THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD!
* HISTORICAL RALPH HUNT PRESENTATION SWORD / 1ST KY INFANTRY *
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD!
A AWESOME PRESENTATION SWORD BELONGING TO CAPTAIN RALPH VAN CLEVES HUNT OF SPRINGFIELD OHIO WHO GREW UP IN THE FAMOUS FRONTIERSMAN SIMON KENTONS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO.
CAPTAIN HUNT JOINED THE 1ST KENTUCKY INFANTRY ON SEPT. 9TH 1861 AND HIS BROTHER JOINED THE 17TH OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY. RALPH HAD THE MIS-FORTUNE TO BE CAPTURED BY THREE CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AFTER SHOOTING A SOLDIER IN THE HEAD AND DROPPING HIM DEAD IN HIS TRACKS. WAS TRANSFERED TO LIBBLY PRISON WHERE HE SPENT FOUR MONTHS. WAS TRADED IN EXCHANGE FOR A NORTH CAROLINA OFFICER. WENT BACK HOME AND RE-INLISTED AND PROMOTED IN THE SAME REGIMENT. SAW SEVERAL BATTLES IN THE SOUTH INCLUDING LEADING A CHARGE IN STONES RIVER AND MANY OTHER BATTLES. HIS FAMILIES ARTIFACTS OF RALPH AND HIS BROTHER ARE HOUSED IN THE MUSEUM IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO WITH THEIR TENT, CAMP CHAIR, DIARYS, BIBLE AND 62 PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION OF LIFE IN LIBBY PRISON. A BOOK FROM THE MUSEUM IN SPRINGFIELD WILL ACCOMPANY THE SWORD INCLUDING TWO FULL BOOKS OF HIS LIFE, COPIES OF THE BIBLE, LETTERS FROM HOME BACK AND FORTH AND COPIES OF HIS DIARY.
THIS SWORD CAN BE SCENE ON THE COMPUTER WITH A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE SWORD AND BOOKS FILMED BY STEVE MUNSION OF THE BARDSTOWN HISTORICAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM BY GOOGLING ( RALPH HUNT SWORD ) AND VIEWING THE HISTORY OF THE SWORD AND FAMILY. THE SWORD TOP RING IS ALMOST WORN THROUGH BY HANGING ON A SQUARE NAIL FOR OVER 140 YEARS ON THE ENTRY WALL OF BY THE FRONT DOOR ALONG WITH HIS BROTHERS SWORD. THE LAST INDIAN TO BE KILLED IN OHIO WAS SHOT TRYING TO ENTER THE SIMON KENTON/HUNT HOME IN OHIO. THIS BEAUTIFUL SWORD IS A MUST FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR WHO WANTS A FULL HISTORY OF A MAN, HIS LIFE AND TIMES DURING THE WAR AND PRISON. OVER 120 PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION ARE INCLUDED ALONG WITH PICURES OF THE GRAVE SITES ON THE PROPERY, IMAGES AROUND THE HOUSE INCLUDING HIS HOME-STEAD. THE SWORD HAS BEEN APPRAISED AT 6500.00-7500.00 FOR ITS GREAT CONTACT AND HISTORICAL CONTACT BY THE BARDSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN 2010 AND CAN BE SEEN ON THE VIDEO ON THE WEB.
GREAT CLAUBERG SWORD WITH GREAT PETINA AND SHARKSKIN WRAP.
BELOW VALUE AT $6250.00
