John Gibson is a Montpelier, Vermont native, currently residing in Maryland. He is an artisan, specializing in applied decorative finishes, a historian of American made toys from the Golden Age of Toymaking, and a Civil War collector and dealer specializing in Vermont related items with a fondness for the 2nd Vermont Infantry.
Use the menu on the left to navigate throught John's extensive collection.
Recent additions to the John Gibson Collection:
A photograph of Surgeon Willard Child
A photograph of Pvt Ezra Squires
A photograph of LT Alva Wakefield
A photograph of 1LT Charles Newton
A photograph of Pvt Charles Sargent
A photograph of PVT Charles Stay
A photograph of COL Elisha Barney
A photograph of 1LT Sidney Bliss
A Co. E, 1st Vt. Cavalry, ladder badge
A Co. H, 1st Vt. Cavalry, ladder badge
6th Corps Badge belonging to Hiram Fifield, 5th and 11th Vermont Infantry.
A transcript of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant's report of the battle of Spotsylvania.
A transcript of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant's report of the battle of Weldon Railroad.
A photograph of Major Richard Bailey Crandall, 6th Vermont
A photograph of George F. Davis, State Quartermaster
A photograph of Chaplain John Roberts, 4th Vermont
A photograph of Assistant Surgeon Edward Porter, 11th Vermont
A photograph of 1st Lieut. Sherman Parkhurst, 2nd Vermont
A photograph of 1st Lieut. Joseph Leonard, 11th Vermont
A photograph of Major George Croff and 2nd Lieut. Oliver P. Murdick, 7th Vermont
A transcript of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant's report of the battle of Spotsylvania.
Presentation Foot Officers Sword belonging to Captain John Lyman Yale, 13th and 17th Vermont.
In addition to sharing his wonderful collection with us, he has made arrangements with other collectors to share some of their Vermont items.