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Port Hudson Excavated Coat Size Louisiana State Seal Button With Restored Back
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This is a beautiful looking excavated coat size Louisiana state seal button. This is the classic Civil War Louisiana button that has the mother pelican on the face of the button. She is feeding her young below her in her nest. This one has a reddish brown patina with the gold remaining in the protected areas that gives it a great look. The original back and the shank were missing in action when it was excavated and I had it restored for display purposes and it is priced accordingly. It is listed in Albert's button book as LA3 and in Tice's button book as LA204. The verbal history that accompanied this relic is that it was recovered in Port Hudson, Louisiana. The siege of Port Hudson (May 22 – July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history up to that point. A second attack also failed, and it was only after the fall of Vicksburg that the Confederate commander, General Franklin Gardner, surrendered the port. The Union gained control of the river and navigation from the Gulf of Mexico through the Deep South and to the river's upper reaches. This is a solid button for any collection.
Item #: C6191 Shipping Weight:
0.4 lb
Your Price:$175.00 USD
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