Offered here is a .58 caliber “minie ball” in “dropped” condition. Recovered from the Jacob Hankey Farm along Mummasburg Road approximately a mile northwest of Oak Ridge. Bullet has a white patina overall.

Jacob Hankey died in 1860; at the time of the battle this farm extending over 230 acres may have been run by his son, P. D. W. “Dave” Hankey.

A thousand or so wounded occupied the grounds during the battle, but only 39 burials were recorded here, principally from Daniel’s and Alfred Iverson’s brigades, with the dates of death ranging from July 1 to July 26. All three field officers of the 23rd North Carolina were treated here after being wounded on the first day – Col. Daniel H. Christie, Lt. Col. Robert D. Johnston, and Maj. Charles C. Blacknall.

The Hankey family also sheltered and fed 30 or more neighbors during the battle, including the widow Hartzell, her two small children, and her young black maid of about 20 years of age. When a soldier threatened to take the maid south with the army, Mrs. Hartzell appealed to a senior Confederate officer, who promised the maid’s safety if she assisted in cooking for his wounded men.

A relic from Rodes’ North Carolinians.  [jet] [PH:L]

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