U.S. Cartridge Box Plate / SOLD
U.S. Cartridge Box Plate - Inventory Number: BEL 530 / SOLD
Excavated at the Historic Robinson House by Sidney Kerksis
A beautiful example with complete lead and both iron loops for attachment, this example has an equally impressive face. Accompanied by his original hand-written envelope with the provenance.
“The Robinson House is used as a Yankee hospital. In a visit there this morning, I found 100 of them [Yankees] packed in the rooms as thick as sardines. ... The wounds of the majority were undressed, the blood had dried upon their persons and garments, and altogether there (sic.) the most horrible set of beings it has been my lot to encounter.”
Robinson House sits at the bottom of Henry Hill, near Bull Run in Virginia. The house was named for the family of James "Gentleman Jim" Robinson, a free African American, who built the house. The Robinson family, descendants of Gentleman Jim, owned and occupied the house and a large portion of the land around it from the 1840s until 1936. The National Park Service acquired this parcel as part of their effort to commemorate two major battles of the American Civil War, the First and Second battles of Bull Run (also known as First and Second Manassas) which occurred about one year apart. Both battles were Confederate victories. However, Robinson House managed to survive virtually unscathed. The house would burn down in 1993.
Comes housed in 6 x 8 riker display case with black velvet and descriptive card.