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Battle of the Wilderness Excavated Civil War U.S. Cartridge Boxplate
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This is a nice original Civil War U.S. cartridge box plate. This is the plate that would have adorned a Civil War cartridge box at one time. They were designed not only to ornament the front but the weight of the plate helped to keep the outer flap of the cartridge box closed. It has a very clear "US" on the front with a great ancient color to the brass. It has the US on the face that stands out beautifully as you can see. On the back it has both of the original iron loops and it has fine lead in place as well. The verbal history that accompanied this plate is that it was recovered near the battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles west of Fredericksburg. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, nearly 29,000 in total, a harbinger of a war of attrition by Grant against Lee's army and, eventually, against the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia. It is a fine Civil War cartridge box plate in excavated condition.
Item #: C3427 Price: $195.00 USD (Sale Pending)
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