Civil War bullets and button from the 54th SOLD Massachusetts Infantry camp

This is another nice piece being offered, it is a 6 1//2” x 8 ½” display case of two bullets and a button from a 54^th Massachusetts Infantry camp in South Carolina. The bullets are two .58 caliber Minié balls and the button is a general service eagle button – having the shank but no backmark.

The arrival of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry in Beaufort County, South Carolina was welcomed on June 4, 1863, by a combination of natural beauty and unpleasant living conditions in the Lowcountry landscape. A majority of the men in the regiment had never witnessed such a scene as they did along the Carolina coast, although it was a sight they would become all too familiar with over the next two years. The regiment’s camp changed throughout the area over the following weeks, however, Beaufort County would remain a base of operations.