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Latest revision as of 06:06, 23 May 2009
Federal Bullets
mh;172;1865;in.
Civil War Minnie Balls, lead. Federal. The Union Army manufactured balls such as these in factories from Pennsylvania to Vermont.
Collected in the 1980’s by a collector from Cannon County, Tennessee.
former catalog number 32.
Confederate Bullets
mh;172;1865;in.
Civil War Musket Balls, lead. Confederate. Sometimes referred to as the “War Between the States,” by military historians from the South, this war resulted in more casualties than all other wars involving the United States combined. The term, the “War of Northern Aggression” is considered a biased assesment by equivalent historians in the Northern States.
Collected in the 1980’s from MacMinville, Cannon County, Tennessee.
former catalog number 33.
Minnie Balls
mh;172;1865;in.
Civil War Minnie Balls, lead. These types of balls were manufactured by both Federal armament suppliers and Confederate. In the flux of battle it is impossible then, to determine which army fired which balls.
Collected in the 1980’s by a collector from Cannon County, Tennessee.
former catalog number 34.
