You are bidding on a true piece of Confederate Civil War History! This is a Holy Bible, printed in 1859, that was owned by the McDowell and Duart family,
which remarkably has three men killed in action!
(SGT. W. FORDHAM MCKEWN, killed Battle of Manassas)
(SGT JOHN S DUART, Surgeon, Killed on John's Island)
(CORP. GEORGE A MCDOWELL, Killed on John's Island)
MANY OF THESE SOLDIERS SERVED IN THE CADET RANGERS, SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY, CONFEDERATE ARMY
These 3 Obituaries, as well as a few other family members/soldiers deceased in the 'Lost Cause', are Pasted Directly in the Front and Rear of the Bible!
There even is an obituary for Lucy Hawkins, a nurse of the family that helped tend the Confederate wounded after battles
Amazing and RARE Southern Civil War History in this Bible indeed.
Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, etc. Oxford: University Press, 1859. Pocket leather bound Holy Bible, bound with pressed boards and gilt titling and a raised bands on spine, front board detached. All page edges gilt. Light rubbing to boards, as shown, some soiling but all pages present. Front has a few pages cleanly detached, still attached to the separated board. Family history through numerous inscriptions and pasted down obituaries for the above mentioned men. See pics.Own it Today! Good luck!
(all have separate obituaries pasted down in Bible)*McDowell, George Archibald, Corp. (1842-1864) Charleston. (Citadel '62). Detailed as clerk to Col. Alfred Rhett Nov. and Dec. 1863. KIA John's Island Feb. 9, 1864. Cousin of John S. Dutart.
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McKewn, Sgt. Major W. Fordham ( 1840 - 13 DEC 1862)
Fordham served in the Palmetto Sharpshooters. He was from Orangeburg County. He was killed at Fredericksburg. A monument is located in the Old Pioneer Cemetery located on the Salley Archives grounds.
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Dutart, John Steele, 4th Sgt. (1843-1864) Charleston, 1st Classman. KIA John's Island Feb. 9, 1864. Cousin of G.A. McDowell.
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