Large Collection of Dug Relics from the Battle of South Mountain / SOLD
Cased collection of over 100 excavated Civil War relics from the Turner’s, Fox’s, and Crampton’s Gap engagements of the Battle of South Mountain. The lot includes pieces of scarce Shaler sectional bullets, a variety of dropped and fired Union and Confederate bullets and case shot, buttons, copper coins, bayonet scabbard tips, a Bormann fuse, and other miscellaneous relics. The Battle of South Mountain was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, needed to pass through these gaps in his pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's precariously divided Army of Northern Virginia. Although the delay bought at South Mountain would allow him to reunite his army and forestall defeat in detail, Lee considered termination of the Maryland Campaign at nightfall. The Battle of Antietam would be fought three days later on September 17th. The collection is housed in a 24” by 10” hinged wooden display case with a glass top.
Inventory Number: GRO 039 / SOLD