Description: Original lead bullets excavated from the Civil War Battlefields around Fredericksburg, Virginia. They are the same type ammunition that would have been carried at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. The bullet at center is a Confederate .58 Gardner was made at the Richmond Arsenal in Virginia and has been fired. The two ring .58 Federal issue rounds were made in the Northern arsenals. They haven’t been fired; whether from the paper cartridge breaking or that it was possibly wet and discarded. They all used a paper cartridge which has not survived in the ground. The white color or patina is due to oxidation in the ground. The Battle of Wilson's Creek was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. On August 10, 1861 General Lyon, in two columns commanded by himself and Col. Franz Sigel, attacked the Confederates on Wilson's Creek about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Springfield. Confederate cavalry received the first blow and retreated from the high ground. Confederate infantry attacked the Union forces three times during the day, but failed to break through. Eventually, Sigel's column was driven back to Springfield, allowing the Confederates to consolidate their forces against Lyon's main column. When Lyon was killed and General Thomas William Sweeny wounded, Major Samuel D. Sturgis assumed command of the Union forces. When Sturgis realized that his men were exhausted and lacking ammunition, he ordered a retreat to Springfield. The battle was reckoned as a Confederate victory, but the Confederates were too disorganized and ill-equipped to pursue the retreating Federal forces. The scene “Battle of Wilson’s Creek” was reprinted from the lithograph by Kurz & Allison. Kurz and Allison were major publishers of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. They built their reputation on large prints published in the 1880-90 period depicting battles of the American Civil War. This was a period of recollection among veterans, and the company was trying to capitalize on this sentiment. In all, a set of thirty-six battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz, himself a veteran of the war. They did not pretend to mirror the actual events but rather attempted to tap people's patriotic emotions. The artifacts come in an 8” x 12” riker mount box as shown. A copy of the “Artifact” page that shows some of the relics will come with the certificate. Riker cases can be hung on a wall, but are best used on a stand. All of the artifacts are guaranteed to be original as stated. A hand signed and dated “Certificate of Authenticity” will be issued by Collectors Frame with a photograph and description of the items purchased. Please see our "About” for more information on the framing and artifacts.
Price: 36 USD
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
End Time: 2024-10-23T22:30:07.000Z
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