Object Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2004.09.018 |
Collection |
Erastus Burnham Collection |
Date |
2004 |
Year Range from |
1863 |
Year Range to |
1873 |
Description |
1 2"x3" box of 6 Minie balls with note: "Found by EW Burnham on battlefield in front of the Crater and inside the Union line 9/24/1912". 1 2"x3" box of 4 bullets with note: "These bullets were found just back of the site of battery Stevens, a Federal mortar battery situated a little north from directly opposite the crater and down in a hollow near the railroad. This battery was [??] by Co. A 1st CT [torn away] at the battle of the Crater [torn away] after which, the position was [abandoned?] and never reoccupied as it was [torn away] the confederate lines." 1 2"x4" packet of bullets labelled "From Seven Pines battlefield". |