Civil war pocket bible

[jtw1313]

I think this May be one of my best finds first pocket bible issued to soldiers

 

[jtw1313]

There is a name on front page

Don't know if any of you have photoshop and can bring it out but all I can make out is Albert M

 

[SkaBa]

Can't help on name, but agree a really good find. Haven't seen one before.

 

[osage express]

Young Sanders Center you may have to cut and paste this but this bible look just like the one you have

 

[jtw1313]

Yes it is the same one american bible society was the first to issue troops this bible for the war.

 

[StormSurge]

Great find !

I found one of those a few years ago while going through some things that my wife's aunt left her when she died. We had it for a couple of years and didn't think much about it. I was curious about its age and got to looking at it one day. It's an 1862 edition and in pretty bad shape. The cover and pages appear to have quite a bit of blood on them. I found first and middle name initials and a last name written in pencil in it but the name didn't seem to mean anything to us. Of course my curiosity got the best of me and the quest to figure out anything and everything about this person was on. It turned out to be the pocket bible of my wife's 2X great uncle. He was in the 61st Va Inf. Co. "E" , Mahones Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. He was killed July 30, 1864 at the "Battle Of The Crater". In the back of the bible there is a blood stained page that reads :

"The 12th of May
Oh what a bloody day."
"In Spotsylvaina"
"ole Virginia"

( The Battle at Spottsylvania Courthouse was one of the bloodiest of the War Between The States, and particularly May 12th. For more than 20 hours Confederate and Union troops fought on that day. The total casualties were over 30,000 men either killed, wounded or missing.)



(Not sure why my Photos never appear as I posted them)

 

[jtw1313]

That is awesome anything civil war is my favorite you can't put any price on that stuff in my opinion I love it

 

[Tigger]

starts with an "S". Try looking at it in different kinds of light - daylight, bright inside, tilt it around and see if the pencil sheen will come out. good luck, if you find a full name I'll do some searching for you.

(BTW, if you're not familiar with it, the Battle of the Crater was one of the most fascinating events of the Civil War.)

 

[jtw1313]

I thought it was S burl at first

 

[jtw1313]

Maybe not a name could be a place I guess

 

[jtw1313]

This brought it out a little

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[huntsman53]

It appears to me to be either start with "Sla" or "Fla". See the link below for cursive 19th Century lettering.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/AncestryInsider/SGsZAwPRgNI/AAAAAAAAAck/TpxDxa-q6R8/Palmer[3].gif?imgmax=800


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

You might have some luck if you search on the first name and middle initial in Civil War Elistment Rolls for the area where you got the Bible. You might be able to match those with the first three letters ("Sla" or "Fla") of a last name. If not, then someone one who works with and restores old documents might be able to help.


Frank

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks for your help huntsman it would be cool to find out who it belonged to and his story

 

[jtw1313]

This may be it

Slart, micheal

 

[StormSurge]

That may be a possibility. It may not matter but where did you get the bible?

 

[StormSurge]

There is some info on Ancestry.com for Michael Slart if that at is your man. He died in 1932 in Dayton Ohio but appears he lived in a few other places also.

 

[jtw1313]

I got it in lakewood ohio

 

[jtw1313]

I wonder if the ww1 photo is related I got it at same place maybe the guys son

 

[jtw1313]

Here is the photo

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