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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. We have very few artifacts from this location! RECOVERED AT BANK'S FORD ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ~ THE BATTLE OF SALEM CHURCH, VIRGINIA ~ THE CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN ~ NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA ~ A Night Battle Occured at Bank's Ford on the night of May 3rd, 1863 while the 6th Corps were crossing the Ford. This awesome Civil War relic, a 3/4" diameter iron case shot ball from an exploded artillery shell, was recovered from Bank's Ford on the Rappahannock River within the last several decades by a well-known relic hunter (he is living and his name will be provided to the buyer). Bank's Ford was a busy river crossing on the Rapahannock River near Fredericksburg that played a role in the Chancellorsville Campaign and the Battle of Salem Church in Virginia. The Battle of Salem Church occurred May 3-4, 1863 as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Directly after the Second Battle of Fredericksburg on May 3, when Major General John Sedgwick’s Union VI Corps successfully took Marye’s Heights, Sedgwick moved west in an attempt to join General Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville. A delaying action by Confederate Brigadier General Cadmus Wilcox along the Orange Plank Road prevented Sedgwick from reaching Hooker and allowed reinforcements to arrive at Salem Church. An engagement at Salem Church in the evening of May 3 forced Sedgwick into a defensive position. Robert E. Lee organized an assault on the Union VI Corps on May 4 which ultimately resulted in Sedgwick’s retreat across the Rappahannock. The digger began metal detecting in 1971 and was always careful to store his artifacts so that the find location was documented. I acquired this relic directly from the digger. A provenance letter with information and digger's name will be included. 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!