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and sticks, tintypes of soldiers and authentic furniture from the Hartwood Plantation near Fredericksburg.
One package chronicles the history of a private in the Army of the Potomac. It includes his train tickets, letters and a special bill allowing him to cross enemy lines to deliver whiskey to his family in Fauquier County.
On auction date, “the Civil War will come alive,” Mrs. Pearson said, not only because of the historical items, but also because the Pearsons will recreate the 1860s.
The bam, on Routes 28 and 806 in Catlett, will open at 9 a.m. for inspection of items. Spectators and diehard antique hunters will get a chance to look over the items. ' At noon, the Pearsons will arrive in a horse-drawn buggy, just as Civil War auctioneers did. In those days, items that were confiscated from farms were sold by the colonels, so Col. and Mrs. Pearson will sell everything that jingles and rattles in that buggy, from chairs and crocks to quilts, blankets, sacks of beans, a chicken, maybe a pig and even a calf. Then, they’ll sell the wagon, and, if it’s a tame horse, they’ll sell that too.
Later, the sale moves to the more important items. The Auction Bam, which seats 300, will be airconditioned for the occasion, and the Pearsons will move festivities outside if the crowd’s too large.
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