Lead poker chip Carved by a soldier at Haw’s Shop, Virginia

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Flattened lead poker chip recovered in the Haw’s Shop, VA area on private property with permission. In camp the soldiers would make poker chips out of the soft lead bullets, but superstitions caused the to toss these aside before going into battle.
The Battle of Haw's Shop or Enon Church was fought on May 28, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
Both sides claimed victory. Union Cavalry Corps commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan bragged that his men had driven Hampton from the field and demonstrated the superiority of the Union cavalry. But Hampton had held up the Union cavalry for seven hours, prevented it from achieving its reconnaissance objectives, and had provided valuable intelligence to General Lee about disposition of Grant's army.
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