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 4-17-25 Cdv & Signature of US General Judson Kilpatrick in Cdvs. 4-10-25 Nice Infantry Shawl in Leather & Non-Dug Page 2, and U.S. General Sykes Signature in Documents. 4-6-25 Couple of Eagle -C Cavalry Buttons in Non-Dug Federal Buttons. 4-1-25 All Original G.A.R. Badge in Veterans. 3-20-25 Gettysburg Dug Bayonet in Misc. Excavated & Period Wool Boot Socks in Leather & Non-dug Page 2. 3-26-25 1863 Ames Cavalry Saber & Relic Staff Sword in Edged Weapons. 3-23-25 Nice CS81 Confederate General Service CSA in Confederate Buttons Page 2.
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| The Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Military Park is well worth a visit if you are ever in the area. It is Very Nicely Preserved with tons of monuments & artillery pieces, and of course the raised U.S. Gunboat, The Cairo. You can read lots of accounts of the 45-day siege but those accounts become so much more real when you walk the grounds. A fine museum is on the park, and with the Driving tour well illustrated and explanations of the positions of various units, those first-hand accounts you read make so much more sense. Give Vicksburg National Military Park a Visit ! |
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| Original Civil War Camp Photograph Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division |
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Send email to digginfool@campsiteartifacts.com to make sure the item you are interested in is currently available. Include a brief description with your inquiry, and I will contact you ASAP.
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| " The loss of Vicksburg was a sad and almost paralyzing blow to the South and the Army of the 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." - Ephraim McDowell Anderson, July 4th, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi - From the book, " Memoirs Historical And Personal Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade" - Edited by Ed Bearss |
| Nice Dug U.S. Puppy Paw Waist Belt Plate - Likely From a Gettysburg Display |
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| Nice Dug U.S. Puppy Paw Waist Belt Plate - Likely From a Gettysburg Display |
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| Here's A Fine Looking U.S. Puppy Paw Waist Belt Plate From an OLD Relic Board Display. The front wears a wonderful dark patina highlighting the letters nicely, and has a small hole at each horizontal end. The reverse shows good lead fill and both puppy paws present, though the tongue is missing. The holes most likely indicate that this plate was on a board display at one time. The link at left goes to Accoutrement Plates.
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| Nice Cabinet Card View of John R. Bird, Co. D, 18th Indiana Infantry & Post War G.A.R. Member - The Regiment fought at Pea Ridge, before moving to the Western Theater. |
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| Nice Cabinet Card View of John R. Bird, Co. D, 18th Indiana Infantry & Post War G.A.R. Member - The Regiment fought at Pea Ridge, before moving to the Western Theater. |
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Here is A Neat ID'd Cabinet Card of a Soldier from the 18th Indiana Infantry ! His G.A.R. Badge is clearly visible on his right chest, and a nice bowler type hat is on the table beside him. The reverse shows an old pencil ID and an Indiana Photographer's imprint. A Fine Displaying Post-war Union Veterans Image. Link at left goes to Veterans.
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| Beautiful Dug LA2 Louisiana Coat Button |
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| Beautiful Dug LA2 Louisiana Coat Button |
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| Here is an A Simply Beautiful Dug LA2 Louisiana State Seal Coat Button ! The front shows at least 90% of its original gold gilt still remaining with no pushes cracks, or damage of any kind. Reverse show intact though bent shank, and partially legible maker's mark. This button just shines in a display. Link at left goes to Confederate Buttons.
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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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