Full-sized soldier’s cot, filled with hay, structured with wooden poles. Four (4) original leather ties run along the seam. Total length 78 3/4 in. Maker’s imprint stamped to bag: “Bazar Du Voyage / Paris.”

With identified drawstring bag, 42 x 8 in., bearing the printed identification: “Lt. R. H. I. Goddard, / Maj. Genl. Burnside Staff.” Three additional poles included.

Robert Hale Ives Goddard enlisted in 1861, mustering into Company C of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry on 2 May 1861. He mustered out on 2 August of that year, but returned to service on 20 September 1862, when he was commissioned into the U.S. Volunteers as aide-de-camp on General Ambrose Burnside’s staff. Rising steadily, he was promoted to captain and aide-de-camp of the 9th Corps, breveted major, and ultimately breveted lieutenant colonel before resigning on 3 July 1865.

This cot, marked with Goddard’s name and associated with his service on Burnside’s staff, is a rare surviving personal item of field equipment. Such cots would have accompanied senior officers through campaign life.

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate]  [Relics, Militaria]