Spur ID

[Appalachian Woodsman]

Good day all. I am on a new property in an area surrounding Gettysburg that was hotly contested, camped and covered in 1862 and 1863. I found this spur on a piece that has a civil war plaque. I've researched but am trying to get a definitive answer from well versed people here. Is there a possibility that civilians used spurs like this or am I going down the right path of Federal enlisted Cavalry?

Confederates swept through in 1862 on farm raids, and again in 1863 before heading to Gettysburg nearby, and by both sides on the way out.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your brass spur is a US Model-1859 yankee cavalry Enlisted-man's spur. It is yankee-made, but I should mention that we dig a lot of that model in Confederate encampments, because needy Southerners confiscated them from captured yankee troopers, who would no longer need them.

The photo below shows one with its original iron rowel still completely intact.

 

[Appalachian Woodsman]

Thank you very much. Very insightful and exciting.

 

[invent4hir]

The CBG comes through again!

 

[Underwonder]

Congratulations and enjoy your new property!