GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR 1860 HENRY RIFLE INSCRIBED "A.ROGALL", CAPT. OF CO. G, 54TH OH INFANTRY, ALSO 27TH & 118TH U.S. COLORED INFANTRY.NEW HAVEN ARMS1860 HENRY483444HCal. 44 Henry. Standard Henry rifle with 24-1/4″ octagonal barrel, integral magazine tube and early 1st type German silver front sight blade with round top and 2nd type 900 yard Henry ladder rear sight without slide stop screw. Marking on bbl is two line Henry rolled die marking, SN placed on top flat behind rear sight. Brass receiver on left side is hand-engraved "A. ROGALL", in large period script. Stock is of American straight grain walnut with sling swivel mounted on left side and pronounced "Henry bump". Front sling swivel mounted in the fluted portion of bbl and magazine tube. Buttplate is of brass and is of the first model type with trap. Florien Albert Rogall de Salmonski was born in Russian Poland May 4, 1824. His family was of Polish nobility, and his father was a Colonel in the Polish contingent serving under Napoleon. In 1851, Rogall came to the U.S. and was naturalized and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, as an art teacher. He married Anna Jemima Mooney on March 7, 1860, and had three children. He enlisted in the 54th Ohio Infantry on October 11, 1861, and was promoted to Captain March 20, 1862. He fought in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Chickasaw Bayou. On April 16, 1964 he was mustered in as Captain the 27th Regiment U. S. Colored Infantry in Columbus, Ohio. The 27th U. S. Colored Infantry was ordered to Annapolis, Maryland to join up with the Army of the Potomac who were gathering there. Rogall was very vocal in the harsh conditions and treatment of officers and troops and is chronicled in his Civil War diary (April 1864-April 1865), where he expresses his homesickness and disenchantment with military service and comments on the U.S. colored troops and military medical care, in very direct language. Accompanied by information about Rogall's service history and infantry units. PROVENANCE: Bruce Burtner collection. CONDITION: Very Good. Bbl retains 70-80% dark patina with orig blue mixed in with it. Rear bbl sight is also of a dark patina with orig blue in protected areas. Side plate on left side has dings on the top edge and fits receiver very well with a deep, dark, mustard colored look. Receiver shows normal use with receiver edges somewhat rounded on the bottom and sharp lines on top on both left and right sides of receiver. Period inscription is legible. Hammer and lever retains dark patina. Stock is sound with numerous impressions and dings has some scratch marks around mounting of sling swivel. Right side of stock would indicate more light gouges and surfaces scratches with a dark area of wood to rear of stock. Screw heads all retain an unused condition all but two that are buggered up. Bore has medium to heavy pitting throughout but still retains strong rifling. Cycles properly and mechanics function well. 52913-1 MS (22,500-32,500)