418. BELT PLATE AND MINIE BALLS RECOVERED AT GETTYSBURG Fine grouping of relics excavated at White Run, near the Gettysburg battlefield, includes about 65 "dropped" minie balls and a pattern 1839 U.S. belt plate with intact paws. White Run was the scene of a Union Army Hospital and a creek which provided desperately-needed water to the dehydrated soldiers. From the well-known collection of Gettysburg resident John Geiselman who started assembling his collection in the 1920's and carefully researched and documented the vast majority of his finds. Obtained directly from noted Gettysburg dealers The Horse Soldier, whose expertise in arms, projectiles and relics is unimpeachable. $800-1,200