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Extensive archival research through the Library of Congress and other governmental and private institutions undertaken by Vonnie Zullo of Fairfax, VA was essential to the completion of many chapters in this work. I will be ever grateful for her constant willingness to accept and fulfill all those many assignments, especially those at the eleventh hour! …her patience and tenacity were beyond the call of duty!”
Norm Flayderman
The Bowie Knife,
Unsheathing an America Legend
Here is a very good Confederate 3" 'Virginia pattern', bourreleted Read common percussion shell with its intact sabot. This specimen was found on the Gettysburg battlefield near the Loop south of the High Water Mark sometime after the fighting. Learn More »