✅ SOLVED Civil War era or not?

[cadman68]

Civil War era or not? (SOLVED)

found these along with some other things in an area that could have been a campsite. I'm not familiar with civil war bullets and most i have seen on the web have concave bottoms where these are flat....any help? they were around 4-5 inches deep

 

[DCMatt]

Hard to say. Put a dime in the photo for size reference.

And please resize the pic before posting.

Thx

DCMatt

 

[cadman68]

will do this evening when i get home...resize? smaller?

Did some more research last night and they do resemble the .54 merrill

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Cadman68, I was typing this reply when your new one showed up. Your bullets look exactly like a civil war era US .54-caliber Merrill Carbine bullet. But for 100% certainty about that ID, we need to know your bullets' very-exact diameter measurement. Because the .54 Merrill Carbine is a Beechloading rifle (bullets get loaded into it from the back end of the barrel), Merrill Carbine bullets actually measure about .55-inch in diameter.

 

[cadman68]

cannonball....ty for the reply and the measurement you gave for the diameter sounds promising, i was just thinking of putting some guestimate measurements on the post when your reply popped up....i was thinking the length is around 3/4"-1" and diameter is around 1/2" but i will measure this evening and post the dimensions.

I also read these guns were used mainly by csa calvary, which if true would further excite me because the campsite (or supposed campsite) is located in an area where forrest was known to have at the very least passed through.

 

[cadman68]

You were right on the money cannonball..... .55" diameter and .75" in length....ty