Section of Sword Scabbard dug from the Spotsylvania Virginia Battlefield.

This is another nice relic being offered, it is an excavated bottom section of a sword scabbard. It measures 10” overall and still has the drag present, and you can even see where the bottom is slightly worn down from use. It was dug many years ago from the Spotsylvania Virginia Battlefield.

After the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, Grant’s and Meade’s advance on Richmond by the left flank was stalled at Spotsylvania Court House on May 8. This two-week battle was a series of combats along the Spotsylvania front. The Union attack against the “Bloody Angle” at dawn, May 12-13, captured nearly a division of Lee’s army and came near to cutting the Confederate army in half. Confederate counterattacks plugged the gap and fighting continued unabated for nearly 20 hours in what may well have been the most ferociously sustained combat of the Civil War.

The scabbard has been coated for preservation, and it is very solid, no chipping or flaking. This would make a nice addition to any Civil War collection.