This excavated Federal cartridge box plate is of the early regulation 1839 pattern for enlisted infantry. Construction for this box plate is via the die-struck, rolled brass face method with a lead filled backing and two iron wire belt loops. One loop is slightly bent inward. The oval plate measures 58 mm x 89 mm is in excellent excavated condition. Each loop wears a surface of rust but each is strong and tight. Recovered from the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield in Georgia sometime shortly after the war, this convex specimen is not dented and features the large raised letters "US" on its face. Plate exhibits a smooth dark brown patina overall with scattered traces of dark oxidation and some light scratch marks on the face.

Backside of the plate, complete with the two loops, is lead filled and exhibits a tight and smooth surface with no erosion present. No maker's name visible. This early pattern, dug U.S. cartridge box plate comes with a small, weathered 3" x 3" section of pasteboard with a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads "From Kennesaw / Mountain Battlefield / Georgia." A fine representative artifact of the war from the Kennesaw battlefield in Atlanta and a wonderful addition to in any Civil War display or collection.

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