Offered Here is a Set of the Original Civil War Chessmen Manufactured by The Franklin Mint. 

The Chess Set Contains 32 Pewter Portrait Sculptures Mounted Atop Solid Brass Pedestals with Enameled Embellishments Enclosed in a Fitted Mahogany Board/Box. 

The Chess Board Measures 13 1/2 Inches X 13 1/2 Inches.

The Union army consists of the following characters.


  • The King: Ulysses S. Grant
  • The Queen: Clara Barton
  • The Bishops: George, G. Meade; William Tecumseh Sherman
  • The Knights: Philip Henry Sheridan; George Armstrong Custer
  • The Rooks: The Cannon
  • The Pawns, Wisconsins Iron Brigade

 

The Confederate army consists of the following characters


  • The King: Robert E. Lee
  • The Queen: Belle Boyd
  • The Bishops: Pierre G. Beauregard; Thomas Stonewall Jackson
  • The Knights: Joseph Wheeler; Jeb Stuart
  • The Rooks: Mortars
  • The Pawns: The Stonewall Brigade

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  • Chess Piece Measurements:
  • King- 3.74"
  • Queen- 2.35"
  • Bishop- 2.75"
  • Knight- 2.36"
  • Rook- 2.165"
  • Pawn- 1.97"

  • Chess Set Number 5 of 8.