Andersonville POW Carved Pipe Identified to J. Vandegrift, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery or 9th Minnesota Infantry

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• Lot Description

  Medium to dark brown pipe, with a very lovely grained wood, most likely laurel root. This example is the smaller of the three Andersonville pipes (Lots 102 and 103). Silver mounts fitted to the top of the shank and to the top of the bowls; especially custom fitted as can be seen from the workmanship with original hinged silver bowl cover. The front features a round panel with relief carved five point star at its center, full front with high relief carved name, J. Vandegrift / Philada. in circular motif around the star. With Sumter Prison carved in relief on right side and Andersonville, GA carved in relief on left side. The pipe has an American shield relief carved below the circular front panel. The shield design is slightly different from the shield motif used in Lot 103. While the stripes are carved in relief, the shield lacks the relief star carving, and it is slightly smaller. Like Lot 103, this pipe's empty spaces are filled with cross hatched and diagonal decorative motifs (all incised). Maximum width approx. 2.25 in.; bowl height (excluding hinged lid) 2.25 in., dia. 1.5 in.

  There are two possible identifications for J. Vadegrift. The first, John P. Vandegrift, enlisted in the army as a private on March 4, 1864 and mustered into the 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, Co. E. Under the command of Captain Hazzard, the company served with the Army of the James before Petersburg, being stationed at Bermuda Hundred, and was posted at Fort Converse, covering the pontoon bridge across the Appomattox. There is no record of Vandegrift's imprisonment, but many men in his regiment were captured and sent to Andersonville. Records state that he mustered out of the army at Fortress Monroe on November 9, 1865. The second could be John Miller Vandegrift, the father of Union soldier Thomas Hart Benton Vandegrift. John Miller Vandegrift was from Philadelphia, and Thomas was born in the city. Thomas Vandegrift was captured on June 10, 1864 and survived Andersonville. He was a corporal of Company C, 9th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.  

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  Lots 102-104 

  Three extremely rare and historic wood pipes with identical motifs that seem to have been created by the same Union prisoner at Andersonville prison in Georgia. The three pipes were purchased by Mr. Flayderman over a very lengthy period of time, with the first one acquired in the 1950s and the last in 2001. Mr. Flayderman's research indicates that a fourth pipe carved in the same style also exists. 

  
  
  Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.

  Condition

  Light surface wear, including few nicks, light scratches. Some tarnish on silver mounts. 
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