Civil War Relics found in Colorado

[TheDirtKing]

Amazing day... Civil War era relics found in Colorado. From what I can tell, .54 cal Star Carbine bullets, general service vest eagle buttons made by William Lang out of Boston ... he was contracted by the Army in 1857 to make coat and vest buttons and these are small so must be for the vest.

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[laplander]

Excellent finds and in great shape!!
HH Jeff

 

[Confetrit]

Nice Eagle Shield General service buttons and lead. These were possibly worn by.....Cowboy Yankee's? Well Done and nice save on some History.

 

[TheDirtKing]

Nice Eagle Shield General service buttons and lead. These were possibly worn by.....Cowboy Yankee's? Well Done and nice save on some History.

Our thinking is that this was defiantly a small overnight cavalry camp or resting spot for a cavalry unit in the area traveling from Denver, south to some of the forts near Pueblo. We have since found almost 30 dropped rounds of the same make and multiple cuff, coat, and vest buttons along with thimbles buckles, etc. This was just off a well traveled old trail and not far from a popular stage station. This route from Denver to the Southern part of the State was used frequently from the 1850s to the 1880s. I learned that W. Lang made buttons between 1840-1860 but received orders from the Army to make Cavalry coat and vest buttons in 1857. This coupled with the dropped Starr Carbine bullets which were issued to US Cavalry units from 1860-64 have us believing this was a small cavalry camp. Colorado had 1st and 2nd cavalry plus a third make-shift volunteer cavalry unit that infamously took part in the sand creek massacre plus there were other cavalry units that crossed Colorado from Kansas headed West to help stop the Mormon rebellion. There were other cavalry units up in Northern Colorado also out of Iowa also.

 

[woody]

It's amazing how much of the country was affected (effected?) by the War of Northern Aggression.

 

[Confetrit]

Those are some nice artifacts. Congrat's and hit this same area hard. There's bound to be more from where these came from. That is great digging star base bullets. Of all the bullets I've dug here in Georgia, I don't believe I've dug the first stamp based bullet, and you find them in Colorado. Continued Success to you.

 

[TheDirtKing]

Those are some nice artifacts. Congrat's and hit this same area hard. There's bound to be more from where these came from. That is great digging star base bullets. Of all the bullets I've dug here in Georgia, I don't believe I've dug the first stamp based bullet, and you find them in Colorado. Continued Success to you.

Thanks... went back and hit some more goodies ...

 

[Confetrit]

You are onto a great site. Stay at it and Continued Success to you on saving more History.

 

[TheDirtKing]

This GS coat cleaned up nice and cool .36 cal Navy Remington Teardrop bullet...

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds keep looking there maybe some seated coins there?
Mark.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Howdy TheDirtKing--

That was an excellent hunt! Those Eagle Buttons are beauties and the lead is icing on the cake! You should find some seated coins in that area. Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel