This is a fantastic and extremely rare and unique Gettysburg item. This is a rail from the fence that stood along the Emmitsburg Road during the battle of Gettysburg. As is well known this fence was in the “No Man’s Land” between the two contending armies on July 2^nd and 3^rd. This rail is a silent witness to the heavy skirmishing that went on between the lines, the great cannonade of July 3^rd and of Pickett’s Charge.

The wood rail meas. approx. 4’ 9” inches long and varies in circumference from 9” at the largest to 5.75” at the smallest. The surface of the wood is irregular. Weak sections and rotten or diseased wood has long since fallen away leaving an uneven surface of sturdy wood. The rail was struck by bullets in four places. Long ago the wood in these areas was removed to expose the bullets. All four projectiles are still visible. One end of the rail has two bullets approx. 5.75” apart while the opposite end has two bullets approx. 6” apart. All four look to be .58 caliber in size.

This rail was originally part of an old Gettysburg museum collection that was broken up and sold at auction in the early 1990’s. It was purchased by a dealer in New Orleans who eventually sold it to the late John Henry Kurtz who was a well-known collector of fine Civil War artifacts. With the item is an original letter written by the late Mr. Kurtz that discusses this piece. It also comes with a display case capable of being mounted on a wall.

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