US .58 CALIBER MINIE BALL WITH REMAINS OF THE PAPER CARTRIDGE, FROM THE FAMOUS SHIELDS MUSEUM LOCATED ON THE FIRST DAY’S BATTLEFIELD AT GETTYSBURG BEHIND GENERAL REYNOLDS STATUE

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Item Code: 173-2971

Non-excavated US Minie Ball cartridge with original paper wrapper covering bullet.

Ott Shields amassed one of the earliest and well known collections of Gettysburg artifacts.  In 1918, he opened a private museum that featured the “Shields Collection,” one of the few documented Gettysburg collections obtained by local families (Rosensteel; Danner; Wert; Mumper; Ziegler, etc.).  The Shields Museum closed in the 1980s and the collection was sold at auction on November 16, 1985.  Offering over 600 lots “comprised mostly of Gettysburg battlefield pick-up relics,” the auction attracted several hundred Civil War collectors, dealers, and museum buyers.  [ws]

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