Battle of Pea Ridge – 1865 Arkansas Currency - Civil War Memorabilia

Description: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 An original hand signed “Arkansas Treasury Warrant” – “Ten Dollars” note issued in 1865. The hand inscribed serial number is”177043” and has the vignette of Samuel Adams at center and a field hand with a basket of cotton to the left. The note was issued out of Little Rock. Original lead bullets excavated from the Civil War Battlefields around Fredericksburg, Virginia. They are the same type ammunition that would have been carried at the Battle of Pea Ridge. The lead ammunition at left are all Federal issue; a .44 Army Model revolver, a .52 Sharps carbine generally used by the cavalry branch of service and a .58 round for the Springfield rifle or other imported arms of that caliber. The lead ammunition at right are; a .69 Musket ball used by both sides, a Federal issue for the .52 Spencer carbine and a Confederate issue .57 Enfield. The Spencer used a brass cartridge the others used a paper cartridge which has not survived in the ground. The white color or patina is due to oxidation in the ground. The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place in the American Civil War near Lee town, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Federal forces, led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, moved south from central Missouri, driving Confederate forces into northwestern Arkansas. Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn launched a Confederate counter-offensive, hoping to recapture northern Arkansas and Missouri. Curtis held off the Confederate attack on the first day and drove Van Dorn's force off the battlefield on the second. Part of the Confederate forces force consisted of a combined force of Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole cavalry under Brig. Gen. Albert Pike. During the battle the 3rd Texas Cavalry was assigned to McIntosh's Brigade of McCulloch's Division. As McIntosh advanced east along the Ford Road on the morning of 7 March, the 3rd Texas was in a column of fours on the brigade's right flank. Suddenly the cavalrymen came under fire from three Federal guns near a wood's edge to their right. As the guns killed ten cavalrymen and wounded others, McIntosh ordered a right face which put the 3rd Texas in the front line. The scene “Battle of Pea Ridge” was reprinted from the lithograph by Kurz & Allison. Kurz and Allison were major publishers of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. They built their reputation on large prints published in the 1880-90 period depicting battles of the American Civil War. This was a period of recollection among veterans, and the company was trying to capitalize on this sentiment. In all, a set of thirty-six battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz, himself a veteran of the war. They did not pretend to mirror the actual events but rather attempted to tap people's patriotic emotions. The hand made solid Oak frame is 12” x 16” (glass) in size. All of the frame and display work was done in our cabinet shop here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The frame is ready to hang. The wire is recessed which allows the frame to rest flat back to the wall as in a museum mount. The “bumpons” on each back corner protect the wall and keep the frame level. All of the artifacts are guaranteed to be original as stated. A hand signed and dated “Certificate of Authenticity” will be issued by Collectors Frame with a photograph and description of the items purchased. Any other literature shown will come with the frame. Please see our "About” for more information on the framing and artifacts.

Price: 192 USD

Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia

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