Antique Blackthorn Cane Once Owned By U.S. Gen. Mark Wentworth, 36.5"L

According to the Frost family, and the attached sticker, this antique Blackthorn cane belonged to Mark F. Wentworth. a Union Civil War General, born in Kittery, Maine, 1820 and died in 1897.
According to an online article by Seacoastonline, "Gen. Mark Fernald Wentworth was both a 19th-century physician and a soldier – a healer who also led men into battle." The article goes on to say, "Wentworth was 'a giant of a man,' as described in Pullen’s 1966 book 'A Shower of Stars,' both in terms of his physical stature and his prominence as a Kittery citizen. He had a successful medical practice in his hometown, but was also an early leader of the Republican Party in southern Maine. He even served as a delegate to the 1860 convention which nominated the presidential ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Maine’s own Hannibal Hamlin."

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$250 - $750

Expected wear & tear for age

Militaria, Other Military Collectibles

20%

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