CARTRIDGE BOX BELT PLATE FROM 10th CORPS LINES AT THE WILDERNESS, EX-KERKSIS

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This regulation belt plate for the cartridge box sling was in the collection of Syd Kerksis, well-known and respected early collector and author and comes with his annotated envelope indicating he found it in October 1955 in the main trench of the 10th Corps lines at Fussell’s Mill, VA. Also known as the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, New Market Road and several other names, the engagement took place August 14-20, 1864, during the Petersburg Campaign when Grant ordered the 2nd and 10th Corps along with a cavalry division north of the James to threaten Richmond and force Lee to thin his lines further and prevent him from sending troops to reinforce Early in the Shenandoah.

The plate has an excellent rim and crisp detail to the eagle, and shows as a grayish green with some whitish and brown spots. The reverse has a level surface to the lead solder fill with shallow corrosion showing white and brown on gray. Both iron loops are present, though heavily corroded.

These plates were adopted in 1826 with hooks on the reverse for the bayonet shoulder belt and made of brass for artillery and white metal for infantry. This was changed to brass for both services in 1831 and when the bayonet was moved to the waist belt around 1842, the plates were redesigned with two loops on the back for wear as fixed ornaments on the cartridge box sling and plates with hooks were relegated to the NCO and musician’s sword shoulder belts. (Some militia versions used hooks at a different angle for wear on the waist belt.) Although in theory the plate was dropped with introduction of the 1864 cartridge box rigs with no plates, the plate remained in wide use in the field on the earlier pattern boxes and was not discontinued until the new 1872 sets of accouterments were distributed.

This is nice example from the climactic campaign in the east. [sr] [ph:m]

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