CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG RELIC DISPLAY W/ PHOTO PRINT -MISSISSIPPI BRIGADE CHARGE

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CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG RELIC DISPLAY WITH PHOTO PRINT - BARKDALE'S MISSISSIPPI BRIGADE CHARGE INTO THE 114TH PENNSYLVANIA ZOUAVES ON JULY 2ND - 1863 - THE CASE MEASURES 12 3/8" BY 8 3/8" BY 1" - DISPLAYS SIX EXCAVATED GETTYSBURG RELICS (RECOVERED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN GETTYSBURG WITH OWNER'S PERMISSION) - 58 CALIBER MINIE - 69 CALIBER ROUND BALL SHOT- COAT SIZE EAGLE BUTTON -BRASS  BUTTON BACK  - COAT SIZE CONFEDERATE COIN BUTTON -MOSTLY USED ON SOUTHERN CLOTHES AND IRON EYELET FROM TARRED RAIN COVER - ALL HOUSED IN DISPLAY  CASE- ON JULY 2ND -1863 - ABOUT 6 IN THE AFTERNOON  GENERAL WILLIAM BARKDALE - A HUGE BALDING MAN WITH LONG WHITE HAIR MOUNTED ON A BLACK HORSE LEAD HIS MISSISSIPPI BRIGADE ON  AN ATTACK - NOTED BY A UNION GENERAL VETERAN OF THE BATTLE AS THE GRANDEST CHARGE EVER SEEN BY MORAL MAN  - HIS SOUTHERN INFANTRY BURST FROM THE WOODS AND  OVERRUN THE 114TH PENN ZOUAVES IN THEIR COLORFUL UNIFORMS NEAR THE PEACH ORCHARD -THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK ROCKED BACK TWO UNION DIVISIONS AND CONTINUED IN AN IRRESISTIBLE WAVE FOR A MILE - FINALLY EXHAUSTED THEIR ATTACK WAS HAULED BY COUNTERATTACKING UNION DIVISION NEAR PLUM RUN - WHERE BARKDALE WAS HIT BY A BULLET - CANNONBALL AND ANOTHER BULLET - HE WOULD DEAD THE FOLLOWING DAY IN A UNION FIELD HOSPITAL - COLORFUL PRINT - GREAT DISPLAY PIECE - GREAT COLLECTIBLE