Battle of Champions Hill – 1862 Confederate Currency – Civil War Bullets

Description: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The original 1862 hand signed “Twenty Dollars” Confederate note has a picture of the Tennessee State Capitol in the center. In the lower right corner of the note is a picture of Alexander H. Stephens. This note was printed on both plain and watermarked paper. Black ink was used on the front of the note and blue ink on the back. The companies that engraved and printed the note were “Litho by Evans & Cogswell/ Engraved by Keatinge & Ball, Columbia S.C.”. It has the hand inscribed serial number is “17458” in red ink. There were about 200 different people who signed for each treasury official. For the most part they were women, many the wives or daughters of Confederate soldiers who had been killed in action. The original lead ammunition was excavated from the Civil War battlefields around Fredericksburg, Virginia. They would be the same type ammunition used at Champions Hill. The lead ammunition at left are all Federal issue; a .44 Army Model revolver, a .52 Sharps carbine generally used by the cavalry branch of service and a .58 round for the Springfield rifle or other imported arms of that caliber. The lead ammunition at right are; a .69 Musket ball used by both sides, a Federal issue for the .52 Spencer carbine and a Confederate issue .58 Gardner made at the Richmond Arsenal in Virginia. The Spencer used a brass cartridge the others used a paper cartridge which has not survived in the ground. The white color or patina is due to oxidation in the ground. The Battle of Champion Hill fought on May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign in Mississippi. Union Army commander Major General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate States Army under Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton and defeated it twenty miles to the east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading inevitably to the Siege of Vicksburg and surrender. The battle is also known as Baker's Creek. The scene “Battle of Champions Hill” was reprinted from the lithograph by Kurz & Allison. Kurz and Allison were major publishers of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. They built their reputation on large prints published in the 1880-90 period depicting battles of the American Civil War. This was a period of recollection among veterans, and the company was trying to capitalize on this sentiment. In all, a set of thirty-six battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz, himself a veteran of the war. They did not pretend to mirror the actual events but rather attempted to tap people's patriotic emotions. The hand made solid Maple frame is 12” x 16” (glass) in size. The matting is dark blue. All of the frame and display work was done in our cabinet shop here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The frame is ready to hang. The wire is recessed which allows the frame to rest flat back to the wall as in a museum mount. The “bumpons” on each back corner protect the wall and keep the frame level. The certificate will have the information on the artifacts which can be taped to the back of the frame for reference. All of the artifacts are guaranteed to be original as stated. A hand signed and dated “Certificate of Authenticity” will be issued by Collectors Frame with a photograph and description of the items purchased. Any other literature shown will come with the frame. Please see our "About” for more information on the framing and artifacts.

Price: 128 USD

Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia

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