Original U.S. Civil War Federal Cartridge Box Plate Lot Ground Dug At The Location of the Battle of the Wilderness - 2 Items Antique Wheellock Firearms The walnut stock has all

The walnut stock has all brass mounts

The entire contents were put into storage and were sold

but in 1901 Cole and his brother Jim were paroled from prison

indicating WW2 manufacture

repainted and repurposed as a training aid

Original U.S. Civil War Federal Cartridge Box Plate Lot Ground Dug At The Location of the Battle of the Wilderness - 2 Items Antique Wheellock Firearms The walnut stock has allOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. This is a lovely pair of box plates which was ground dug at the Battle of the Wilderness location in 1962. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 57, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area