Alexander Steagall Grouping Triple Armed Confederate 1/6th Ambro, Ribbons, Cross

Alexander Steagall Grouping, this amazing group incorporates some amazing pieces purchased straight out of Eldorado, Arkansas. 
It includes a Triple Armed Confederate 1/6th Ambrotype the image show a snip point Bowie knife and two Colt revolvers in his belt. The uniform by Steagall shows distinctive black pointed cuffs. The grouping also came with UDC Ribbons, Southern Cross of Honor and a UCV pin. Their also two programs on the “Old Gray Jacket” and “Gen Lees Farewell Address to his Army”
Steagall was apart of the 37th NC infantry Co. B
37th Infantry Regiment, organized by Colonel C.C. Lee, was assembled at High Point, North Carolina, in November, 1861. The men were raised in the counties of Buncombe, Watauga, Mecklenburg, Wake, Ashe, Alexander, and Gaston. The unit fought at New Bern, then moved to Virginia in the psring of 1862. It was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 37th saw action at Hanover Court House and particpated in many campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox. This regiment reported 125 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 15 at Cedar Mountain, 81 at Second Manassas, 93 at Fredericksburg, and 235 at Chancellorsville. Of the 379 engaged at Gettysburg, more than thirty percent were disabled. It surrendered 10 officers and 98 men. The field officers were Colonels William M. Barbour and Charles C. Lee; Lieutenant Colonel John B. Ashcraft, Charles N. Hickerson, and William G. Morris; and Majors Jackson L. Bost, Owen N. Brown, John G. Bryan, Rufus M. Rankin, and William R. Rankin.
This image was identified through the estate it was picked up from being the Steagall family in Union County, Arkansas and researching and comparing uniforms patterns for further verification. Alexander Steagall is the only Confederate Veteran by that name in Union County where the estate sale took place. This amazing group is not one you are going to want to sleep on because it won’t last long!