Civil War Bullets - ID Help?

Valley Ranger

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Found these 2 bullets recently on a Civil War battlefield (on private property) here in the Shenandoah Valley. (Also found a bunch of .69's and .58's.) Anyway, I'd like some help in ID'ing the 2 shown together below. The Minie ball on the left has a solid base, is .75" long, .55-.56" in diameter and weights 2.5 grams. The one on the right has a shallow concave base, is .8" long, .55" in diameter and weights 2.3 grams. Thanks for looking and any help with the ID. I also recovered the star based Washington Arsenal .58 at the same location.

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alabama11

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Great finds. Nice work.
The one on the left is a Burnside 54 cal according to the Thomas book item number 89 page 32. Made a correction to original reply.
 

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dirtlooter

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I like them, bullets of the old type like this are just wonderful finds
 

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