CAPTAIN MARK S. COCKRILL’S CONFEDERATE UNIFORM, RUTLEDGE’S BATTERY, FIRST TENNESSEE ARTILLERY.

CAPTAIN MARK S. COCKRILL’S CONFEDERATE UNIFORM, RUTLEDGE’S BATTERY, FIRST TENNESSEE ARTILLERY. This coat has never been offered before and is being sold by family who has had it for many generations. This coat was once on loan to a museum and museum tags are still attached inside coat and pants. Captain Cockrill’s name is written on “watch” pocket inside pants. Coat and pants are in wonderful condition, as can be seen in photos. Complete with 14 “Superior Quality” general service staff buttons. The coat and pants have an identical red corded trim. The collar has red backed Captain’s insignia (three bullion bars). Sleeves are also trimmed in red with double strand quatrefoil. Sleeves are massive with 10″ width at elbows, tapering to 4-3/4″ cuffs. The double strand bullion denotes Captain. Rarely seen on Confederate coats is the additional trim going up edge of sleeve, again with two strands of bullion tape along with a series of small brass buttons commonly called “battle beads”. Battle beads seem to occur only on Western theater coats and the number of beads vary. This coat had 15 on each side, which is the most I can find on any coat with a quick survey of several museum collections. Could the numbers refer to the number of actions the soldier was in? Captain Cockrill served most every day of the war, enlisting May 17, 1861 as 2nd Lt. and finally, as Captain, signing an Oath of Allegiance May 16, 1865 in Greensboro, N.C. after the surrender of Joe Johnston’s Army of Tennessee. Rutledge’s Battery was formed mostly in Nashville, Tennessee, and were armed with cannons made at Brennon’s Foundry of Nashville. Rutledge’s Battery was involved in the early actions in Kentucky with Zollicoffer, including actions at Cumberland Gap, Barboursville, Wild Cat and finally Mill Springs, where General Zollicoffer was killed. This was the first action that then Lt. Cockrill saw service, having to see four of his fellow officers killed or wounded. Cockrill, himself, “assisted in carrying the body of wounded J.P. Edwards of Company E who had been rendered helpless by the loss of blood”. After the retreat from Mill Springs to Gainsboro, Rutledge’s Battery joined Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston’s Army in Murfreesburo where it went on to be involved in the Battle Shiloh where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was killed. Lt. Cockrill was detailed to ordnance duty at end of battery’s enlistment and attained the rank of Captain as this uniform attests. Because of heavy casualties during the first two years of the war, principally Mill Springs and Shiloh, the depleted ranks were merged into McClurg’s Battery. Cockrill is found on ordnance reports after Shiloh in Chattanooga, Jan. 1863, Tullahoma June 1863, Missionary Ridge November, 1863 and in Dalton, Ga from Jan-March of 1864. There is a large file of family genealogical notes on Cockrill and his Battery, including copies of articles he wrote for the “Confederate Veteran”. Cockrill died in Nashville in 1919 and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. PROVENANCE: Hurd family descent CONDITION: Uniform overall is in good to very good condition with good color. The cadet gray color of coat is excellent with scattered staining and moth holes, as can be seen in photos. The numerous small moth holes typically are 1/32″ to 1/4″ with the largest about 1″ x 1/2″ on left sleeve which has been repaired and re-backed when on loan to the Tennessee museum. The red piping and trim on pants and coat is complete and bright. Bullion decoration is complete and tightly sewn with exception of several inches which are loose on left sleeve. Cotton sleeve linings are complete and intact though areas of sweat stain are visible. There is an interior pocket in left breast measuring about 6″ x 6″ which is lined in a white heavy canvas, as are the two tail pockets. The coat is padded, which is held in place by polished olive green cotton liner. Liner is 95% intact but there are large areas of shredding and tears, which can be seen in photos. Family has used scotch tape to hold the bottom edge of lining in place, which could be removed. All buttons have been resewn, however orig sewing threads are still present. Buttons resewn were done at time of museum loan. There are a few scattered tacked stitched repairs, including the fore mentioned repaired moth hole in left sleeve, as can be seen in photos. Coat is complete and intact with exception of tail buttons, which are missing, as are 5 of the “battle beads”. Pants are a light gray/blue, constructed with many of the same sewing threads and materials as the coat. The coarse lining in pant cuffs utilized the same two-ply canvas as used in the lining to hold in cotton batting in the coat. The red cord trim is also identical. Pockets are also constructed of identical material. Suspender buttons are four-hole japanned metal identical to excavated examples from Civil War campsites, as is the patent tightening buckle which is dated 1855. The small brass four-hole fly buttons are intact but one has come undone and is held by a pink string. Surface of pants shows scattered staining and areas of light fading with several moth holes and many areas of moth tracking, though a mass majority of knap is still present. There is about a 10″ seam that has been restitched where separated in seat. There is a 5-1/2″ long melted wax/plastic residue that is imbedded with what appears to be dirt on the bottom of the left leg, which can be seen in photos, which should be removed. 8-76336 JS47 (30,000-60,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2085	$48,875.00	CAPTAIN MARK S. COCKRILL’S CONFEDERATE UNIFORM, RUTLEDGE’S BATTERY, FIRST TENNESSEE ARTILLERY. This coat has never been offered before and is being sold by family who has had it for many generations. This coat was once on loan to a museum and museum tags are still attached inside coat and pants. Captain Cockrill’s name is written on “watch” pocket inside pants. Coat and pants are in wonderful condition, as can be seen in photos. Complete with 14 “Superior Quality” general service staff buttons. The coat and pants have an identical red corded trim. The collar has red backed Captain’s insignia (three bullion bars). Sleeves are also trimmed in red with double strand quatrefoil. Sleeves are massive with 10″ width at elbows, tapering to 4-3/4″ cuffs. The double strand bullion denotes Captain. Rarely seen on Confederate coats is the additional trim going up edge of sleeve, again with two strands of bullion tape along with a series of small brass buttons commonly called “battle beads”. Battle beads seem to occur only on Western theater coats and the number of beads vary. This coat had 15 on each side, which is the most I can find on any coat with a quick survey of several museum collections. Could the numbers refer to the number of actions the soldier was in? Captain Cockrill served most every day of the war, enlisting May 17, 1861 as 2nd Lt. and finally, as Captain, signing an Oath of Allegiance May 16, 1865 in Greensboro, N.C. after the surrender of Joe Johnston’s Army of Tennessee. Rutledge’s Battery was formed mostly in Nashville, Tennessee, and were armed with cannons made at Brennon’s Foundry of Nashville. Rutledge’s Battery was involved in the early actions in Kentucky with Zollicoffer, including actions at Cumberland Gap, Barboursville, Wild Cat and finally Mill Springs, where General Zollicoffer was killed. This was the first action that then Lt. Cockrill saw service, having to see four of his fellow officers killed or wounded. Cockrill, himself, “assisted in carrying the body of wounded J.P. Edwards of Company E who had been rendered helpless by the loss of blood”. After the retreat from Mill Springs to Gainsboro, Rutledge’s Battery joined Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston’s Army in Murfreesburo where it went on to be involved in the Battle Shiloh where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was killed. Lt. Cockrill was detailed to ordnance duty at end of battery’s enlistment and attained the rank of Captain as this uniform attests. Because of heavy casualties during the first two years of the war, principally Mill Springs and Shiloh, the depleted ranks were merged into McClurg’s Battery. Cockrill is found on ordnance reports after Shiloh in Chattanooga, Jan. 1863, Tullahoma June 1863, Missionary Ridge November, 1863 and in Dalton, Ga from Jan-March of 1864. There is a large file of family genealogical notes on Cockrill and his Battery, including copies of articles he wrote for the “Confederate Veteran”. Cockrill died in Nashville in 1919 and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. PROVENANCE: Hurd family descent CONDITION: Uniform overall is in good to very good condition with good color. The cadet gray color of coat is excellent with scattered staining and moth holes, as can be seen in photos. The numerous small moth holes typically are 1/32″ to 1/4″ with the largest about 1″ x 1/2″ on left sleeve which has been repaired and re-backed when on loan to the Tennessee museum. The red piping and trim on pants and coat is complete and bright. Bullion decoration is complete and tightly sewn with exception of several inches which are loose on left sleeve. Cotton sleeve linings are complete and intact though areas of sweat stain are visible. There is an interior pocket in left breast measuring about 6″ x 6″ which is lined in a white heavy canvas, as are the two tail pockets. The coat is padded, which is held in place by polished olive green cotton liner. Liner is 95% intact but there are large areas of shredding and tears, which can be seen in photos. Family has used scotch tape to hold the bottom edge of lining in place, which could be removed. All buttons have been resewn, however orig sewing threads are still present. Buttons resewn were done at time of museum loan. There are a few scattered tacked stitched repairs, including the fore mentioned repaired moth hole in left sleeve, as can be seen in photos. Coat is complete and intact with exception of tail buttons, which are missing, as are 5 of the “battle beads”. Pants are a light gray/blue, constructed with many of the same sewing threads and materials as the coat. The coarse lining in pant cuffs utilized the same two-ply canvas as used in the lining to hold in cotton batting in the coat. The red cord trim is also identical. Pockets are also constructed of identical material. Suspender buttons are four-hole japanned metal identical to excavated examples from Civil War campsites, as is the patent tightening buckle which is dated 1855. The small brass four-hole fly buttons are intact but one has come undone and is held by a pink string. Surface of pants shows scattered staining and areas of light fading with several moth holes and many areas of moth tracking, though a mass majority of knap is still present. There is about a 10″ seam that has been restitched where separated in seat. There is a 5-1/2″ long melted wax/plastic residue that is imbedded with what appears to be dirt on the bottom of the left leg, which can be seen in photos, which should be removed. 8-76336 JS47 (30,000-60,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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