artillery shell found at Gettysburg battlefield

[dognose]

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Archaeologists find unexploded artillery shell under Gettysburg battlefield

Archaeological work ahead of a rehabilitation project at a Gettysburg battlefield revealed an unexploded artillery shell from the Civil War.

www.livescience.com

 

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[devldog]

Great Recovery and Save. I guarantee you there are more where this one came from.

 

[devldog]

I'd love to have a shell from Gettysburg, but not the time I'd receive in prison.😉

 

[dognose]

the shell was exploded due to the risk.

the column talks about how civil war and relic hunters lamented that the shell be defused and saved for historical reasons.

 

[Digger70pa]

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Archaeologists find unexploded artillery shell under Gettysburg battlefield

Archaeological work ahead of a rehabilitation project at a Gettysburg battlefield revealed an unexploded artillery shell from the Civil War.

www.livescience.com

They pretty much know what battery fired it & when it was fired. It came from a Confederate battery on Confederate Avenue. Hoods division.

 

[devldog]

This shell very well may have come from one of Porter Alexander's (Georgia) guns. One Loud Rebel Yell! I'd be willing to bet that this shell was "Whistling Dixie" when fired at Little Round Top.

 

[devldog]

the shell was exploded due to the risk.

the column talks about how civil war and relic hunters lamented that the shell be defused and saved for historical reasons.

in reality, it's probably in some park service employee's private collection. Lol

 

[antmike915]

in reality, it's probably in some park service employee's private collection. Lol

I was actually thinking the same.