 Unknown unit. Silver. On a planed down half dollar sized coin ''Battle of Big Bethel June 10th 1861'' on one side and ''Frank M. Burbeck from his Father'' on the other. About Uncirculated. Holed. The first land battle in Virginia, Big Bethel saw 3,500 Union pitted against 1,200 dug in rebels, who won the day. Burbeck's name is not on the roster of the 5th New York.
Ex New York Public Library Collection (Bowers & Ruddy, October 30, 1982, lot 2901).
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