Hamilton's Crossing Fredericksburg VA Civil War relic fired impact bullet

Please visit our eBay store for a complete list of in-stock Civil War relics organized by recovery location.We are working as partners in conjunction with Gettysburg Relics to offer some very nice American Civil War relics for sale. The owner of Gettysburg Relics was the proprietor of Artifact at 777 on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg for a number of years, and we are now selling on eBay.~ THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG ~ THE AREA OF MEADE'S ATTACK ~ HAMILTON'S CROSSING ~ THE AREA OF 'THE SLAUGHTER PEN' FIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BATTLEFIELD ~ FROM THE WILLIAM 'BILL' A. REGER COLLECTION ~ A fired extreme High-Impact caliber 3-ring rifle bullet, exhibiting mangling and deforming from striking the ground.This Civil War relic was recovered from the Battlefield of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and specifically found in the area of Meade's attack on the Confederate right (Jackson's line), at Hamilton's Crossing in April, 1971. Fired on 13 December 1862. Hamilton's Crossing is a section of the Battlefield in the area of 'The Slaughter Pen' fighting in the southern end of the Battlefield. This relic comes out of the collection of William 'Bill' A. Reger, one of the great early relic hunters, who lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania and relic hunted at a variety of sites from the 1950s to 1977. He passed away in Reading, Pennsylvania in 2011. Reger carefully identified his artifacts with typed labels. The original type-writer typed tag in the second photo is not included but was Reger's identification, and a provenance letter will be included.The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought primarily on December 13th, 1862, is best remembered for the doomed Union frontal assaults on the Confederate position behind a stone wall on Maryes Heights. Earlier in the day, however. Meade's men nearly won the day by breaking through Jackson's line until they were driven back and suffered heavily in the Slaughter Pen. 'Burnside’s plan called for Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin’s Left Grand Division of 60,000 Union soldiers to be the main attack effort on December 13. However, his written orders to Franklin delivered that morning were more conservative: only “a division at least,” Burnside thought, would be needed to dislodge Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s men. Franklin obeyed the orders to the letter, and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s I Corps division was selected to advance, supported by the division of Brig. Gen. John Gibbon. Preceded by an artillery assault, Meade moved forward around 1:00 pm. The young Confederate artilleryman Major John Pelham countered Meade’s advance with two guns pushed forward to the Bowling Green Road. Meade’s Pennsylvania Reserve brigades of William Sinclair, Albert Magilton and Feger Jackson struck a swampy and brush-covered gap between Jackson’s brigades. Turning left and right, the Pennsylvanians opened a 1,000-yard breach in the Rebel position. Jackson’s defense-in-depth strategy paid dividends for the Confederates: the rear divisions of Jubal A. Early and William B. Taliaferro were quickly moved to the front and counterattacked. Gibbon advanced on Meade’s right but his brigades were under heavy fire of their own and could do little to support Meade’s breakthrough. Eventually, both Union divisions fell back. Feger Jackson and Confederate Maxcy Gregg were killed. Dismayed at Franklin’s failure, Burnside ordered an all-out attack in that sector, which Franklin largely ignored. More than 5,000 casualties were inflicted in the area, which became known as the “slaughter pen.” Five Congressional Medals of Honor for valor were awarded for actions taken during the attacks.'We include as much documentation with the relics as we possess. This includes copies of tags if there are original identification tags or maps, as well as a signed letter of provenance with the specific recovery information.All of the collections that we are offering for sale are guaranteed to be authentic, and are either older recoveries, found before the 1960s when it was still legal to metal detect battlefields, or were recovered on private property with permission. Land on Battlefields that is now Federally owned, or owned by the Trust, was acquired after the relics were recovered. We will not buy or sell any items that were recovered illegally, nor will we sell any items that we suspect were recovered illegally. Thank you for viewing!