Fredericksburg VA Civil War Relics From Winter Campsite Melted Bullets Camp Lead

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We are working as partners in conjunction with Gettysburg Relics to offer some very nice American Civil War relics for sale. The owner of Gettysburg Relics was the proprietor of Artifact at 777 on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg for a number of years, and we are now selling exclusively on eBay.
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA / Recovered from Winter Campsites - FROM THE WILLIAM A. REGER COLLECTION - A lot of 5 varying sized dug melted camp lead pieces, formed from melted bullets, that were recovered in 1974 from Winter Campsites near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The largest piece measures about 1 3/4" long. Total weight 2.3 ounces.
A lot of 5 varying sized dug melted camp lead pieces, formed from melted bullets, that were recovered in 1974 from Winter Campsites near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
This relic comes out of the collection of William Reger who lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania and relic hunted at a variety of sites from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. Reger carefully identified his artifacts with typed labels. In this case, the tag is not included, as it was the only tag for the grouping, however, a copy of the tag, as well as a provenance letter, will be included. The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought primarily on December 13th, 1862, is best remembered for the doomed Union frontal assaults on the Confederate position behind a stone wall on Maryes Heights. Earlier in the day, however. Meade's men nearly won the day by breaking through Jackson's line until they were driven back and suffered heavily in the Slaughter Pen.
We include as much documentation with the relics as we possess. This includes copies of tags if there are original identification tags or maps, as well as a signed letter of provenance with the specific recovery information.
All of the collections that we are offering for sale are guaranteed to be authentic, and are either older recoveries, found before the 1960s when it was still legal to metal detect battlefields, or were recovered on private property with permission. Some land on Battlefields that are now Federally owned, or owned by the Trust, were acquired after the items were recovered. We will not sell any items that were recovered illegally, nor will we sell any items that we suspect were recovered illegally.
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