US Civil War Buff Leather Cavalry Enlisted Belt, Identified, 4th Mass. Cavalry
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $650.00

Original era manufacture. A very sound example of a buff leather enlisted Cavalry belt with matching sabre straps, and a bridle leather  shoulder strap. All leather is pliable, stitching is sound, and no dry rot. Original enlisted belt plate numbered 752, with a matching number on the attaching hook.Written inside the belt in old faded ink is C.K. Amidon. I did a quick look on the Civil War Database, and Charles K. Amidon, came up, who served in the Company F, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, January 1864-November 1865. His company F served primarily with the Army of the James. He was a member of GAR Post 113 in Boston, and died in 1922. I have owned this belt for many, many years, at least 20 or so, but something else has come by, a truly wonderful something, so old things have to be sold in order to pay for the new.  A good solid belt all round, with excellent potential for further research.