Old 19th C Antique Civil War Peg Leg - Battle Of Gettysburg - Identified Soldier For Sale

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Old 19th C Antique Civil War Peg Leg - Battle Of Gettysburg - Identified Soldier:
$4500.00

This antique peg leg was owned by Mason S. Myers who was a private with the 76th Regiment of the New York Volunteers during the Civil War.

He was injured in his right leg on July 1st, 1863 which was the first day at the Battle of Gettysburg and was said to of laid on the field for the three days of the battle before he could be recovered.

He later had his leg amputated and possibly had this peg leg at the time or at a later date. Even though the U.S. government had early prosthetic legs available at the time some injured soldiers preferred a peg leg which you can see through photographs of the time.

He was a farmer from the Richland/Orwell area of New York which are about 3 miles apart and had enlisted at the age of 19.

There is a card that is attached to the peg leg for a museum display as well as we done some online research on his background.

We found some photographs online from around 1910 that is shown in the listing.

This piece came out of an old collection in Upstate New York where Mr. Mason lived throughout his lifetime.

This is truly a rare opportunity to own a piece of history relating to the most famous battle fought during the Civil War at Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania.

All of the leather straps and brass buckles are present with proper age wear and the leg itself is made of wood with a faceted cut design. It has the original cushioning material inside which shows wear and it measures about 25 1/2" in length.

Extra Side Notes:

-Wounded in action during the Battle of Bull Run in 1862 and also during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. He was discharged for disability in September 1864.

-The government did have a program which supplied Veterans with prosthetic legs. Mason Myers received an articulated prosthetic leg, which would have looked more like a real leg, through this program in 1864. He may have used this peg leg before he was fitted for his government leg, or he could have simply preferred using a peg leg. There were some Civil War veterans who were not satisfied with the articulated legs and chose to use peg legs instead.

-I love the story on photo #4. Both soldiers had the same shoe size & lost the opposite leg so they would buy one pair of shoes between them.

Measurements are in the pictures & Message me with any questions.

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