Pickett’s Mill, fought on May 27, 1864, was part of Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign as he attempted to move around Gen. Johnston’s right after being stymied at New Hope Church. The Union 4^th Corps, under Howard, launched a series of brave, but doomed, assaults against entrenched Confederates under Patrick Cleburne. Federal losses were estimated at about 1,400, with a large proportion killed in the vain effort to storm the Confederate lines.

This plate was recovered on the battlefield by Syd Kerksis, one of the legendary early relic hunters and collectors, author of books on military belt plates and Civil War projectiles. The plate is the regulation 1839 pattern oval U.S. belt plate used throughout the Civil War, with arrowhead hooks introduced in 1862 by some makers and in general use from 1863 on. It is in excellent, excavated condition with a pleasing brownish patina with green tones, and a little light brown in some recesses, with an excellent rim showing no dents, a smooth back with gray color, and preserves fragments of the soldier’s leather belt under the arrowhead hooks. It comes with Kerksis’s annotated envelope indicating he found it in September 1955 in the lines of the 4^th Army Corps.

This is a very nice plate with great provenance.  [sr] [ph:m]

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