Civil War relic I.D. please.

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Found these relics at a known breastworks with cannon emplacements. They were dug on a breast work where percussion caps were found along with friction primers for artillery pieces. Is there any association with these types of cartridges? They are center fired and nothing like I have ever seen or found.
 

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Bullet cases look to be 38 Cal or 357 and over pressure on one , not civil war related
 

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I dont think they are pistol shell casings. They are too long for that and the top of th casings are perforated like it folded inward the way the end of a shotgun shell does. Very curious shells. I found so many I quit digging them. They were all near the five cannon emplacements and nowhere else. I researched carbines of the times and the were all rim fire.
 

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The cased relics are absolutely Civil War. Those brass cannon primers are especially very nice. The center fire cartridges shown separately are absolutely NOT Civil War, they look like .45-70 cases used in the late 19th century. The center fires like that were not used in the CW.
 

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Cool looking artifacts. That always adds a lot to the relics when you find them on or near a trenchline or at a gun emplacement. This always adds a lot to the ID of the relics as to where they were found. You did Good.
 

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Cool looking artifacts. That always adds a lot to the relics when you find them on or near a trenchline or at a gun emplacement. This always adds a lot to the ID of the relics as to where they were found. You did Good.
Thanks for the input everyone. The casings are still a mystery to me. There were so many I quit digging them and they were all about the same. No info on the shell stamp.
 

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Deep1, brass .410 shotshells make sense.
 

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I shoot original civil war carbines in competition and I have never seen a center fire original configuration gun, most were rim fire or breach loading percussion weapons. I think the 45-70 or .410 makes sense. At my permission in cold harbor I find .45 ACP and .223 all the time. Cool relics you have there, great job

I also find lots of 12th Georgia buttons in cold harbor ( 12 GA ) every time I dig one, I die a little inside
 

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