Monocacy Civil War Relic Recovered on Hill East of Blockhouse Fired Rifle Bullet

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We are working as partners in conjunction with Gettysburg Relics to offer some very nice American Civil War relics for sale. The owner of Gettysburg Relics was the proprietor of Artifact at 777 on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg for a number of years, and we are now selling exclusively on eBay.
THE BATTLE OF MONOCACY, MARYLAND / RECOVERED ON THE HILL EAST OF THE BLOCKHOUSE - FROM THE EARL GOODING COLLECTION - FOUND IN THE 1960s or 1970s (All of Earl's relic groupings had 60s and 70s dates, however this box was undated. I believe this is one from the 1970s) - A very nice Civil War relic fired very high-impact and very mangled .58 caliber 3-Ring rifle Bullet, with a ramrod impression, with a dark patina (all of the relics found at this location 'Hill East of the Blockhouse' were very dark from the soil they were recovered in. Gooding wrote on the box 'Note condition due to...' and the rest of the inscription has been lost)
This relic was found at the site of the Battle of Monocacy in Maryland. This comes from the collection of Earl Gooding, a southern Maryland relic hunter who kept his finds from each expedition in small boxes marked with the location and often, the date. In most cases, it appeared as if he never opened the boxes again once they were stored away (they were still filled with dirt etc.) The box (not included) states that this grouping of artifacts were recovered on a hill "East of the Blockhouse". There were two Blockhouses, so the area could be on the west or east side of the Monocacy River. The approximate recovery area is circled on the maps.
The Battle of Monocacy is often referred to as the Battle that saved Washington. Fought on July 9th, 1864, Union forces slowed the advance of Jubal Early's Confederate Army in its advance towards the northern Capitol.
A provenance letter will be included.
We include as much documentation with the relics as we possess. This includes copies of tags if there are original identification tags or maps, as well as a signed letter of provenance with the specific recovery information.
All of the collections that we are offering for sale are guaranteed to be authentic and are either older recoveries, found before the 1960s when it was still legal to metal detect battlefields, or were recovered on private property with permission. Some land on Battlefields that are now Federally owned, or owned by the Trust, were acquired after the items were recovered. We will not sell any items that were recovered illegally, nor will we sell any items that we suspect were recovered illegally.
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