FIRED .69 CALIBER NESLER BULLET – ROULETTE FARM, ANTIETAM

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Item Code: 2022-1732

Here is a fine, fired example of the Nesler pattern bullet.  Manufactured at the North Carolina Institute for the Deaf, the Dumb, and the Blind in Raleigh and only used by North Carolina troops. These were developed and used by several countries during the Crimean War. Previously known to collectors as a “shot gun slug”.

Nice “dug” specimen with white patina overall.

Recovered from the Roulette Farm on the Antietam battlefield by a father and son who had permission from the owners prior to the farm being acquired by the NPS. The Roulette Farm borders the Sunken Road / Bloody Lane.  [jet] [ph:jet]

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