Civil War Camp ??

[EdistoDigger]

Hello fellow diggers,
Found these this afternoon on our farm in Western Orangeburg County in SC. I know the harmonica parts but what is the canteen top?, the button, or the eagle thing. The top two items are lead. The item above the quarter shows a little gold gilt. The rest of the items are brass. Thanks in advance for your help.
EdistoDigger

 

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[Admiral de Salee]

Seeing the offset hole, it may be a flagstick topper. That 'A' item might be an artillery button?

Both of these are uneducated guesses.

 

[cwdigger]

I was going to say the item on the bottom left was a mouthpiece to a canteen but not if its lead , the item above the quarter may be part of an old watch. the button is a Block A button, nice finds

Cw

 

[Montana Jim]

The cast brass eagle piece is a rope tensioner from a drum.

How very interesting!

 

[BuckleBoy]

I agree with the banjo ID. And I do believe "canteen spout" is correct for the item on the lower left (that's a Great find).

I do think that there should be more lead in a campsite--but I also know that the Rebs were careful with lead, since it was a commodity.


Is there a backmark on that Confederate Artillery button?  That is one Valuable find. 



Regards,



Buckleboy

 

[bigkid4]

The eagle piece is off of a drum or banjo and dates back to at least the Civil war era. Great finds!

 

[EdistoDigger]

The eagle piece is off of a drum or banjo and dates back to at least the Civil war era. Great finds!

I think you got it there!!!

Thanks

EdistoDigger

 

[ivan salis]

the banjo picking confederate artillery man was taking a break and having a drink of water--- sweet

 

[Montana Jim]

The eagle piece, being part of the banjo, is fantastic - I am impressed with the find and MORE impressed with the ID.

 

[badoscar]

wow that was a ridiculous ID on that eagle

 

[72cheyenne]

Wow ridiculously great ID on the banjo piece.

 

[duggap]

I would strongly recommend you go back and hit that site very hard. Nice bunch of finds.

 

[IronSpike]

Cool banjo eagle and excellent ID

 

[One mans trash...]

Had to laugh at the "Banjo Corps" idea.

"Captain! Send in the Banjo Corps! That'll make 'em run!"

Banjos - Not bagpipes, but just as deadly.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Actually, I have been thinking about it, and I must tearfully confess that I think I was wrong about the cast brass eagle.

I am now thinking it is actually off of a Mexican American War-Civil War period banjo (there was no Banjo Corps in either war by the way). The pieces that run all around the actual body, and hold the pegs against the curvature of the body. I cannot Google up a "banjo anatomy" right now to save my life, and so I am not sure of the actual names of these pieces.

I have seen similar pieces in print before. I feel much better about the banjo theory.

I have pedantically circled what I am talking about in this picture:

Great ID Plehbah on the banjo! Great matching pic of your banjo bigkid4.

 

[SC_hunter]

Fantastic finds digger... Congrats

 

[auger]

I can imagine an old veteran of that era retelling the story of the "Battle of the Bands"...... What carnage, what horror! There were pieces of banjos, harmonicas and canteens flying everywhere! We were lucky to escape with our lives!

 

[EdistoDigger]

Funny thing is, I found about 15 more harmonica parts this afternoon and no banjo parts. Looks like a lopsided battle

 

[auger]

Based on the finding of harmonica parts, regardless of the site, I am convinced that every union/confederate soldier must have been issued one when he mustered in. Welcome to the Army, here's your harmonica..........

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Sweet relics! The eagle is a find