[MILITARIA]. Large collection of excavated relics, many from Civil War battlefields.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MILITARIA]. Large collection of excavated relics, many from Civil War battlefields.
Hundreds of items, variety of forms including grapeshot, bullets, minie balls, and canon balls, predominantly from Civil War and Revolutionary War, some with later notations handwritten on object identifying location found and/or conflict: ""White Plains New York 1776"; "Champlain Valley"; "Vicksburg"; "Somerset, PA"; "Grape / Rev War / Erie NY"; and a partial fragment "This object was found in the Shiloh Area, August 6, 1978." Other items identified to Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Port Hudson, Franklin, and Petersburg.
[With:] 3 x 2 1/4 in. box of unopened "Frankford Arsenal / 1863. / 8 Second Fuzes." (*Cannot be shipped - must be picked up in person.)
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”
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