Re: Prewar sporting arms of Texas
Here is a nice belt rig that I think may have been typical of a Texan and on of the AZ & NM Terr. This was an image I found of an offering a while back of Capt. Bethel Coopwood. He was a Texan who had been residing in San Bernadino, Calif. before the war. When the war began a great deal of Californians made their way back South passing through the area, Including Alebrt Sidney Johnston, some stayed like Coopwood. He raised the San Elizario Spy Company. Most of these men were from "Arizona". The unit ended up serving attached under the portion of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles under Pyron. Many of these men would Transfer to Sherrod Hunter's Co. A, Arizona Rangers which eventually with other local companies would become Herbert's Arizona Battalion serveing eventually in Texas and LA - Red River Campaign.
Anyway here is a nice belt rig of Coopwood's. If you go to the link below you can expand the details of the descriotion. Also in the upper left you can see more images. This has been floating around from dealer to dealer for a while but I never saw the guidon finial and remant of the guidon associated with this collection. I like the collection though. See the link:
Here is a nice belt rig that I think may have been typical of a Texan and on of the AZ & NM Terr. This was an image I found of an offering a while back of Capt. Bethel Coopwood. He was a Texan who had been residing in San Bernadino, Calif. before the war. When the war began a great deal of Californians made their way back South passing through the area, Including Alebrt Sidney Johnston, some stayed like Coopwood. He raised the San Elizario Spy Company. Most of these men were from "Arizona". The unit ended up serving attached under the portion of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles under Pyron. Many of these men would Transfer to Sherrod Hunter's Co. A, Arizona Rangers which eventually with other local companies would become Herbert's Arizona Battalion serveing eventually in Texas and LA - Red River Campaign.
Anyway here is a nice belt rig of Coopwood's. If you go to the link below you can expand the details of the descriotion. Also in the upper left you can see more images. This has been floating around from dealer to dealer for a while but I never saw the guidon finial and remant of the guidon associated with this collection. I like the collection though. See the link:
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