Homesick
 A rare personalized Confederate flat button |
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The initials F E - Most likely from a North Carolina Regiment since it was found next to a N.C. staff officers button. |
 Note the two chimneys, which indicate a larger home with more rooms. This Confederate had probably given up a prosperous lifestyle to fight in the war. |
| The above non-regulation issue Confederate flat button (one
piece gold plated brass) was found at the junction of Route 50 and West Ox road. The
manufacturer's backmark was Pittman and Day, Baltimore. There were also a number of
unfired bullets, U.S. cartridge box plates, confederate buttons and other miscellaneous
artifacts found in the same general area. Interpretation This unique artifact illustrates the feelings of a homesick confederate soldier. Mr. F.E. (initials on the button) had just survived a major battle that was fought in a cold driving rain. He was tired , wet, and probably didn't find a campfire until late that evening. It is easy to imagine him engraving his home by the light of a campfire with a needle or penknife. His comrades were most likely salvaging equipment from the battlefield, discarding U.S. insignia from dry Yankee cartridge boxes and dumping their own wet ammunition. |
