US MID-LATE WAR ENLISTED BELT, PLATE, CAPBOX – OLIVER, PITTSBURGH

US MID-LATE WAR ENLISTED BELT, PLATE, CAPBOX – OLIVER, PITTSBURGH

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Item Code: 2026-1096

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This mid-late war accoutrement pairing includes a cap pouch on an enlisted belt with brass keeper and later-pattern belt plate.

The cap box is stamped on the inside flap Baker and McKenney - an 1864 merged venture of the formerly independent contractors.  Light crazing is noted but leather remains supple and stitching is tight. Belt loops are secure, wool lining is not present; pick loop is present (without pick).  The belt shows some crazing, with a partial surface crack where the material is currently secured by the keeper.  The belt plate is a streamlined hook and arrow backed later pattern model with the initials “C P” carved into the lead filled reverse face. The belt is clearly stamped “H. W. OLIVER / PITTSBURGH PA”, with a likely but largely illegible inspection stamp to its left. The initials “H. S. H.” are etched and colored on the belt’s reverse.

H. W. Oliver, a saddler in Pittsburgh, received multiple federal contracts to produce Civil War accoutrements for the Army in 1863 and 1864. Although Oliver declined an Army contract on April 8, 1863, he did have contracts on May 18 and November 11,1863 for a total of 45,000 .58 caliber infantry accoutrements. Oliver first appears as a saddler in 1850 at 275 Liberty Street. He was on Craig Street in 1852 and at 167 Wood from 1854-1862. The firm was apparently Lewis, Oliver and Phillips from 1863-1865, but they were nut and bolt manufacturers with Oliver having his separate operation as Oliver, Holstein & Co.

This is a set of Civil War accoutrements with comprehensive mid-late war provenance.  It would be ideal for the collector, display, or someone wanting to own a piece of Pittsburgh wartime materiel contributions.  [cm][ph:L]

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