CIVIL WAR Confederate iron heel plate lot Dug Chancellorsville / Wilderness
Confederate iron heel plate lot - Chancellorsville / Wilderness. They were dug up from the Chancellorsville / Wilderness VA battlefields. Civil War soldiers iron heel plate, which would be worn on his brogans or boots.
It measures approximately 2 ¾" x 2 ½". These plates were used to try and sustain the life of the soldier's shoes, because once they were worn out, they didn't know how long it would be before they could be replaced.