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Fredericksburg Amputee! 36th Pennsylvania Grouping of Captain Jacob Zugg
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This is a wonderful grouping! This historical archive came from the estate of Captain Jacob T. Zug who served with the 36th PA Infantry (7th PA Reserves). He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gaines Mill and was wounded in action at the Battle of Fredericksburg. This impressive ensemble contains a very pretty etched blade Collins & Company US Model 1850 Foot Officer's
Sword dated 1861 and retailer marked by Willard & Hawley of
Syracuse, NY. The sword has a 30-3/4ths inch single edge blade with the ornate etching still visible on both sides. The cast brass guard is decorated with the floral pattern and the small "US" lettering in the guard. It has the original leather covered wood grip has 15 wraps of double strand twisted wire. The
sword is accompanied by the original brass mounted leather scabbard. It also has the black velvet vest attributed to Zug with US
general service cuff buttons down the front. The adjuster buckle on the back of the vest has the 1860 patent date on it. Under the vest, they have added an old white shirt of a "period" pattern that is
of much more recent manufacture and they display it with the sleeve rucked up because of what is pinned to the front. At the battel of Fredericksburg, his arm was struck by the Gardner Confederate bullet and it was amputated. Afterwards he has the bullet attached to a medal top with the design of an Infantry Captain. There are two CDVs that are of Zug. The one shows a clean shaven image of Zug shows him in a single breasted officer's frock coat with his right arm missing and holding the slouch hat in this grouping in his left hand. The other image shows Zugg with a thick beard but you can tell by the nose and the eyes that they are the same person. And they both have pencil notations that the images came from the Zug family album. Both of images were published in a short article about Zug by Tom Gordon Jr in the November-December 1984 issue of Military Images Magazine, on page 12, a copy of which is included with the archive. Also in the grouping is the wonderful round slouch hat with officer's braided hat cord and the number "7" on it. This is the hat that he is holding in the one CDV image. There is also a Tobias key wind 13 jewel pocket watch in a rose gold full case with chain and key. There is a large binder of information about Zug, including copies of his obituaries,
two family letters, one from "Aunt Sallie" to a family member discussing
the wounding of Zug and another lengthy post-war letter that delineates
the Zug family tree to some degree. It also ahs a Civil War period fork and knife set. They are accompanied by some museum quality stands that can be included if you would like them. The records show that Jacob T Zug (1839-1883) was 21 years old when he enlisted as a private
in Company H of the 36th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on May 28,
1861. Zug was promoted to Second Lieutenant on December 1, 1861. The
first major action the regiment saw was at Mechanicsville, where the
regiment suffered 3 killed, 1 wounded and 1 missing. The following day
they were heavily engaged at Gaines' Mill where the regiment suffered 21
killed, 21 wounded and 4 captured. Zug was one of those captured at
Gaines' Mill on June 27, 1862. He was exchanged two months later for
Thomas J Ferguson of the 16th North Carolina Infantry. While he was a
POW the regiment fought at White Oak Swamp, and after his release there
regiment fought at Second Manassas, South Mountain and Antietam. At
Antietam the regiment suffered 30 casualties, 14 killed and 16 wounded.
He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on September 17, 1862, the day of the
Battle of Antietam. At Fredericksburg the regiment suffered 23
casualties, with 8 killed, 14 wounded and 1 missing. There Zug severe
wound in his right arm on December 13, 1862 which resulted in its
amputation. He resigned his commission June 12, 1863. This was somewhat
fortuitous, as at the Battle the Wilderness, the regiment suffered more
than 260 casualties on May 4 and 5, with the bulk of the regiment
captured or listed as missing after the battle. He was apparently
breveted to the rank of Captain sometime after his wounding and prior to
his resignation. After the war Zug lived in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, PA where he died on July 2, 1883. This grouping makes a fantastic ready made exhibit for your relic room.
Item #: C9213 Price: $7,950.00 USD (Sale Pending)
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