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pistols, sabers, and a knife that belonged to one of Mosby’s rangers.
Claar likes to think that the Civil War remains popular because “so many people are trying to understand” a watershed event in American history. He has watched prices march upward as the fascination has grown in the wake of the Ken Bums Civil War documentary on PBS and movies like “Gettysburg” and “Glory.”
In fact, it wasn’t so long ago that a book signed by Chamberlain brought only $50 to $100. Now he sells his signed Chamberlain books for $1,200 to $1,500.
Then there’s Civil War relics. Head to Middleburg and visit the Powder Horn Gun Shop, where owner Robert Daly has been providing buyers for 21 years with military items from the preRevolutionary era to World War II.
Guess what? Eighty percent of his business is Civil War. In fact, the store’s slogan boasts its location, “in the heart of Mosby’s Confederacy.”
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