A few Civil War Bullets..............

[Kelley (Texas)]

These Civil War bullets have been displayed on the wall of my study for the past thirty years in a shadow box that I made. I noticed that the paper description tags were turning yellow and decided to replace them. Before I attempted to replace the tags, I took this picture.

A few of the Civil War bullets are from the area of Shiloh, Tennessee, the site of the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. I was ten years old at the time and we had gone to visit some kinfolks in Tennessee for a summer vacation. My uncle took me to a farm right outside the battle site where I found a few bullets, a crushed canteen, and a few other miscellaneous items.

I took the picture with a Sony NEX-6 and Minolta MD 50mm F1.4 lens, settings of F8, 1/20, ISO 200, Daylight white balance, Manual Focus, Manual Mode. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Bearharold]

Very nice collection of war bullets . I like the way you got them in your display box with labels on them so everyone can read what kind they are . Very nice .

 

[Ron J]

Fred, I have quite a few of those type of bullets myself. I detected most of them from Dane St. Beach in Beverly Ma., where I live. Most are round balls, but have quite a few of the others you have with points and rings. There was a recorded short battle in Salem/Beverly Harbor during the Revolutionary War with the British. The Hannah, a vessel docked in Beverly, manned by Marbleheaders, was heading out around Marblehead Neck, when they saw a British Frigate coming towards them. The Locals knew they could not outrun the Britsh, so they turned around and sailed into the Harbor and beached, for protection. The British followed them into the Harbor, not knowing the Tide was going out. The British went aground. The fired cannon, and folks in Salem and Beverly fired back form a local Fort. Small arms were also used, and supposedly some Brits were wounded. The Brits in turn, started to fire Cannon at the Church in the center of Beverly, to more or less, let the locals know, to stop firing on the Frigate. Once the Tide turned, the Britsh left, with some embarrassment.
This was all off of Dane St. Beach. We are only about 30 miles from Boston, and Brits were everywhere back then!
Whether the round balls and other rounds were from the Battle, or from Duck Hunters, we will never know. Still very interesting.
Thanks For Showing your wonderful collection, and their history. You must have been one thrilled young boy, when you found those!!
Ron

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

grounded in the harbor. Surely some of the bullets that you have found are from the exchange of rifle fire with the British ship. Thanks for sharing! Kelley (Texas)