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| US Camp in the Shenendoah Valley of Virginia - Image Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division |
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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 for you! Email to: digginfool@campsiteartifacts.com is the best way to contact us, but you can also call 479 - 372 - 2785 anytime. If I'm at work and don't answer, leave a voicemail. HH Steve
UPDATED 1-13-19 Beautifully Gold Gilded Eagle -C- Overcoat Button in Excavated Federal Buttons. 1-9-19 SuperFine Dug M1859 US Bridle Bit in Horse Equipment. 1-3-19 Huge W5 "Western Pattern" Iron Spur w/Eagle Button in Horse Equipment. 12-30-18 Fine Infantry Hat Horn in Insignia. 12-20-18 NOT Civil War, But a Very Fine & RARE Stevens "Removable Sideplate" Falling Block in Firearms. 12-15-18 Fine Image of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn in Cdvs. 12-4-18 Fine Dug U.S. Artilleryman's Eagle -A- Coat Button in Excavated Federal Buttons. 11-23-18 Nice "Black Glass" Civil War Ale in Bottles. 11-16-18 Nice M1840 Ames Light Artillery Saber in Edged Weapons.
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| I've featured this chest here before, but it's still worth another look, after all, how often do you get to see an officer's company camp chest ! This one belongs to Thomas Bowen, but was once the chest of the Captain of Co. G, 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry. Whoever stenciled it misspelled cavalry as "cavalery", but it is quite informative to study the construction of the chest, all its hardward, and the paint job. The 3rd Wisconsin spent a considerable part of the war in the Trans-Mississippi Department, participating here locally in the Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas, on November 28th, 1862, and the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on December 7th, 1862. Later in the war they saw lots of smaller actions primarily in western and central Missouri. |
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| " Our camp was beautifully and pleasantly situated upon a ridge of woodland, with a small stream of good water flowing close by, and was called Camp Pritchard, as a tribute to the memory of that highly esteemed soldier. [Lt. Col. James A. Pritchard] We remained here about a month, when we were roused up one fine, frosty morning, at two o' clock, by the long roll, and ordered to prepare three days' rations, and hold ourselves in readiness to march at daylight." -Private Ephraim McDowell Anderson, Co. G, 2nd Missouri Infantry, First Missouri Brigade, C.S.A. - Camp near Holly Springs, Mississippi - October, 1862 - From the book, " Memoirs Historical And Personal Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade" - Edited by Ed Bearss |
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| VF/XF Confederate T-30 September 2, 1861 Ten Dollar Note |
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| VF/XF Confederate T-30 September 2, 1861 Ten Dollar Note |
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| Here is A Very Fine/Extra Fine Sept. 1861, Confederate T-30 Ten Dollar Note ! It it the pattern with the "sweet potato" dinner depicted at center, with Revolutionary War General Francis Marion offering a meal to a British officer. Still retaining good body, the note shows excellent details as well. These "early war" Confederate Notes are hard to find in good condition, but this one displays beautifully. The link at left goes to Confederate Currency.
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| Huge Western Pattern Iron Spur, w/Eagle button on the strap, and similar to Spur W5 in Howard Crouches' book, Historic American Spurs. |
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| Huge Western Pattern Iron Spur, w/eagle button on the strap, and similar to Spur W5 in Howard Crouches' book, Historic American Spurs. |
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| Here is A Fine Non-Dug BIG Iron ca. 1840s-1870s, American Made "Spanish Style Spur" with a Civil War Period General Service Eagle Button on the Leather Strap ! The spur is in excellent condition with giant rowel still spinning freely, and original leather strap still attached. Very similar to an example in Howard Crouches' book, Historic American Spurs, I am confident that Eagle Button has been there since the period of use. Give it a look. Link at left goes to Horse Equipment.
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| NRA "FINE" Stevens Removable Side-Plate Falling Block Rifle - Less Than 2,000 Produced Ca. 1893-1894 |
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| NRA "FINE" Stevens Removable Side-Plate Falling Block Rifle - Less Than 2,000 Produced Ca. 1893-1894 |
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| One Hundred & Twenty-Five Years Old, This Little Stevens "Removable Side Plate" Falling Block Rifle is Simply Beautiful ! Stevens first falling block rifle, it is the "Granddaddy" of all the Stevens Ideal Model Rifles that followed, and saw less than 2,000 total production. It is still loaded with original blue, case color, and lots of finish on the wood. Give it a look. The link at left goes to Firearms !
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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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| "Full Steam Ahead" - Original Copyrighted Guitar Instrumental by Stephen Lee Burgess |
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