civil war

Today I was hunting civil war relics at an area of Peachtree Creek where a field hospital was located. The temperature was 94 degrees and the humidity was 47% and I was hot. These were very similar conditions to the conditions back on July 20, 1864. It was very humid and very hot. It is hard to...

I was watching a youtube video of Britain's Depths of History and he at a site digging lots of shell and cannon ball fragments and some fuses. But as you can imagine, the fuses were rusted and covered in dirt and was hard to tell what they were. Here is an old video made by Aqua Chigger that...

I have a permission on about 1 acre site that was the location of very heavy CW battle area in Atlanta. These are very rare and hard to come by. I have the Nox 800. Of course I am going to hunt this area very slow. It is also has a very small stream that I will hunt also. which coil would you...

Ok so I am going on a creek dig this saturday and sunday. I need some advice. This is my first real creek dig, It’s in a CW skirmish area. It’s supposed to rain on friday so i’m hoping the water won’t be to high. Let me know what i should take. the creek bed is mostly sand not bedrock! Thanks!

The remote prospect that I will find a CSA belt buckle and maybe a few 3 ringers. But the belt buckle is what keeps me going. I find one of those and I will consider my long participation with this great hobby complete. I have done a lot of research and have 3-4 very good permissions so I am...

Alright so I need some information on rivers. Are they free ground to detect? If not what can i do to detect there.

I am hunting civil war areas in metro Atlanta and from north Atlanta up to Chattanooga, TN along the I-75 route. Economic growth in Georgia since the Civil War has caused a lot of good Civil War hunting sites to be come polluted with other metal trash since 1864. I suspect this is true of PA...

Found this cast iron crank about 8 inches down on my Civil War permission. It fits a 1" shaft of some sort. I don't know what time period this came from. Of course I would like it to be a crank on a Civil War cannon but that might be a stretch. It was almost totally encrusted with iron rust...

This was found today in one of my Civil War hunt areas. I don't have a clue to what it is. Any ideas?

I have a new permission of about 3 acres along a creek that through my research indicate several Union divisions went through this area of Georgia. It runs along a creek for about 700 yards where Union forces traveled. The owner showed me three terraces in his back yard starting about 20 feet...

I have been using Civil War Diaries, regiment and brigade journals and books and Civil War era newspapers for my research. I find a wealth of information that gets me "near" the location of camps and skirmishes. But that is just the problem. Near covers a wide area of many acres to even...

seems like things never change. Hard headed presidents override plans of their military. From the Cleveland Daily Leader, July 27, 1864. Look at the wasteful results in terms of killed and wounded. Lincoln was under a lot of political pressure at this time and would have probably lost his...

This is how they got things across rivers. They were not dummies back in the Civil War. Just think about it. In the summer of 1864 General Sherman commanded 100,000 troops and moved them from Tennessee down through georgia all the while confederate generals Johnston and Hood did their best to...

anyone know of some public land between Atlanta & Chattanooga that you can hunt Civil War relics? I have yet to figure out how to get good permissions in that area and wonder if there are some public lands up along the I-75 corridor between Atlanta and Chattanooga where Civil War relics may be...

Found this in my Civil War hunting area up along I-75. It appears this area is more of a camp site than a skirmish or battle area. I am wondering on the date. I have found a hand forged pick ax where the blacksmith took two pieces of iron an pounded them into to one piece with the square...

I acquired some Civil War relics from a friend (as its pretty scarce up in Massachusetts) and I have no idea what these are. I can't really point at the ones I am specifically talking about but heres some ideas I have gotten so far -Rosette of a horse tack -Piece of a trumpet -A fishing...

It is a park in Atlanta that was the scene of a huge battle at Peachtree Creek on July 20, 1964. Millions of bullets were fired and dropped on that day. You think I could find at least one. Have hunted that park and the creeks off and on for the past two years. Using my 800 so that is no excuse...

This is a question for those who have done some Civil War reading or research. How did the feed tens of thousands of men on the march or in the battle camp areas. Did they have a cooking staff or did they just hand out the rations and let the soldiers cook the items? I am sure many men hunted...

I am back from an afternoon up I-75 on one of my good Civil War permissions. Found .22 bullet, 3 shotgun stamps and this rusty iron bracket that appears to be hand forged. Hopefully from the photos you can see the width is not uniform and the square holes are at slightly different angles and...

Finally got out to hunt today at my Civil War site. Don't have a clue on these three items. the curved piece of iron - a shell fragment? But the curve seems to be a very slight curve so I have my doubts. Plus it is just about 1/4" thick. To thin for a plow, but I am guessing shell fragments are...