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Two Civil War bullets in a conical shape have three engraved into the base. One has oxidized and the letters "PE" are scratched into it. There is one ball, presumably a small musket ball as well.

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Document identity
localId
s7529039t
label
Civil War bullets
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
s7529039t
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Civil War bullets
description
Two Civil War bullets in a conical shape have three engraved into the base. One has oxidized and the letters "PE" are scratched into it. There is one ball, presumably a small musket ball as well.
date
["[1862]"]
year
1862
rights
No Copyright - United States.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
identifierLocal
029_03_00_043
institution
Cambridge Public Library
collections
Charles F. Walcott Archaeological Collection, circa 1960-1970
subjects
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
subjectsGeographic
Antietam
Maryland
North and Central America
United States
Washington (county)
genreBasic
Objects
genreSpecific
artifacts (object genre)
bullets
typeOfResource
Artifact
country
United States
state
Maryland
county
Washington
city
Antietam
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
ft848v87w
collectionArkId
c534j7675
schema:latitude
39.4
schema:longitude
-77.7333
extent
3 items : metal ; 24 x 10 mm, 25 x 10 mm, and 10 x 8 mm
notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Original object was digitized in 2016 as a TIFF image.
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no
dcId
s7529039t
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object
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