Chess anyone ?

[VaFredneck]

It has taken me all 30 years of my digging CW relics to finally complete one side of the board. In my eyes, I see 2 Castles, 2 Knights helmets, 2 Bishops, Queens crown and King, along with variants of pawns. All these carved bullets I dug out of winter camps from Fredericksburg to Brandy Station, along with many other game pieces, including 6 pieces for the other side of the board. Maybe one day it will be a complete set, Lord willing I get many more years of digging.

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

Looking good @VaFredneck.

 

[Cavalier]

As a dedicated, (though inept!), chess player, I think that is really cool!

John

 

[VaFredneck]

As a dedicated, (though inept!), chess player, I think that is really cool!

John

lol me too, thanks

 

[7thWisconsin]

Those are really cool! I´d lose playing with those pieces. I can hear myself now saying ¨Which one is the bishop again?¨
How hard would it be to recreate a set with newly cast bullets? I know the set would weigh 2 or 3 pounds, but it would be fun to see - or maybe even make.

 

[Larryh86GT]

Like the idea. Game on in 30 years.

 

[Russell]

I found this years ago near Kennesaw Mountain and have always thought it was going to be a king or queen chess piece.

 

[VaFredneck]

Definitely, nice piece

 

[R. Porter]

I found this years ago near Kennesaw Mountain and have always thought it was going to be a king or queen chess piece.


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I'm pretty sure it's the rabbit. The armored rabbit that fought on horseback, not the one with the Holy Handgrenade.

 

[6thMichCav]

I once played chess with a guy who should have been a pickpocket or a magician. He would perform "battlefield promotions" by slipping a captured queen or took back on the board through sleight-of-hand.

This is a great set, and it reminds us that not all of the civil war was spent marching, riding, or in the line. The only letter I am aware of from my GGG grandfather was written from winter quarters in Stevensburg just before the Dahlgren raid.

 

[Seduzal]

Wow! Never seen or heard of this before. Thank you sharing these awesome collection of bullets made into chess players. Learning something new today! Enjoyed it.

 

[lupaglupa]

It really does make you think of those soldiers, bored and stuck in camp, looking for a diversion. I love the simple cloth board you have them on.

 

[VaFredneck]

The only letter I am aware of from my GGG grandfather was written from winter quarters in Stevensburg just before the Dahlgren raid.

You'll love this ! I dug this big Mich button along with relics from that very same winter camp.

 

[rebed19th]

I dug these carved pieces in a Union camp in the Chancellorsville area. I thought they were just carved bullets never occurred to me they are chess pieces It looks like I may have some pawns, bishops and maybe a castle. Thanks for opening my eyes

 

[Tanglewood]

Here's my best, dug when I was 14 or so, using a Metrotech. My buddy dug a gilt Louisiana button with Hyde and Goodrich backmark about twenty feet away.

 

[Tanglewood]

Oops, hit post before I attached the photos. I showed all sides to show the skill of the soldier who whittled it.

 

[Pat Answer]

I'm pretty sure it's the rabbit. The armored rabbit that fought on horseback, not the one with the Holy Handgrenade.

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[7thWisconsin]

How would you create black and white for the pieces? Soot? lamp black? Plain old paint?

 

[Lubliner]

How would you create black and white for the pieces? Soot? lamp black? Plain old paint?

Coal from the fire.
Lubliner.

 

[VaFredneck]

How would you create black and white for the pieces? Soot? lamp black? Plain old paint?

Gunpowder what else My thought has always been, soldiers that played chess carried their own personally carved pieces and so did the fella they're playing, so its simply by recognition.