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The Second Mass and Its Fighting Californians

A Reference site of images, articles, artifacts of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry including the Cal 100 and the Cal Battalion.

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Artifacts

Click on the icons for an enlarged view of these authentic artifacts from members of the Second Mass.  Be sure to visit links too.

Guidon5hi.jpg (27469 bytes)  Original Guidon of Company M of the California Battalion (Flag Page)

Laddrbdg5hi.jpg (38175 bytes)  Ladder Badge.

 Slouchat2.jpg (78249 bytes)  Slouchat_small.jpg (4003 bytes)  Slouch Hat: Identified to Capt. Rufus W. Smith. (Smith's biography)

  Captain J. Sewall Reed's Saber. (Reed's biography)

Hepbrn5_5hi.jpg (45649 bytes)   Lieutenant Hepburn's presentation saber (Hepburn's biography)

HaleSwd5hi.jpg (48266 bytes)  Lieutenant Henry W. Hale's inscribed saber (Hale's biography)

RobertsSword.jpg (66189 bytes)  Charles Roberts' Saber (Co. F.) (Roberts' biography)

Buhrer Grouping.jpg (159366 bytes)  George Buhrer's Colt (Co. F.) (Buhrer's Diary)

Welch sword2.jpg (28658 bytes)    Horace Welch's inscribed Saber (Welch's biography)

 2MSSaber(a).jpg (22203 bytes)   Second Mass marked cavalry saber

LoaneColt.jpg (121547 bytes)  Abraham Loane's "Mosby" Colt (click icon) (Loane's biography).

pipesmall.jpg (5792 bytes)  Abraham Loane's Andersonville pipe (click icon) (Loane's biography).

Fogg'sColt.jpg (41255 bytes) Nathan Fogg's Colt

WashburnItems.jpg (142688 bytes)  Francis Washburn's Artifacts (Washburn's biography)

cmjeagp.jpg (49731 bytes)    Discharges, Documents, and Certificates (go to Paper Page)

HoweSpencer.jpg (69913 bytes)  Wesley Howe's Spencer Carbine

Burnside.jpg (1824 bytes)    Regimentally marked Burnside Carbine

engagements.jpg (118435 bytes)    J. D. McCarthy's list of all 41 engagements, dated July 8, 1865

stencil.jpg (10483 bytes)    Private George Small's dug stencil

StencilSmith.jpg (123398 bytes)    John Smith's complete stencil Kit

Dug2Mass.jpg (102663 bytes)    Excavated artifacts from Second Mass campsites in Virginia

wpe11.jpg (10823 bytes)     Letter from William Parker (see Articles/Refernces Page for excepts from another Parker Letter)

 ShurtleffMess.jpg (29870 bytes)  Private Shurtleff's Mess Gear

CartBoxWoods.jpg (169526 bytes)     James H. Wood's Spencer Cartridge Box

Kimball Pin.jpg (42893 bytes)    Clipped Cavalry pin, probably belonging to Solon Kimball, Co. L.

LandisLetterThumb.jpg (15258 bytes)    Courier Stephen Landis' letter to California