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Ohio OVM Cartridge Box Plate Buckle Dug Mill Springs KY-ID\'d 9th Ohio Vol Inf
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Ohio OVM Cartridge Box Plate Buckle Dug Mill Springs KY-ID\'d 9th Ohio Vol Inf
Price: US $810.00

Rare oval Ohio Volunteer Militia (OVM) cartridge box plate. I recovered this in 1978 on my own property in Pulaski County, Kentucky, near the community of Nancy. Part of the Battle of Mill Springs took place on my land. The Battle of Mill Springs took place on January 19, 1862. Although a fairly small engagement in comparison to the battles to come, at the time it was extremely important and well-known. It was the first decisive Union victory of the Civil War and was loudly hailed and glorified in newspapers and speeches throughout the North, providing a much-needed morale boost.

This plate can be easily and unquestionably identified as having come from a soldier in the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The 9th Ohio was a German-speaking regiment which made a courageous charge at Mill Springs that broke the left flank of the Confederate line, forcing the Confederates to retreat from the field. At the time and later, the 9th Ohio received great accolades and began establishing a fighting reputation that continued throughout the Civil War.

The plate is in good shape. The brass face has a few dents and there are some dings on the rim. There is some surface pitting from soil action. The lead on the back has flaking, etc from soil and water action. The iron loops on the back are rusted away. The rust from the wire has stained the lead. I will ship this free by Priority Mail. The Riker display / storage case is included. On the current market, thisplate would easily sell for around $2,500 to $3,500. More, perhaps, since there\'s solid identification to a specific and very illustrious regiment. I\'ve put a VERY LOW opening offer amount on here with . IF I RECEIVE AN ACCEPTABLE OFFER BEFORE THIS sale HAS ANY offerS, I WILL ADD A \" BUY IT NOW \" OPTION AND SELL IT IMMEDIATELY. SO I ADVISE YOU TO EITHER offer EARLY OR MESSAGE ME AND WORK OUT AN OFFER! IF YOU HESITATE IT MIGHT BE GONE! I CAN ONLY ADD A BUY IT NOW BEFORE THE sale HAS ANY offerS! \"Acceptable\" means about half the higher market value noted. Please note that I RARELY state dimensions in my listings, and even less often in millimeters. This is especially true for Confederate artifacts. The reasons are very simple. First, the dimensions noted in reference books apply ONLY to THE item in THAT photo. Period. Second, NO -- repeat, NO -- buckles and buttons used in the Civil War were manufactured using metric measurements, with the exception of a few made in France. BUT- the metric system at that time was NOT the SAME as today. It wasn\'t standardized as we know it now until the 1960s! Third, aside from a few highly specialized professions (engineers, scientists, etc) it would\'ve been very difficult to find anyone in what was the US of 1860 who\'d ever HEARD of a millimeter, much less one who had a good idea what it was. In short, people who get all hung-up on precise millimeter measurements in regard to artifacts from the Civil War period are wasting time and effort on a subject that is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT. This includes many of the self-proclaimed \"experts\" out there. Basically, the whole confusing nonsense resulted from people who didn\'t have a grip on the historical context of the period (i.e., amateurs, not trained, professional historians) putting data in books that did not apply. If this ticks some people off, I really don\'t care- it\'s the truth. I never sold any of my recovered artifacts until about a year ago (not even a bullet.) I\'ve been metal detecting since 1961- 56 years now. I\'m retired from the US Army and am rated as a Permanently & Totally Disabled Veteran due to wounds and injuries received on Active Duty. I also have a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Military History and postdoctoral study in field archaeology. I pursued this profession and taught at university level until my army - connected physical issues forced me to retire again (mostly!) I decided to finally list some of my private items for sale to supplement my fixed income and clear out some of the little \"treasures\" I\'ve accumulated throughout my very active life. All excavated artifacts I sell were recovered legally. Due to some instances in which I provided written statements to buyers with detailed information, allegedly for their own records but actually used to get more money when they resold the items, and/or they and their buyers started trying to get me involved in their transactions, or they used the information to trespass and loot on private property (my own property several times, as well as some belonging to relatives and friends- and about half of the guys who got caught and prosecuted were \"reputable\" retail/show dealers with the rest being people who looted and then sold, no questions asked, to \"reputable\" retail dealers) I will not provide any further information than what\'s stated in the listing. Also, keep in mind that most of my artifacts were recovered between 30 and 55 years ago. I\'m not a young man, and in many cases I have to rely completely on whatever I happened to write in my logbooks at the time. Also, keep in mind that modern whiz - bang hi-speed stuff like GPS, cellphones, digital cameras, personal computers and the internet didn\'t exist back then, so in many cases -- unless I had a topo map of the area and could record the military grid coordinates -- I simply don\'t remember the EXACT spots. In many I do, but nowhere near all of them. buyers/ buyer must be aware that this is an excavated historical artifact that is over 150 years old. It is delicate and should not be handled, carried around, or played with. It has already been as cleaned, washed, brushed, etc as it should be, according to professional/ academic archaeological preservation standards. No additional \"cleaning\" of any type should be undertaken. Further, any alteration to the condition of the item, no matter how slight - under Federal law and the policies of both and Paypal -- voids all return/ refund options. There are a few distinct types of people out there who swing metal detectors and excavate artifacts. The first are the ones who recover something and ask themselves, \"What can we learn from this?\" The second are the people whose first thought is, \"What\'s it worth?\" The first group are responsible people who care about history. The second are -- in effect -- looters of history. And then there are the worst. The REALLY despicable ones who LITERALLY loot (steal) artifacts from private property without permission, from professional archaeological project sites, from public lands and other protected sites (even Battlefield Parks.) Some even stoop so low as to dig up the graves of Civil War soldiers in cemeteries, hoping they were buried in their uniforms! Look in the mirror and ask yourself which one you are. I state that I don\'t accept refunds because some dishonest folks have wanted refunds for unacceptable reasons, such as damaging or altering the artifacts. Or because they\'re pulling a scam. Or because they spent the grocery money. Or the wife got mad. Or due to Transaction Interference by some disreputable people. But- if you have a VALID reason, please contact me promptly and I\'ll do my best to work with you. I will be listing a number of Civil War artifacts for sale this week so check my other sales!



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