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Date1800s
Terms
- Relics
- Lead
- Wood
- Gettysburg
Dimensions5.08 × 5.08 cm (2 × 2 in.)
MarkingsOn one side: "old wood/ from an/ old tree"; reverse side: "from/ Gettysburg/ Presumably a Civil War bullet". [Note 2016: Some of these inscriptions are no longer visible.]
Object numberM2047
DescriptionWedge-shaped wood fragment, souvenir. Bullet embedded in wood. In ink on wood: "From an / old tree" and "from / Gettysburg". Civil War.
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