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Gettysburg Relics: Newly listed Items R-21 through R-25 are items I purchased from a Gettysburg local back in the early 70's. He had recovered these items (plus others I have) from his own 10 acre parcel of land located across from the Gettysburg Airport approximately three miles east of the town square off the Chambersburg Pike.
R-42
M-1853 TOWER - ENFIELD LOCKPLATE - GETTYSBURG - Lockplate and partial hammer from an Enfield rifle - one of the items mentioned above recovered from Gettysburg. Has a slight bend in the plate which between that and the broken hammer probably meant that it took a fairly severe hit.
$ 48.
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R-35
CAVALRY CARBINE SLING CLIP ROLLER - APPOMATTOX - Not the entire sling swivel clip but the top roller that actually attached to the sling. Recovered at Appomattox at the location where the Rhode Island Cavalry had made a charge before the surrender.
$ 34.
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R-40
PARTIAL TRIGGERGUARD FOR M-1816 T-3 MUSKET - SHILOH - Broken at the screw hole nearest the trigger and has had the sling swivel broken off as well during the battle.
$ 23.
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R-43
SARDINE CAN - STONES RIVER, TN - Heavy tin can with many holes but still rather solid. Almost looks as though the top had been hacked open with a knife. Recovered from Stones River, Tennessee.
$ 28.
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R-41
SHOULDER SCALE - PLACE OF RECOVERY UNKNOWN - Top and bottom portions of half of a shoulder scale. Some damage - place of recovery unknown.
$ 28.
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R-38
M-1863 RIFLE GUN TOOL - VIRGINIA - M-1863 Contract Rifle Gun Tool - 2 bladed. Known only to have been recovered somewhere in Virginia.
$ 27.
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R-37
LARGE KEY - APPOMATTOX - Looks like an old jail house key. Nearly 6 inches in length. Recovered from Appomattox, Va.
$ 23.
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R-36
MULE AND PARTIAL HORSESHOE - APPOMATTOX - Haven't seen too many of these receovered - a mule shoe. Also partial horseshoe. Curious as to whether the shoe just broke or if there was a more violent reason. Both recovered at Appomattox.
$ 32.
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R-39
LOCKPLATE AND HAMMER - NASHVILLE, TN. - Lockplate with hammer to a percussion gun. This would be to a civilian type of rifle. Recovered in Nashville, Tn. Looks to have seen a violent end by the looks of the bent screw.
$ 34.
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R-32
BANK OF UPPER CANADA ONE CENT PIECE - 1854 - Large 1 3/8" diameter. Could this piece have been dropped by one of the many Canadian recruits that fought in the war? Carved 'X' in reverse, perhaps a gaming piece. Recovered near Petersburg, Va.
$ 18.
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R-29
J.M. COOPER NAVY MODEL REVOLVER - EARLY BATTLEFIELD PICKUP - Recovered early enough that the hammer or cylinder are not frozen (has busted mainspring) and the wood grips are present but not in good condition. Missing loading lever. Mid-range 6000 serial number and 1863 patent date visible on top of barrel. Reported to have been picked up from the Petersburg, Va. battlefield area.
SOLD
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R-33
BELGIAN PINFIRE REVOLVER - 7mm Trigger broken (never had a trigger guard) and rusted solid at half cock. Looks as though someone may have painted the left side black as there seems to be traces of black on that side only. Very good condition. Recovery place unknown. These guns would have been used as secondary side arms by the common soldiers.
SOLD
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R-30
U.S. MODEL 1855 RIFLE-MUSKET COMBINATION TOOL - Virginia recovery of the early model three bladed tool. Looks to be coated to prevent further deterioration.
SOLD
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R-22
SWORD BAYONET SCABBARD THROAT - Believe this to be a possible British import product as it is not brass but steel. Recovered from Gettysburg in the early 70's it is near fragile due to the rust eating nearly across the bottom (of the photo) though the rest is sound.
$ 25.
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R-6
U.S. HOTCHKISS 3.67" DIA. SHELL - Recovered from Vicksburg, Ms. - 3 flame grooves and still retains copper fuze plug.. Copy of letter dated 1977 stating place of recovery included. Heavy ground action crust on most of shell.
SOLD
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R-7
CONFEDERATE 10 LB. READ-PARROTT ARTILLERY SHELL - Recovered from Confederate trenches at Mine Run, Va.  2 7/8" Dia. x 8 3/4" in Length. Complete and unfired. Has the lathe dog stud at top and lathe center hole in bottom. Lathe tool marks visible on body. Copper Fuze plug is intact as is sabot. Has some areas of heavier pitting than other areas (due to the way it was lying on the ground). Very nice CS relic. Copy of letter dated 1969 stating recovery place included.
SOLD
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R-9
M-1840 AMES HEAVY CAVALRY SABER - Recovered from Port Hudson, La. Complete but has had repair done to hilt branches (done very well), Blade is complete but heavily pitted. Retains the "ADK" and "54" stamps on pommel. Branches show evidence of being an Officer's Model 1840 as there are designs on the branches. Great Relic. Copy of letter dated 1977 stating recovery place included.
SOLD
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R-10
M-1861 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE - Recovered from Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. - Looks to be the complete package; barrel, bands, ramrod, butt plate, trigger & trigger guard, lockplate with hammer and screws and 5 bullets & 4 percussion caps. Lockplate has an area where the "SPRIN" of SPRINGFIELD is still legible. About as good as it gets for a relic item !
SOLD
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R-12
CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY FUSE INSERT - CS insert for artillery shell. This would screw into the nose of the shell and a paper timer fuse would be placed inside of this insert. Judging by the condition of the cap end, no doubt this one was actually fired. Recovery place unknown.
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$ 50.
R-34
SOCKET BAYONET - Missing the socket but amazing that the blade is intact with the extremely rusted condition!! Recovery location reported as Fort Stedman area.
$ 44.
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R-15
47th O.V.I. SUTLER'S TOKEN - Recovered at Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier Co., WV.  'O.V.M. 47' Reg't. /A. Hirsch / Good For/ 5 / Cents. / In Goods' - Reverse is Blank.  A wonder this survived at all!! Thin, fragile has ground action but still legible. Several small cracks as can be seen in photos.  R-7
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SOLD
R-16
U.S. BELT PLATE - Nice arrow hook belt plate with good chocolate brown patina - small amount of ground action to the lead reverse. Recovered from Petersburg, Virginia.
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R-17
STATE OF NEW YORK BELT PLATE - Puppy Paw belt hooks on this SNY plate. Has some damaged areas along edges mainly at either end and some lead damage on reverse. Recovered in Virginia (believe Petersburg with the other plates listed here but not positive).
SOLD
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R-19
U.S. WAIST BELT PLATE - This is the rarely found Cartridge Box Breast Plate which has been manufactured as a Waist Belt Plate. Only one iron hook remains intact but the remains of the other two is clearly visible. This has the high breasted eagle and is in very good condition with only some minor ground action on the lead reverse. Looks to have some spoked carving in the lead on the reverse. Recovered from Petersburg, Va.
SOLD
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R-20
M-1835 SOCKET BAYONET W/ BROKEN BLADE - Tough to check sizes with all the rust but appears to be a M-1835 socket bayonet. A faint "U" of the US on the blade is visible.Blade has a clean break but still retains approximately 12 3/4" of the blade. Light rust all over - recovery location unknown.
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R-27
DELAFIELD MALLEABLE SHELL - 3.67 cal.  These shells were for the Delafield Banded Iron Rifle. Thirteen of them were delivered to the State of New York in 1862 but they are considered as non-combatant as they have never known to have been recovered on a battlefield. The five flanges at the base were molded into the shell specifically to fir the Delafield rifle. No fuze plug - inert.
$ 365.
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R-28
REMINGTON REVOLVER - Recovery site unknown but was obtained from the GAR hall in Jackson, Michigan., Heavily pitted, dropped at full cock and has three rounds remaining in cylinder. Loading lever had been jarred from the fixed position probably when dropped and is rusted solid in that position. Inspectors mark still visible on brass trigger guard. Interesting relic lost in the heat of battle.
SOLD
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