BEAUTIFUL CIVIL WAR ERA EXCAVATED U S BELT BUCKLE -GETTYSBURG -FIRST DAYS BATTLE

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BEAUTIFUL CIVIL WAR ERA EXCAVATED U S BELT BUCKLE -GETTYSBURG -FIRST DAYS BATTLE - RELIC MEASURES 3 1/2" BY 2 1/8" - BRASS FACE WITH U S IN OVAL - LEAD FILLED BACK - PUPPY PAW STYLE STUDS AND BELT HOOK - EXCELLENT DUG CONDITION - OUTSTANDING PATINA AND LOOK - NO PITTING OR GROUND ACTION DAMAGE - A BEAUTY - FOUND BY RELIC HUNTER ON PRIVATE LAND - FIRST DAY'S BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - JUST WEST OF THE TOWN ON JULY 1ST -1863 - LEAD ELEMENTS OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL HETH DIVISION RAN INTO THE TWO UNION CAVALRY BRIGADES OF GENERAL BUFFORD - WHO HAD BEEN WAITING UNDER COVER - THE CONFDERATES WERE SURPRISED TO FIND REGULAR ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TROOPS FACING THEY RATHER THAN MILITIA - BOTH SIDES ADDED MORE AND MORE SOLDIERS TO THE FIGHT - A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT EITHER SIDE HAD PLANNED FOR BEGAN - THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WAS ENTERING IT'S FIRST PHASE - BY THE AFTERNOON UNION FIRST AND ELEVEN CORPS WERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY WERE HIT FROM TWO DIRECTIONS BY CONFEDERATE CORPS ATTACKS - THE SURVIVORS BATTLED THROUGH GETTYSBURG AND FORMED ON CEMETARY RIDGE AND CULPS HILL WITH OTHER ARRIVING UNION CORPS - RARE RELIC - GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION