationally best known actions in the American Civil War.

He was attached to a unit known as “Casey's Provisional Division” 3rd Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac up to March 1861 and with The Army of The Potomac to October 1861.

We have listed below some of the more important & famous actions fought.

The full official printed list of the service record is shown below:
(ACTIONS of 5th NEW JERSEY INFANTRY)

Seizure of Cockpit Point 10th March.
Siege of Yorktown 10th April-5th May
Fought at Battle of Williamsburg. 5th May
Battle of Fair Oaks
Battle of Fredericksburg
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.



........and many many more important actions.
(His full Civil War service record is included here above)

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch. WILLIAM KINGSBURY IS ALSO ENTITLED TO A U.S. CIVIL WAR “LINCOLN” MEDAL, A HIGH QUALITY COPY OF WHICH HAS BEEN SENT TO US BY OUR U.S. TEAM, & IS INCLUDED FREE with the CGSM.
This is an extremely important entitlement as it confirms a civil war soldier's participation in the war.

Unlike British medals & awards the U.S. Civil War awards were not named at issue, so this copy medal quite properly assists in underlining this man’s service in the American Civil War.


This lot includes: THE CANADA G.S.M with All Confirming Research, THE (Modern) “ABE LINCOLN” CIVIL WAR MEDAL, THE 1864 PATTERN CIVIL WAR UNION AMMUNITION CASE & INERT LEAD BULLET ROUNDS ETC.

£1895 with Quality part exchanges welcome

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with  Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA G.S.M. “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” Pte. W. KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in American Civil War) With 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.
£1895

An Important 2 Clasp CANADA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL “FENIAN RAIDS 1866 & 1870” WILLIAM KINGSBURY. 51st HEMMINGFORD RANGERS.(Fought with the Union Army (5th New Jersey Infantry) in The American Civil War) With Genuine 1864 Civil War Ammunition Pouch.