Civil War Original Period Items

Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley

Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley

Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley
Scarce heavy tin lantern with fluted ventilator at top, clear bulls-eye lens at front, original flat-bottom oil burner housed within the cylinder base, handle, and rotating tin cover to moderate light output. Very good overall condition with all original parts/pieces. A similar lantern (as pictured) was recovered and conserved from the doomed CSS Hunley submarine. It is on display at the CSS Hunley Museum in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Well worth a visit if you ever get to Charleston! Measures 7 1/4" high (not including handle), measures 9" (including handle), 3 1/4" base diameter, 4 1/4" wide.


Civil War Period Marine Signal Lantern, reference CSS Hunley