Civil war glasses?

[sdrcfe]

My grandmother told me these glasses belonged to her grandfather and he wore them in the civil war. Does any one know anything about these glasses?

 

[A. Roy]

My grandmother told me these glasses belonged to her grandfather and he wore them in the civil war. Does any one know anything about these glasses?

Welcome -- glad to have you here. We have a forum here on Mid-19th Century Life. I'll bet folks there would be interested to see these glasses and comment on them. Let's summon @Eleanor Rose -- perhaps she can be of assistance!

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[lupaglupa]

Welcome from the Researching Your Civil War Ancestry forum! Do you know anything about your great-great-grandfather's service?

 

[sdrcfe]

My grandmother wrote some information about the glasses that she kept with the glasses. I'll have to check that when I get home.

 

[Ole Miss]

Welcome from the Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing Forum and North Mississippi! Be sure and visit the Forum soon.
Regards
David

 

[lelliott19]

Welcome and thanks for sharing these interesting glasses. Unfortunately, I can't shed any light on them but I can do as @A. Roy did and summon some folks who may be able to. @ucvrelics @Package4 @major bill any idea about these glasses?

 

[UCVRelics]

Welcome from The Heart Of Dixie. They are indeed CW period glasses as the frames are an exact match of a pair I dug in a CW camp. A lot of folks will say they were used by sharpshooters but they are side shield sunglasses. Very Nice.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[Package4]

My grandmother told me these glasses belonged to her grandfather and he wore them in the civil war. Does any one know anything about these glasses?

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Very nice and very period, please tell us more about your ancestor!

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Hi @sdrcfe ! What a great pair of CW period glasses! Check out this website for some great information. The oblong, or square shape
became the most popular style around 1840, and remained popular throughout the Civil War.

And thanks @A. Roy for giving the Mid-19th Century Life forum a shout-out! You are very kind!

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome @sdrcfe from South Florida and the Reenactors Forum

 

[sdrcfe]

Thank you all for the great replies and great welcoming! I going to see what I can dig up in the genealogy my dad has done.

 

[Mrs. V]

Welcome! Those glasses are in very good shape. Not surprising as lenses were quite expensive back in the day. I can't wait to hear more about who wore these!

 

[CowCavalry]

Welcome from The Heart Of Dixie. They are indeed CW period glasses as the frames are an exact match of a pair I dug in a CW camp. A lot of folks will say they were used by sharpshooters but they are side shield sunglasses. Very Nice.

I can almost hear some soldier saying, "now where did I set those **** sun shades down this time??"

 

[Mrs. V]

I meant to say as well, that most of the dark lenses were meant for those who had "weak eyesight"..I always wondered who they might be. I always thought it might be those who were seriously vision impaired, whose pupils did not respond correctly to large amounts of sunlight. I taught a student who had albanism, who had to wear dark glasses all the time.

 

[Pollaco]

Does the frame rest on the bridge of the nose? Oh, howdy + Welcome from Texas!

 

[sdrcfe]

Digging through the genealogy material of my father I found out that these glasses belonged to my great great great grandfather William Alvin Trusty who volunteered as a soldier at the age of 25 in February 1864. He served in the Battery E, B, A, 1 Missouri Light Artillery. Any one the value of these glasses?

 

[bankerpapaw]

Welcome from NW Georgia!!!

 

[UCVRelics]

Being artillery the glasses make sense. Don't know if you have theses but here are his CW service records

 

[lupaglupa]

And thanks @A. Roy for giving the Mid-19th Century Life forum a shout-out! You are very kind!

@A. Roy is a champ at promoting forums!