✅ SOLVED CANNONBALL GUY: Thoughts on a Kepi Cap Insignia?

[parsonwalker]

CBG - (And anybody else out there!) - Found in Hanover County. Two solder points visible on back. I'm told this is a Maryland Cross Kepi pin. Never seen one before, and can only find repros on the web? Is it as rare as my buddy is telling me it is? Couple of bullets in wood and an intact 3-ringer with complete (and full of powder) pigskin powder bag still attached. Thought they were gone by now. Thanks for any info you can provide . . .All found in trench.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Yes, it is a civil war Maryland Calvert Bottony Cross pin, used by Confederate Maryland units.
Maryland Botonee Cross

Yes, it is VERY rare... because there were very few such units. One was the (CS) 4th Maryland Artillery. Your Maryland Cross pin is required uniform equipment for re-enactor members of that unit. As that unit's website says, it was worn on the jacket or kepi.
4th Maryland Light Artillery

Info regarding the Confederate usage of the Calvert bottony cross on the current Maryland state flag:
Maryland State Flag History
Flag of Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[parsonwalker]

Yes, it is a civil war Maryland Calvert Bottony Cross pin, used by Confederate Maryland units.
Maryland Botonee Cross

Yes, it is VERY rare... because there were very few such units. One was the (CS) 4th Maryland Artillery. Your Maryland Cross pin is required uniform equipment for re-enactor members of that unit. As that unit's website says, it was worn on the jacket or kepi.
4th Maryland Light Artillery

Info regarding the Confederate usage of the Calvert bottony cross on the current Maryland state flag:
Maryland State Flag History
Flag of Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Man! Thank you SO much! I was MUCH more excited about the bullets in wood and the bullet with the powder bag attached. My digging buddy just about passed out when the Cross pin tumbled out of my pouch. He told me that the historical documentation stated that Maryland troops were in the area we were hunting, but that he had NEVER seen one single artifact that could be positively tied to Maryland found there. He was pretty psyched.

 

[olroy70]

Love those bullets in wood. I remember that the kid found one inside an oak tree we were cutting down. but, the owner was standing there, and grabbed it when he was showing it to me. Was right below the ridge that a general was shot with a cannon ball, North of Atlanta!!!!!!!!!!

Wish metal detectors were better then.........

 

[Boatlode]

I nominated the Confederate Maryland cross as a banner find. They are extremely rare and that one could go in a museum.

 

[parsonwalker]

Thanks Boatlode. This was one of those examples of an ignorant hunter (me) not knowing what I had. It was fun watching my friend totter a little when he saw it mixed in with the pull tabs in my pouch!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Doing some research might put you onto which Maryland Confederate unit your Maryland Cross pin came from. You said you dug it in Hanover County VA. Here's a link to a list of the (very few) Maryland Confederate units. (You might also enjoy seeing the Maryland Confederate flag emblem there.) Do some research to see which of those units served at the spot where you dug the pin.
Maryland Civil War Confederate units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia