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Engraved Silver Hat Device From Stuart to Rosser

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD
Engraved Silver Hat Device From Stuart to Rosser
<B>Engraved Silver Hat Device From J.E.B. Stuart to Thomas Rosser,</B></I> 4" x 1.5". A schematic American eagle has been cut from a piece of sheet silver and forms the top border of this plate. The face is engraved, "Lewinsville / Sept. 11th, 1861 / Presented to Capt. T. L. Rosser by Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart". The verso has seven applied attachment pins and is stamped "Lewis" by its maker. Light scratches as expected. Virginia-born West Pointer Thomas L. Rosser commanded a battery in New Orleans's famed Washington Artillery during the opening months of the Civil War. He was present in support of Stuart's First Virginia Cavalry when they opposed a Federal force operating in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Yankees were driven away with casualties while the Confederates emerged victorious and unscathed. Stuart acknowledged Rosser's pivitol role with the hatpin offered here and with this statement in his official report of the incident: "...The officers and men behaved in a manner worthy of the General's highest commendation, and the firing done by the section under the direction of Captain Rosser and Lieut. Slocum (all the time under fire from the enemy's battery) certainly, for accuracy and effect, challenges comparison with any every made." Rosser had gotten J. E.B. Stuart's favorable attention and went on to become a Confederate Major General of cavalry.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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