Eagle Plate Recovered from Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, VA

US Eagle Cartridge Box Sling Plate recovered
years ago from Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg VA

Lead filled back with iron attachment loops still present.





Wartime view of Marye's Heights. On December 13, 1862,
Ambrose Burnside hurled 35,000 federals against the
stone wall at the foot of the heights. After 15 seperate assaults
over a 6 hour period, nearly 8,000 Union soldiers fell before
the Confederate guns. Marye's Heights was finally seized
by the VI Corps on May 3, 1863 during the
Battle of Chancellorsville





"Gallant Charge of Humphrey's Division at the Battle of Fredericksburg"
Sketch by Alfred R. Waud