Offered here, in a 5” x 6” Riker case, is a small collection of relics recovered from Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Included are two .69 caliber musket balls, .58 caliber Minie ball, plain “flat” button, and a nicely gilted Eagle “C” coat button.

The June 30, 1863, battle at Hanover was fought when Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac, attacked a Union cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover. Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth's brigade arrived and counterattacked, routing the Confederate troopers and nearly capturing Stuart himself. Stuart soon counterattacked. Farnsworth, re-enforced by Brig. Gen. George A. Custer's Michigan Brigade, was able to hold his ground and a stalemate ensued. Stuart was forced to continue north and east to get around the Union cavalry, further delaying his attempt to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army, which was then concentrating at Cashtown Gap west of Gettysburg. [jet][PH:L]

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