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In 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter invaded the town of Lexington VA where his troops burned down the home of the Virginia Governor and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), vandalized Washington College, and under orders stole from town resident's food, animals, and weapons as the Union soldiers on their own looted the homes of the community taking anything of value they could find. Found at a Union campsite near Lexington was this 1 3/4 inch long key, probably to a desk or lock box looted by the soldiers. The winner of this auction will receive this piece of history along with a pamphlet on Hunter's Raid.

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I found the key and other artifacts while medal detecting the site of a Union camp site on edge of Lexington.

Jul 23rd, 2017 at 10:25:56 PM PDT by

I have finally blocked a person asking if I had papers of authenticity after explaining several times I found the key metal detecting at a former Civil War Union campsite near where I live in Lexington VA. It is clearly a key over 100 years old and doubt anyone can tell me for sure what it went to. For his sake and anyone else having questions, it is an old key I found metal detecting at the site of a Union campground. It is my best guess that key ended up in the rural campsite where Union troops were camped to be from the raid on Lexington in 1864. If you bid you are bidding on the key and pamphlet about Hunters Raid. Which I thought I made clear in answer after answer to him.

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Civil War Key From Hunter's Raid is in the Antiques category