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COLLECTION OF SIX BULLETS IN WOOD TAKEN FROM AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS
including 2 x Union .58 calibre 3 ring Springfield Minie bullets; one taken from the Wilderness Battlefield, 5-6 May, 1864; the other taken from the Resaca, Ga. battlefield, 14-15 May, 1864; a Union .54 calibre musket ball recovered from a tree on Big Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa, 2 July, 1863; a Confederate musket ball, possibly .58 or .69 calibre, recovered from a tree in front of the position held by 20th Maine Inf. at 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July, 1863; a Confederate .577 calibre musket ball recovered at Honey Hill battlefield, SC, 30 November, 1864; and a Confederate .69 calibre musket ball, taken from the position held by the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa, 1-3 July, 1863 (6)
Sold for $120
Lot 120
including 2 x Union .58 calibre 3 ring Springfield Minie bullets; one taken from the Wilderness Battlefield, 5-6 May, 1864; the other taken from the Resaca, Ga. battlefield, 14-15 May, 1864; a Union .54 calibre musket ball recovered from a tree on Big Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa, 2 July, 1863; a Confederate musket ball, possibly .58 or .69 calibre, recovered from a tree in front of the position held by 20th Maine Inf. at 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July, 1863; a Confederate .577 calibre musket ball recovered at Honey Hill battlefield, SC, 30 November, 1864; and a Confederate .69 calibre musket ball, taken from the position held by the 20th Maine at Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa, 1-3 July, 1863 (6)
Estimate $160 - $260
Militaria
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5647
11:00am - 22 July 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
CONTACT
Giles Moon
info@leonardjoel.com.au
SIMILAR ITEMS
Lot 144
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA INFANTRY CAPTAINS FROCK COAT, CAPE AND ACROUTEMENTS
Estimate: $3,000-5,000
Lot 282
SHAGREEN ALBUM OF CELEBRITIES AND ARISTOCRATS FROM VAUDEVILLE, BURLESQUE AND MUSIC-HALL* album 22cm high x 18.3cm wide x 5.5cm deep
Estimate: $2,500-3,500
Lot 95
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA SPENCER REPEATING CARBINE
Estimate: $1,500-2,500
Lot 100
COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY PERCUSSION REVOLVER#
Estimate: $1,400-1,800