Category:Bullets

Federal Bullets

mh;172;1865;in.

Civil War Minnie Balls, lead. Federal. The Union Army manufactured balls such as these in factories from Pennsylvania to Vermont.

Collected in the 1980’s by a collector from Cannon County, Tennessee.

former catalog number 32.

Confederate Bullets

Civil War Musket Balls, lead. Confederate.

Military historians ascribe varying terminology to the conflict. The “War Between the States,” or the "War of the Rebellion" are descriptive. The term, the “War of Northern Aggression” is considered a biased assesment by equivalent historians in the Northern States.

Collected in the 1980’s from MacMinville, Cannon County, Tennessee.

mh.172.1865.in. (Former catalog number 33)

Minnie Balls

Civil War Minnie Balls, lead. These types of balls were manufactured by both Federal armament suppliers and Confederate. In the flux of battle it is impossible then, to determine which army fired which balls.

Collected in the 1980’s by a collector from Cannon County, Tennessee.

mh.172.1865.in. (Former catalog number 34)