Also see the on-line catalog of the exhibit, which has since been further enlarged and enhanced.

I would be pleased to also make my website available to friends who may have their own horological research to contribute.

Howard Company pocket watches that I originally developed for live presentations at NAWCC regional and chapter meetings.

This book is intended to stand as the definitive work on the subject of how and why to collect Civil War watches.

About half horology and half Civil War history, the book will equip readers with the tools to make informed judgments concerning the authenticity of Civil War timepieces and the provenances sometimes associated with them.

The book also endeavors to impart a basic understanding of the importance in American history of the events to which these artifacts relate, and to make the stories of the men whose names appear on some of these watches live for a new group of admirers.

The e-book edition also is available on popular online commercial websites such as Amazon.com.

All profits go the NAWCC, and the NAWCC makes the most money when you buy directly from them.

Members can order from the Gift Shop by calling 1-717-684-8261, extension 211.

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The exhibit features eighteen watches with Civil War provenances and a representative selection of other Civil War period timepieces drawn from four museums and ten private collections.

Visitors can self-guide through twenty-seven linked, narrated slide presentations on a 24 touchscreen, which will afford close-up views of the watches, and more details about the men who carried them, the units in which they served, and some of the battles in which they fought.

I reviewed the role and prevalence of personal watches in Civil War armies, and the kinds and characteristics of watches carried by Civil War combatants.

The latter part of the talk focused on watches from my personal collection, their original owners, the units with which they served, and the battles in which they fought.

The watches were on display during and after my presentation.

After the talk, I discussed watches that were brought by members of the audience with their owners.

The building houses the Civil War Room, where the Captain Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) met for several decades after the Civil War.

Home to one of the last active GAR posts in the country, the room was sealed for the better part of a century after its last veteran died in 1937.

Today the room and its contents of original flags, books, prints, relics, and rare Lincoln photographs are spectacularly preserved, and are open to the public (please see their schedule for guided viewings).

See my blog post, The 2002 NAWCC National Seminar, Boston: Cradle of Industrial Watchmaking, for more details.

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