GETTYSBURG RELIC US P1839 CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE – HOSPITAL ROAD NEAR MODERN QUARRY, ROSENSTEEL COLLECTION

GETTYSBURG RELIC US P1839 CARTRIDGE BOX PLATE – HOSPITAL ROAD NEAR MODERN QUARRY, ROSENSTEEL COLLECTION

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This is a full U.S. Pattern 1839 oval cartridge box plate recovered in the summer of 1970 on the Teeter property along Hospital Road, near the quarry. The plate is stamped brass with bold raised "US" letters inside a raised oval border. The lettering is crisp and fully legible. The face has a warm, even dug patina with scattered spots of green verdigris.

The reverse keeps its original lead filling and both of its iron attachment loops. A collector's paper tag on the back is inscribed "1970 / No. 21." This matches the plate's entry as #21 in the collection's red logbook.

The Pattern 1839 plate was the standard ornament on the U.S. infantry cartridge box flap through the Civil War. It also served as a counterweight to keep the flap closed. Hospital Road runs east from Taneytown Road toward the Baltimore Pike, behind the Union lines. During and after the battle, the area was used by Union field hospitals and supply trains, and the road takes its name from those hospitals.

This plate comes from the Rosensteel–Rider Collection. The collection began with relics gathered after the battle by siblings John, George and Iva Rosensteel, who grew up in Gettysburg along Taneytown Road. The family kept collecting through later generations. Maryann Rosensteel (now Rider), Iva's granddaughter, began collecting early in life, and this piece comes from her collection. The plate is housed in a black display case with a printed identification label and a Rosensteel–Rider Collection provenance label on the reverse.

Condition is very good. The plate is complete and unbroken, with strong "US" lettering. There are a few small dents and nicks along the rim and light verdigris on the face. The lead backing shows rust staining and light oxidation. Both iron loops are present. The upper loop is heavily corroded.   [cm][ph:L]

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