C/W bullet

[dusty1530]

Is this a union bullet

 

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[dusty1530]

I know it is a 58 cal C/W

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Specifically, it is a .58-caliber civil war Williams "Regulation" bullet, manufactured only by the Yankees. It first shows up on battlefields in 1863, and was used extensively through the end of the war. Therefore, it is a fairly common variety of civil war bullet, and a nice-condition unfired one like yours sells at relic-shows for $4 to $5. I should mention, it is shown the McKee-&-Mason book on civil war bullets as a "pistol-carbine" bullet, but that ID has been proven incorrect. It is definitely one of the varieties of Williams bullets, and it was used in various .577 and .58-caliber firearms.

 

[dusty1530]

That is very interesting because the area where I found it it was definitely occupied by the Confederate
I found it in Brownsville Texas

 

[m240042]

yankees were blockading texas you know... Have you ever heard the stories of cannon balls being found filled with liquor around Flour Bluff?

 

[dusty1530]

yankees were blockading texas you know... Have you ever heard the stories of cannon balls being found filled with liquor around Flour Bluff?

I never herd of that I do know that the last battel of the C/W was fought in Brownsville Texas long after the war was over

 

[dusty1530]

Did they call it cannon shine

 

[dusty1530]

I like this bullet a lot