Original U.S. Civil War Federal 1861 Cartridge Box Plate with Period Provenance Tag - Found on Battlefield of Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana While Siege was Ongoing Stocks Assigned as part of the

Assigned as part of the invasion force was the 504th Regimental Combat Team (RCT)

as well as serial number 2228

Scabbard Length: 9 1/4" + belt clip

It bears two Waffenamt proofs

no less than five 58th Bomb Wing B-29s crashed near Karachi all from overheated engines

Original U.S. Civil War Federal 1861 Cartridge Box Plate with Period Provenance Tag - Found on Battlefield of Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana While Siege was Ongoing Stocks Assigned as part of theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The siege of Port Hudson (May 22 July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled into a 48 day siege,