HAMPTON’S BATTERY MONUMENT DEDICATION RIBBON – 1885

HAMPTON’S BATTERY MONUMENT DEDICATION RIBBON – 1885

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Item Code: 595-2211

This rich crimson silk ribbon has been screenprinted in silver with the original tablet on the monument dedicated to Hampton’s Battery on the battlefield at Gettysburg.

This is the ribbon portion only. There is evidence of an attachment point at the top; however, this is now gone. There is fraying at the top and bottom of the ribbon, but the sides are intact. There is some darkening of the silk in spots, mostly near the edges but the color remains vivid. It is the silver screenprint that is a bit faded and difficult to read.

A prior owner has tacked the ribbon to a piece of white cardboard, possibly to help maintain the ribbon’s stability. However, we believe this could carefully be removed if so desired.

Batteries C & F of the Pennsylvania Light Artillery began the war as two separate batteries, but they were consolidated just before Gettysburg after sustained losses at Chancellorsville. In 1864 though, they were separated once again and finished out the war as two separate batteries. Interestingly, the monument to Hampton’s battery was erected in1885. This monument commemorates the two batteries as they came together in their service at Gettysburg. Eight years later in 1893, each battery decided to memorialize itself in stone when two separate monuments were erected: one to Battery C and one to Battery F. This ribbon commemorates the monument for the combined batteries C&F.   [cla][ph:L]

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