Original U.S. Civil War Named 97th New York Volunteer Infantry Tintype and Document Grouping Replica Non-Firing Guns the defining difference in identification

the defining difference in identification is that the Hawley Product model has four folds with a wider space between them in the faux puggaree

The wood buttstock has a stamping on the top directly in front of the butt plate tang of a Crown S / H

Butler's great-grandfather

but there has definitely been past pitting on a lot of the metalwork

Original U.S. Civil War Named 97th New York Volunteer Infantry Tintype and Document Grouping Replica Non-Firing Guns the defining difference in identificationOriginal Items: One of a kind set. John Grant served in the Union Army during the U. S. Civil War. According to the documentation he began his military career with the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry as a Private in March 1862, then later he transferred to the 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment which later became the Ninth Infantry National Guard. He is recorded as a Veteran of the 9th and attended a reunion in 1908. Included in this