✅ SOLVED maybe civil war

[jrwill56]

found this bullet today on the old plantation, is it civil war ? it is 1" long x 9/16" at the base, weighs nearly a ounce., all my other finds predate the civil war, help me guys

 

[smokeythecat]

Definately Civil War. 3 ring Minie ball.

 

[kuger]

was it found near any CW activity?The Caliber and weapon are of CW period

 

[worldtalker]

I see "maybe civil war" posted,count on it. GodBless Chris

 

[diggummup]

Nice patina and oxidation. Plenty of CW activity in Bertie co..

 

[jrwill56]

found near old Halifax rd. on the plantation, anyone know the cal. or user /

 

[kuger]

Sorry I shouldn't. Have said anything I didn't know where Bertie co is and will leave it to the experts on here who will be a long again my apologies

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Note that this Minie-bullet's nose has a distinctive small flat tip, which is a sign that it was "nose-cast." That term means the bullet-casting mold's filler hole was at the top of the bullet. Therefore, when the cast bullet is removed from the mold, it has a small short projection of lead, called a "casting sprue," on its nose-tip. The sprue was usually snipped off, creating the small flat area on the bullet's nose-tip.

Instead of using the ancient molten-metal casting method for making bullets (which often produced imperfections in the bullets), the US Ordnance Department preferred to have bullets made by using a machine-press to compress a slug of lead (cut from a cylindrical bar of lead) into the desired shape of bullet. Therefore, nearly all nose-cast civil war Minie bullets were made by the Confederates, who -- unlike the massively industrialized north -- possessed only a comparative few bullet-press machines.

In summary... your bullet appears to be a latter-war (1864-65) Confederate-made 3-groove Minie bullet.

 

[jrwill56]

thanks

 

[diggummup]

Sorry I shouldn't. Have said anything I didn't know where Bertie co is and will leave it to the experts on here who will be a long again my apologies

I don't know about all that. I think your record speaks for itself.