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  • Bombshell
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    Spherical shell. Dug up at the Battle of Nashville. 6-pound ball.
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  • James Castor Fuqua
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    Born November 23, 1839, and died March 2, 1902, James Castor Fuqua lived his entire life in Macon County, Tennessee. He was in the 24th Tennessee Infantry Regiment and fought at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. He was wounded twice at the Battle...
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  • Minie balls, Civil War belt buckle, and World War II snaps
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    Minie balls, Civil War belt buckle from "buck and ball" buckshot, World War II snaps from wartime maneuvers of General George Patton's army, all from the 1860s to the 1940s.
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  • Confederate buckle
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    CS buckle with mini ball embedded in it.
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  • Starr cap & ball pistol
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    Manufactured by Starr Arms Company, New York
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  • 6-lb. cannon ball
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    Six-pounder cannon ball that reportedly still contains live gunpowder. It was found at Shiloh battlefield before it became a national park.
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  • Photograph of Pvt. James Hoots Call, Co. C, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA
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    Reproduction full-length portrait of James Hoots Call wearing double-breasted frock coat and campaign hat. Because of an arm wound sustained at Shiloh, he was discharged from service in June 1862 at age 35. Family lore states that Call carried a...
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  • Boot pistol
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    Cap and ball boot pistol with bag handle. "CJG" is stamped on the bottom flat of the barrel.
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  • Unidentified lead ball, possibly a shot from Civil War canister
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    Unidentified lead ball, 2 inches in diameter; possibly Civil War ordnance. Found in the woods in Blount County, Tenn.
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  • Minie ball fragment
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    Fragment of a minie ball that reportedly grazed David Preston Sherfy's head at Vicksburg.
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  • Photographic reprint of Alfred Mathews Cleveland and family
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    Photographic reprint of elderly Confederate veteran Pvt. Alfred Mathews Cleveland, Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, and his family. Seated from left are his daughter Polly, granddaughter Palastine, grandson Jerry, and second wife Catherine....
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  • Photographic reprint of Alfred Mathews Cleveland
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    Photographic reprint of elderly veteran, Alfred Mathews Cleveland and an unknown child. Cleveland served as a private in Co. E, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. He is seated in a cane-backed chair with his legs crossed. The child stands behind him....
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  • Model 1851 .36 caliber Colt Navy revolver and holster
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    Model 1851 .36 caliber Colt Navy cap and ball revolver with leather holster. Serial number 70518.
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  • Discharge papers for John George Herman
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    John George Herman born in 1841 in Wartenburg, Germany. He became a U.S. resident in 1855. Herman fought as a private under Captain John J. Ball in Co. G, 127th Pa. Regt., USA. He enlisted in Virginia in 1862 and served for 9 months. He was...
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  • .69 caliber Minie ball
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    Minie ball from a .69 caliber rifle musket found at the Battle of Nashville site.
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  • .69 caliber minie ball
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    .69 caliber minie ball.
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  • Melted minie ball
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    Minie ball that appears to have been melted and remolded, perhaps an attempt at trench art.
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  • Grapeshot
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    A spherical iron ball typically loaded in an artillery grapeshot canister, found in Adair, Tennessee, near Jackson.
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  • Minie balls
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    This display of three minie balls includes a "hospital ball" and a "nipple protector" which was placed over the cone of the gun.
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  • Naval cannon ball
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    2.5 inch cannister cannon ball from a naval gun.
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