Summer 2026 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
August 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th, 2026
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
RARE 6 POUNDER RICHMOND ARMORY CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY AMMO CRATE
02-25378
Ammunition crates were made by the tens of thousands during the Civil War, and few Confederate examples have survived. Heart pine dovetailed & nailed, 26.5x11x8.5” crate was painted with arsenal black paint and stenciled in white paint on either end: “14 6 PDR / SHOT / FIXED / RICHMOND / ARMORY” and “FRICTION PRIMERS / NOV 186_”. Most of the stencils are readable, but some are worn off as seen in photos. This box saw continued use with hinged lid, and internal nailed wood box about “9x7x5”. Regulations for ammo crates had different painted colors to distinguish shell (red) from shot (black) from canister (gray), so in heat of battle, mistakes would not be made. 6-pound guns were only used in the early war and by 1863 were mostly obsolete. This crate was recently found in Neosho, Missouri, which is near Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and Carthage battlefields. There was a skirmish in Neosho 2 weeks prior to Battle of Bull Run, and served as interim Confederate capital of Missouri.
