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Excavated Civil War Confederate State Uniform Buttons
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CS Made Louisiana State Seal Coat Button with Restored Back LA8
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This is a beautiful displaying original excavated Confederate manufactured coat size uniform button from the state of Louisiana. The front of the button has the mother pelican feeding her young, which is the state seal of the great state of Louisiana. The face has a nice dark tone to the brass with a clear pelican. There is a beautiful amount of the original gold gilding remaining on the face of the button in the protected areas that gives it a fine look. These are listed as LA8 in Albert's button book. It is purely 100% Confederate in use and manufacture. The original back was missing when it was found and it has been restored as has the shank. 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 wonderful displaying original Confederate made Civil War Louisiana coat button that is priced nicely.
Item #: C6543 Shipping Weight:
0.6 lb
Your Price:$195.00 USD
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