Wonderful Confederate Sheet Panel Belt Plate and Additional Relics Recovered Near Knob Cemetery in Lascassas, TN
Wonderful Confederate Sheet Panel Belt Plate and Additional Relics Recovered Near Knob Cemetery in Lascassas, TN – Inventory Number: CON 545
This is one of the nicest examples of a sheet brass Confederate plate as one can find. The face bears a smooth chocolate brown patina and the reverse retains the full iron wire hook assembly. Beneath the attachment device is a beautiful oxidized lead base. The plate is accompanied by the provenance, an email transcript which reads in part:
"We had researched some daily journals in the Tennessee Archives at Nashville and found in an old Yankee journal that described" a narrow muddy lane " where a small fight took place near a cemetery in Lascassas, TN. It had a natural spring next to it and a wagon road. The wagon road was easy to find because the wagon wheels had left ruts. Just started working the road and area around the spring. At the same spot I found a Confederate wreath and a CSN navy button. I took a friend with me about 6 months later and he found the tongue to my wreath just a few yards away. I'm not sure, but I think this was part of the Confederate retreat route after the battle of Stones River.
Thanks, Terry."
Hard to find a nicer example than this!
Comes housed in 6 x 8 riker display case with black velvet and descriptive card.
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