✅ SOLVED Civil war bullet?

[Tigerdude]

This rascal is big. I’m in the field so I can’t measure but looks like at least . 69 caliber. Any ideas ?

 

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[DCMatt]

Very nice! Looks like a .69 Enfield bullet.

 

[jewelerguy]

looks like a winner to me. that thing would sure make a big hole in you

 

[fyrffytr1]

Nice. I don't think I have a .69 cal. Enfield.

 

[duggap]

I'm not sure they made a .69 Enfield. I think you have a Tower.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That civil war .69-caliber Minie-bullet is listed in the bullet books as a Tower, because it was made for use in the .69 Tower-Enfield rifle-musket. Yours appears to be the British-made version, which has a flat-bottomed "plug" cavity instead of a cone cavity. It's a fairly scarce bullet. Most that have been dug come from the Confederate entrenchments at the Port Hudson LA battlefield... which "fits" with you being a Louisiana digger.

 

[Tigerdude]

Cannonball, you are dead on. I found it this morning at Port Hudson.