Rare Original Civil War Confederate Id'd 6th Virginia Cavalry Boots
Rare Pair of Confederate Id'd 6th Va. Cavalry Boots - When we obtained these boots, tucked in one of the boots, was a folded book, back board; opening the folded board revealed the following, crudely penciled inscription. Drawn above this inscription is an ANV battle flag. The boots are definitively Civil War period boots, exhibiting the following mid-19th century characteristics: Cuban style, stacked heels; wooden pegged and sewn soles; fabric boot pulls inside the boot proper; scalloped knee and back areas; decoratively stitched, pebble grain leather upper sections. The leather of the boots remains in overall good, strong condition, with each boot evidencing some rodent chew holes; each boot also retains some traces of war period horse manure. Clinton Adams and his brother, Thomas Franklin Adams, both served in Co. K of the 6th Va. Cavalry throughout the entire war. Both Adams brothers were captured, during their service. Adams was actually imprisoned twice; Thomas Adams was captured in the Fall of 1864 and took the Oath of Allegiance, at Point Lookout, at the end of the war. During the process of research, we found a now well known image of the Adams brothers, both wearing Confederate battle shirts, at the onset of the war. There seems to be some disagreement as to which of the two depicted in the image is Stephen and which is Thomas; we have included here, in this overview, the thoughts of a direct descendant regarding the identification of the two, in the image. Some have suggested that the younger of the two brothers, in the image, may actually have been S. A short article in "America's Civil War" implying this possibility, is included here, as well as a rebuttal of that article, sent to us by an interested collector. We have had many pairs of Civil War boots, but this is the first pair of cavalry boots, identified to a Confederate trooper.