New York Knife Co. Pocket Knife
Custom reproduction of a New York Knife Co. pocket knife (or pen knife) that was excavated from a Union Army campsite in Virginia.
The New York Knife Company produced a vast amount of cutlery employed by the Union Army during the Civil War, as listed by Francis Lord’s book Civil War Sutlers and their Wares. In fact, Thomas Wilson Bradley, son of the president of the New York Knife Company, served in the Union Army . He entered service as a private in Co. H of the 124th New York State Volunteer Infantry. Bradley was promoted to Captain and would also serve as aide-de-camp to Major General Mott who commanded the Third Division, Second Army Corps. In 1896 he received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Custom reproduction of a New York Knife Co. pocket knife (or pen knife) that was excavated from a Union Army campsite in Virginia.
The New York Knife Company produced a vast amount of cutlery employed by the Union Army during the Civil War, as listed by Francis Lord’s book Civil War Sutlers and their Wares. In fact, Thomas Wilson Bradley, son of the president of the New York Knife Company, served in the Union Army . He entered service as a private in Co. H of the 124th New York State Volunteer Infantry. Bradley was promoted to Captain and would also serve as aide-de-camp to Major General Mott who commanded the Third Division, Second Army Corps. In 1896 he received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Custom reproduction of a New York Knife Co. pocket knife (or pen knife) that was excavated from a Union Army campsite in Virginia.
The New York Knife Company produced a vast amount of cutlery employed by the Union Army during the Civil War, as listed by Francis Lord’s book Civil War Sutlers and their Wares. In fact, Thomas Wilson Bradley, son of the president of the New York Knife Company, served in the Union Army . He entered service as a private in Co. H of the 124th New York State Volunteer Infantry. Bradley was promoted to Captain and would also serve as aide-de-camp to Major General Mott who commanded the Third Division, Second Army Corps. In 1896 he received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.