The original hand inscribed 1864 Confederate Bond note was issued from Richmond, Virginia. These smaller “coupons” were at one time attached to a larger Bond. They were cut off and redeemed monthly. The serial number on this one is hand inscribed “1726” with the pay out date “July 1, 1874”. Some of the coupons will have the same serial number bu the pay out dates are all different. The signatures on these 1864 coupons were engraved. Many of the clerks who numbered these notes in brown ink were the wives or daughters of soldiers who had been killed in action.
The Federal issue brass “Eagle” button was worn on the enlisted men's coats, it was also excavated from the Fredericksburg area.
Original lead ammunition excavated from the Wilderness Battlefield near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The bullets at left are; 1. A .58 Federal issue Williams Cleaner used to clean the black powder fouling out of the rifle barrel. There were three to six packed with the regular rounds. 2. The Federal .52 Sharps was a breech loading carbine used primarily by the cavalry. 3. The .58 Springfield was the standard round for all .58 rifles used by the Federal forces. In 1862 the diameter of the .58 was decreased by a fraction to accommodate the .577 Enfield Rifle.
From upper right they are all Confederate issue; 1. A .69 caliber round ball for the smooth bore musket, 2. A .54 caliber orders for the Mississippi rifle or the Austrian Lorenz rifle. The Lorenz rifle was the third most widely used rifle during the Civil War. The Union recorded purchases of 226,924 and the Confederacy bought as many as 100,000. The round was used by both sides. 3. A Confederate .577 Enfield round imported from England through the blockade or made with imported molds in a southern arsenal. All of these rounds would have used a paper cartridge. The white patina is due to oxidation in the ground.
The Wilderness, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, was the first battle in 1864 between General Grant's “Army of the Potomac” and General Lee's “Army of Northern Virginia”. It was the beginning of what would be called Grant's “Overland Campaign” to take the Confederate capitol at Richmond.
The pictures are reprinted from wartime photographs of General Grant and General Meade. The picture of Grant has glare from the lighting.
The hand made solid Cherry frame is 12” x 16” (glass) in size. The matting is dark blue. All of the frame and display work was done in our cabinet shop here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The frame is ready to hang. The wire is recessed which allows the frame to rest flat back to the wall as in a museum mount. The “bumpons” on each back corner protect the wall and keep the frame level.
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Product code: Grant and Meade - Wilderness - Civil War Relics orders