MY GG GRANDFATHER WAS WITH THE 17TH WILDERS LIGHTNING BRIGADE.HE WAS IN THE 98TH ILL. INF. THEY WERE THE FIRST INF. TO BE MOUNTED.
THEY BOUGHT THE GUNS WITH THIER MONEY AND WERE IN ALOT OF BATTLES HOVERS GAP,MIDDLE TN. NASHVILLE CHICKAMUNGA WAS WITH SHERMAN ON HIS MARCH TO THE SEA.WENT AS FAR AS ATLANTA AND PUSHED JOHN BELL HOOD BACK TO TN. WHERE HE WAS DEFEATED AT FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE THE THEY WENT WITH WILSONS CALVERY INTO ALABAMA MADE THE RAID ON SELMA AND THAT BUNCH CAPTURED JEFF DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE C.S.A. THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF THE BATTLES THAT THE GUNS HAVE SEEN. THE BRIGADE HAS THE LARGEST MONUMENT IN THE U.S.A. FROM THE CIVAL WAR, ON CHICKAMUNGA BATTLE FIELD IN GEORGIA.WILDERS TOWER AN 80 FT. TOWER BUILT LIKE A ROOK.I WISH I HADE SOMETHING OF MY GG GRANDFATHERS I WOULD CONSIDER IT WORTH MORE THAN THE MARKET VALUE OF THE ITEM. WHAT IM SAYING IS YOU SHOULD INSURE IT FOR WHAT YOU FEEL THE GUNS ARE WORTH.THEY COULD NEVER BE REPLACED.SPENCERS GO FROM 1500-4000 AND THE PISTOL ABOUT THE SAME.BUT YOU HAVE THE HISTORY AND THE GUNS THAT WERE HANDED TO YOU AND IF IT WAS ME I WOULD HAVE THEM INSURED FOR 500,000-1,000,000 REALLY YOU CANT REPLACE A FAMILY RELIC FROM SUCH A WAR AS THIS! RODNEY BUTTS