Thank You for stopping at the Campsite ! We try to update every few days, so check all the categories that interest you most ! Remember, we're always looking to buy, always consider trade, & Ready to Sell Your Relics ! Email to: digginfool@campsiteartifacts.com is the best way to contact us, but you can also Text or Call 479 - 372 - 2785 anytime. If I'm at work and don't answer, I Will get back to you ASAP. HH Steve
UPDATED 5-6-24 Nice M1860 Colt Army w/Factory Letter in Firearms. 4-30-24 Great Looking North Carolina Hillsborough Military Academy in Confederate Buttons. 4-24-24 More New Items in Bullets Page 2. 4-19-24 33rd Iowa Infantry Letter written in Little Rock, AR, in Documents. 4-15-24 Uncommon Image of CS General Thomas C. Hindman's Helena, Arkansas, Home in Cdvs. 4-14-24 Several NEW Items in Bullets Page 2. 4-7-24 Beautiful Dug CS26 Staff Officer in Confederate Buttons Page 2.
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Beautiful print by Andy Thomas of Carthage, Missouri, entitled, "They Came Like Demons," depicting the western end of the December 7th, 1862, Battlefield of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The Battle occurred when Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman, marched north from Fort Smith, Arkansas, with almost 11,000 troops and was met by about 8500 Union Troops, with superior artillery, at the small hamlet of Prairie Grove. After an all day battle, and combined casualties of about 2500 killed and wounded, the Confederates left the field, and returned to Fort Smith, nearly out of ammunition. Today the Prairie Grove Battlefield is an Arkansas State Park, with about 900 acres of the battlefield preserved, and an excellent museum, well worth a visit if you are in the NW Arkansas area. Click the icon to see a few images of the Battlefield Park. |
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Original Civil War Camp Photograph Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division |
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Bunch of Discounts in Rev. War, War of 1812, & Militia. Ever thought about any of these items, give them a look NOW !
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" The loss of Vicksburg was a sad and almost paralyzing blow to the South and the Army of Mississippi, which occupied it, never recovered afterwards from the fatal and disastrous effects accruing from its fall. We lost over one hundred pieces of artillery, and more than thirty thousand stand of arms, & about twenty-seven thousand prisoners, of whom sixteen thousand were fit for duty, and the rest were sick or wounded in the camps and hospitals" - Private Ephraim McDowell Anderson, Co. G, 2nd Missouri Infantry, First Missouri Brigade, C.S.A. - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi - July, 5th, 1863 - From the book, " Memoirs Historical And Personal Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade" - Edited by Ed Bearss |
Fine Displaying Dug U.S. Eagle Breast Plate or Shoulder Plate |
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Fine Displaying Dug U.S. Eagle Breast Plate or Shoulder Plate |
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| Here is a Nice Displaying U.S. Eagle Breast Plate ! It has a really nice green patina, with very little damage. Though both iron loops have rusted away, 95% of the lead solder fill is still present. Just a Fine Displaying U.S. Eagle Breast Plate, so give it a look. Link at left goes to Accoutrement Plates.
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Fine Civil War Period Non Dug Missouri State Seal Staff Officer's Coat Button |
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Fine Civil War Period Non Dug Missouri State Seal Staff Officer's Coat Button |
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| Here is A Fine Looking Civil War Period MO2 Missouri State Seal Staff Officer's Coat Button ! The front retains a generous portion of its gold gilt, nicely highlighting the device, while the reverse shows a Period " Scovill Mfg Co. Waterbury,", makers mark and intact shank. Just marked it down a bit so give it a look. The link at left goes to Confederate Buttons.
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Nice Non-Regulation All Soldered Civil War Period Tin Cup - Same Size Pictured in Some Library of Congress Images |
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Nice Non-Regulation All Soldered Civil War Period Tin Cup - Same Size Pictured in Some Library of Congress Images |
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Here is A Fine Civil War Period, All Soldered Tin Cup ! The cup shows some surface rusting, but nothing serious, all soldered seams and construction, and a completely flat bottom. There is an image in the Library of Congress of a member of the 71st New York, using a near identical example to dip stew out of a kettle. A Fine Cup for your Mess Display. Link at left goes to Mess Equipment.
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ALL Civil War Artifacts at CampSite Artifacts are Guaranteed Authentic ! Any pre-war items, or post-war items, will be noted as such in the Item Descriptions, and Guaranteed to be of the period described. All excavated items were recovered on Private Property with the landowner's permission.
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Click the Tin Cup Below to read a bit about Tin Cups and See Several Different Examples in Period Photographs ! |
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Click Here to Read About, and See several different types of Tin Cups in Period Images. |
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Click the Group of Bullets to read about, "Rounds Of The Razorbacks," courtesy of American Digger Magazine. |
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Nice CS Lined -I- button dug in one of General Thomas C. Hindman's Camps. NOT FOR SALE. |
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