Georgia plate

[2ndDEboy]

Got this today to take home I'm trying to research the rebel soldiers that would have been at this hospital to see what battalions were there to pin point this plate to at least a brigade maybe thank you all

 

[UCVRelics]

Very Nice plate with a great history. Could you post a photo of the back. Can't help with the "What Brigade" but hopefully someone will be able to help.

 

[2ndDEboy]

Very Nice plate with a great history. Could you post a photo of the back. Can't help with the "What Brigade" but hopefully someone will be able to help.

 

[Tom Elmore]

The book, Grapping With Death, specifically covers the Union Second Corps hospitals.

In addition, Greg Coco's booklet, Gettysburg's Confederate Dead, identifies quite a few Confederates who died in Second Corps hospitals. Coco's A Vast Sea of Misery provides information on field hospitals in the area, including the Second Corps.

Another approach would be to identify Confederate units who fought opposite the Union Second Corps, for instance, the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge on July 3. Wounded Confederate prisoners who fell into their hands would be more than likely sent to Second Corps hospitals and could be checked against existing service records (Fold3).

The Jacob Scwartz farm served as a Union Second Corps hospital. One Georgian there was Sgt. James A. Lindsey, I/3 GA, who died on July 24. His Georgia brigade, Wright's, was repulsed by the Union Second Corps on Cemetery Ridge on July 2.

The mention of McAllister's Mill is interesting. Actually some wounded from the Union Eleventh Corps were there, and it was clearly a field hospital of the Union Twelfth Corps - Assistant Surgeon Jacob S. Bender of the 29th Pennsylvania was posted there. There were only a few Georgians in front of the Twelfth Corps on Culp's Hill, but the Eleventh Corps fought Georgians in brigades led by Gordon and Doles, however, the latter two brigades held the field and yielded up few, if any, wounded to the Eleventh Corps. Elements of the Second Corps opposed Georgians from the brigades of G. T. Anderson, Semmes and Wofford on July 2. So the possibilities are rather broad, but if I had to guess the most likely candidate, it would be a soldier from Wright's brigade, because he left quite a lot of wounded behind in his evening attack on July 2 who might have ended up in Second Corps hospitals.

 

[2ndDEboy]

The book, Grapping With Death, specifically covers the Union Second Corps hospitals.

In addition, Greg Coco's booklet, Gettysburg's Confederate Dead, identifies quite a few Confederates who died in Second Corps hospitals. Coco's A Vast Sea of Misery provides information on field hospitals in the area, including the Second Corps.

Another approach would be to identify Confederate units who fought opposite the Union Second Corps, for instance, the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge on July 3. Wounded Confederate prisoners who fell into their hands would be more than likely sent to Second Corps hospitals and could be checked against existing service records (Fold3).

The Jacob Scwartz farm served as a Union Second Corps hospital. One Georgian there was Sgt. James A. Lindsey, I/3 GA, who died on July 24. His Georgia brigade, Wright's, was repulsed by the Union Second Corps on Cemetery Ridge on July 2.

The mention of McAllister's Mill is interesting. Actually some wounded from the Union Eleventh Corps were there, and it was clearly a field hospital of the Union Twelfth Corps - Assistant Surgeon Jacob S. Bender of the 29th Pennsylvania was posted there. There were only a few Georgians in front of the Twelfth Corps on Culp's Hill, but the Eleventh Corps fought Georgians in brigades led by Gordon and Doles, however, the latter two brigades held the field and yielded up few, if any, wounded to the Eleventh Corps. Elements of the Second Corps opposed Georgians from the brigades of G. T. Anderson, Semmes and Wofford on July 2. So the possibilities are rather broad, but if I had to guess the most likely candidate, it would be a soldier from Wright's brigade, because he left quite a lot of wounded behind in his evening attack on July 2 who might have ended up in Second Corps hospitals.

Yes this was dug in a field just south of Spanglers spring near McAllister mill. So I think it's the field along granite school lane wear the first 2nd corps hospital was. But my effort is to see what of the 972 Rebs there were of what majority from what regiments I will look into getting those books thank you

 

[rpkennedy]

The book, Grapping With Death, specifically covers the Union Second Corps hospitals.

In addition, Greg Coco's booklet, Gettysburg's Confederate Dead, identifies quite a few Confederates who died in Second Corps hospitals. Coco's A Vast Sea of Misery provides information on field hospitals in the area, including the Second Corps.

Another approach would be to identify Confederate units who fought opposite the Union Second Corps, for instance, the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge on July 3. Wounded Confederate prisoners who fell into their hands would be more than likely sent to Second Corps hospitals and could be checked against existing service records (Fold3).

The Jacob Scwartz farm served as a Union Second Corps hospital. One Georgian there was Sgt. James A. Lindsey, I/3 GA, who died on July 24. His Georgia brigade, Wright's, was repulsed by the Union Second Corps on Cemetery Ridge on July 2.

The mention of McAllister's Mill is interesting. Actually some wounded from the Union Eleventh Corps were there, and it was clearly a field hospital of the Union Twelfth Corps - Assistant Surgeon Jacob S. Bender of the 29th Pennsylvania was posted there. There were only a few Georgians in front of the Twelfth Corps on Culp's Hill, but the Eleventh Corps fought Georgians in brigades led by Gordon and Doles, however, the latter two brigades held the field and yielded up few, if any, wounded to the Eleventh Corps. Elements of the Second Corps opposed Georgians from the brigades of G. T. Anderson, Semmes and Wofford on July 2. So the possibilities are rather broad, but if I had to guess the most likely candidate, it would be a soldier from Wright's brigade, because he left quite a lot of wounded behind in his evening attack on July 2 who might have ended up in Second Corps hospitals.

Agreed. While most of the Confederate wounded from the Schwarz farm came from Pickett's Division, I've been able to locate some of Wright's Georgians as having been treated or died there. I would imagine that some of them would have ended up at the McAllister hospital as well.

Ryan

 

[2ndDEboy]

Agreed. While most of the Confederate wounded from the Schwarz farm came from Pickett's Division, I've been able to locate some of Wright's Georgians as having been treated or died there. I would imagine that some of them would have ended up at the McAllister hospital as well.

Ryan

Any Georgians from the Wheatfield or devils den area ended up there?

 

[rpkennedy]

Any Georgians from the Wheatfield or devils den area ended up there?

It's a possibility. My research was on Wright's Brigade so that's where my concentration was focused. I'll skim through some of my books later today and see if I can find other Georgians who ended up there.

Ryan

 

[2ndDEboy]

It's a possibility. My research was on Wright's Brigade so that's where my concentration was focused. I'll skim through some of my books later today and see if I can find other Georgians who ended up there.

Ryan

Thank you

 

[rpkennedy]

Thank you

Not a problem.

Perusing some of the hospital records, I found about a dozen Georgians that can be confirmed to have been cared for at the Schwartz hospital. All but 1 were from Wright's Brigade (the oddball came from the 8th Georgia in Anderson's Brigade).

Another handful of Wright's men ended up at the Twelfth Corps hospital with a couple more located at the First Corps hospital.

Ryan

 

[2ndDEboy]

Not a problem.

Perusing some of the hospital records, I found about a dozen Georgians that can be confirmed to have been cared for at the Schwartz hospital. All but 1 were from Wright's Brigade (the oddball came from the 8th Georgia in Anderson's Brigade).

Another handful of Wright's men ended up at the Twelfth Corps hospital with a couple more located at the First Corps hospital.

Ryan

Wow that's cool stuff what book are you reading this from? So this buckle could have passed over devils den or maybe rose woods into the Wheatfield

 

[rpkennedy]

Wow that's cool stuff what book are you reading this from? So this buckle could have passed over devils den or maybe rose woods into the Wheatfield

I was looking through Busey and Busey's Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg. They have extensive listings that include to which hospitals the men were taken.

It's a possibility but I'd bet that it likely came from one of Wright's men. There seems to have been more of them in the area. There were only a handful of men taken at the southern end of the field and almost all of those were cared for at Fifth Corps hospitals.

Ryan

 

[Tom Elmore]

Remember that the Georgians of G. T. Anderson, Semmes and Wofford held most of the ground they had taken on July 2, so the likelihood of wounded men from those brigades being taken off by Federal troops (who were quite busy fighting) was not great. Ryan's comments suggest as much, and therefore I think it a much higher probability that your belt buckle passed between Seminary and Cemetery Ridges on the early evening of July 2.

 

[2ndDEboy]

Remember that the Georgians of G. T. Anderson, Semmes and Wofford held most of the ground they had taken on July 2, so the likelihood of wounded men from those brigades being taken off by Federal troops (who were quite busy fighting) was not great. Ryan's comments suggest as much, and therefore I think it a much higher probability that your belt buckle passed between Seminary and Cemetery Ridges on the early evening of July 2.

That's better story this buckle maybe broke the union line and witness the capture of union guns