Bullet from the siege of vicksburg

[kshollywood]

I found this near the battlefield in Vicksburg Mississippi, where the siege of Vicksburg happened. It's a confederate french triangular bullet, the cavity of the bullet is triangular instead of round. 69 caliber.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Not an easy CW bullet to dig. I have only found 2 since 1995. WTG, Quindy in Tennessee.

 

[John_Deere]

Very nice find! Congrats and HH!

 

[kshollywood]

Thank guys, I found this within 10 minutes of starting, we also found 5 mini balls and a bunch of camp lead. This is my first and I'll be donating it to my friend Rick who runs the Vicksburg battle field and museum.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Outstanding! A real piece of history!



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[JmCraz8]

Where's there's one there's many many more lol congrats!!!

 

[JohnnyRebCSA]

Thats a nice find....thanks for sharing. I had a great-great uncle in the Third Batallion Missouri Cavalry, CSA that was killed in that Vicksburg Campaign (Baker's Creek).

 

[pamlicopanther]

Very nice find and great that it will be in a museum for others to see.

 

[John Boy]

Great save.nicely done.

 

[LaGold]

Nice find man... I've got a good hunt comin up in 2-3 weeks. Hopefully ill come up with some of the good stuff

signals diggem all... LaGold

 

[SilverDreams]

Very cool! That's a great piece of history you found.

 

[kshollywood]

Thank all of y'all for the kind words, I have to admit I was really excited

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds kshollywood!