This is a very nice excavated large group of 100 Civil War 3-ring rifle bullets. The rifled muskets were used by soldiers on both sides of the Civil War because it is what they had when the war broke out and they were made throughout the war. These 100 were found in various campsites throughout the South. They are in various conditions as you can see in the pictures with some of them having been lightly fired and some scrapes from when they were dug and all display well. You get the actual 100 original 3-ringers that you see pictured for one price. You don't see larger groups of these offered these days. The verbal history that accompanied these bullets is that they were recovered near the battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles west of Fredericksburg. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, nearly 29,000 in total, a harbinger of a war of attrition by Grant against Lee's army and, eventually, against the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia. Don't miss these!
Item #: C3926
Shipping Weight:
8 lbs
Your Price:$295.00 USD
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