Met up with a T-net user for a Civil War Weekend hunt 11/20-11/21

[umrgolf]

Got a pm from user EastTNdigger, an army guy stationed in Petersburg, VA which is only an hour and a half up the road. Met up with him the weekend T-net crashed and we had a blast!

Forgot to add, member jamesbibb met us on Sunday and found some nice relics also.. didn't have time to snap a shot of his finds before he hit the road all in all a great weekend though

Tim out in the feild, Saturday the 20th​

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Tim's Digs for the weekend​

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A couple of my digs in the field​

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1838 Seated dime & 1830's NY Militia Button​

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Quote from Jason H. about the handle below, reply #37
"The name on that handle is Jarratt's Hotel, which stood on the southwest corner of Union and Washington Street in Petersburg. Among its famous guests were Generals Grant and Beauregard (at different times, of course). Soldiers frequented it, and apparently one of them left with a souvenir that was later lost on the site you guys were on. After the war, Jarratt's underwent a name change and the building was torn down in 1902, per "The Story of Petersburg". Very cool find!"​

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[Jason H.]

Re: About the utensil piece...

The name on that handle is Jarratt's Hotel, which stood on the southwest corner of Union and Washington Street in Petersburg. Among its famous guests were Generals Grant and Beauregard (at different times, of course). Soldiers frequented it, and apparently one of them left with a souvenir that was later lost on the site you guys were on. After the war, Jarratt's underwent a name change and the building was torn down in 1902, per "The Story of Petersburg". Very cool find!

wow!!! thanks a million for any time you spent researching that!! amazing!! we were hunting a field south of town

You're very welcome, glad you found it of interest. I have several books on the history of Petersburg, and I could make out enough of the name on your handle to recall that hotel to mind. "The Story of Petersburg" has a picture of Jarratt's. I love it when you can piece together a history or story of a relic. Thanks for the note in the main post!

 

[umrgolf]

Re: About the utensil piece...

The name on that handle is Jarratt's Hotel, which stood on the southwest corner of Union and Washington Street in Petersburg. Among its famous guests were Generals Grant and Beauregard (at different times, of course). Soldiers frequented it, and apparently one of them left with a souvenir that was later lost on the site you guys were on. After the war, Jarratt's underwent a name change and the building was torn down in 1902, per "The Story of Petersburg". Very cool find!

wow!!! thanks a million for any time you spent researching that!! amazing!! we were hunting a field south of town

You're very welcome, glad you found it of interest. I have several books on the history of Petersburg, and I could make out enough of the name on your handle to recall bring that hotel to mind. "The Story of Petersburg" has a picture of Jarratt's. I love it when you can piece together a history or story of a relic. Thanks for the note in the main post!

You're welcome! Any chance you could post a picture from the book of that hotel.. I would love to see it

 

[Jason H.]

Re: About the utensil piece...

The name on that handle is Jarratt's Hotel, which stood on the southwest corner of Union and Washington Street in Petersburg. Among its famous guests were Generals Grant and Beauregard (at different times, of course). Soldiers frequented it, and apparently one of them left with a souvenir that was later lost on the site you guys were on. After the war, Jarratt's underwent a name change and the building was torn down in 1902, per "The Story of Petersburg". Very cool find!

wow!!! thanks a million for any time you spent researching that!! amazing!! we were hunting a field south of town

You're very welcome, glad you found it of interest. I have several books on the history of Petersburg, and I could make out enough of the name on your handle to recall bring that hotel to mind. "The Story of Petersburg" has a picture of Jarratt's. I love it when you can piece together a history or story of a relic. Thanks for the note in the main post!

You're welcome! Any chance you could post a picture from the book of that hotel.. I would love to see it

Sure can, I will post it when I get home tonight.

 

[Jason H.]

Here's a picture...

This is an engraving of Jarrett's Hotel done in 1866 for a pamphlet they published. I looked through all my relevant books and could not find a photograph, but this is a nicely detailed representation. According to my Civil War Petersburg book, in 1866 Jarratt's published "a small pamphlet titled 'Guide to Fortifications & Battlefields Around Petersburg'. A guest could rent a hack from the hotel and, with a guide and driver, visit the various Petersburg battle sites." So they were capitalizing on the interest tourists had to see the battlefields they'd read about only a year before.

There is very little to be gleaned from the internet about this hotel; I couldn't find any images of it at all and sparse mention of it on websites. You have found an obscure piece of Petersburg's Civil War history.

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Here's a picture...

This is an engraving of Jarrett's Hotel done in 1866 for a pamphlet they published. I looked through all my relevant books and could not find a photograph, but this is a nicely detailed representation. According to my Civil War Petersburg book, in 1866 Jarratt's published "a small pamphlet titled 'Guide to Fortifications & Battlefields Around Petersburg'. A guest could rent a hack from the hotel and, with a guide and driver, visit the various Petersburg battle sites." So they were capitalizing on the interest tourists had to see the battlefields they'd read about only a year before.

There is very little to be gleaned from the internet about this hotel; I couldn't find any images of it at all and sparse mention of it on websites. You have found an obscure piece of Petersburg's Civil War history.

Thank you Jason, that's a great sketch of the hotel, and again, I appreciate your time spent researching.