GETTYSBURG RELICS FROM THE ROSENSTEEL FAMILY COLLECTION

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Item Code: 173-1668

These items come displayed in a black riker box with a copy of the original paper label that marked the container the relics were originally in. The label reads “FOUND BY ELWOOD CULLISON VALLEY OF DEATH JULY 25-41.”

The box includes:

1.)  Fired .69 musket ball

2.)  US case shot

3.)  Two dropped .54 Minie balls

4.)  Two dropped .58 Minie balls

5.)  Williams Cleaner Type II

6.)  Dropped .69 Minie ball

7.)  Model 1826 Eagle cartridge box breast plate with a greenish tint over a dark patina on the face. The reverse has approx. 90% of the lead fill but no hooks.

As the label says these items were found by the late Elwood Cullison and passed by him to the Rosensteel Family collection of Gettysburg artifacts where they remained until released.

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