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Box 0371

 Container

Contains 91 Results:

Lead Bullets

 File — Box: 0371, Box: 1, Item: 094
Scope and Contents

Lead bullets: one measures 26 mm Minie ball with three grooves at base used in muzzle-loading rifled barrels to provide spin-stabilization for rifled muskets - these are Tamisier ball grooves for aerodynamic stability, possibly .69 caliber, the grooved bullet of this type was used in the Crimean and Civil Wars; round lead ball measures 16 mm was used in smooth bore muskets. Mr. Stuckey said in his letter that the bullets come from near Hagerstown, Maryland.

Dates: 1861 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864