Bullet ID

[TWray]

Found these at a smaller civil war skirmish area. It was towards the end of the war. The smaller one may be modern. The larger I believe is a popular two ringed Minni. The thin longer one has one thin ring and a shallow cavity in the breech end. The short fat one has three thin rings and a deep cavity on the breech end. I would like the scoop on whatever they may be. Let me know if anything else you my need. Thanks for any assistance.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Bullet #1: A fired civil war Confederate .58-caliber Gardner Minie-bullet.
Bullet #2: A fired civil war US .54 or .58-caliber generic 3-groove Minie-bullet. At first glance it looks unfired but I see a dent on the base and the grooves are so tiny they look compressed by firing.
Bullet #3: Fired, and apparently damaged by being partially melted in a fire. Its diameter appears to be at least slightly larger than .50-inch so it is a civil war era bullet, but too damaged for any certainty in identifying it. Being at least as long as the Gardner, it should not have such a shallow base-cavity, so I'm attributing its shallow-ness to melting damage.
Bullet #4: Having the multiple tiny parallel ridges (called reeding or knurling) inside the body-grooves means it is no older than 1877 at the very earliest. It appears to be a .44 or .45-caliber. It closely resembles the late-1800s Union Manufacturing Company .44-40 bullet for Winchester and Marlin rifles shown in the photo below, except the nose on yours is less pointy, because it is not the hollow-point version shown in the photo.

 

[TWray]

Thanks Cb Guy, I know I didn’t give much to work worth. I’m going to hit this spot again come spring. Maybe I kind find something better and even different for my collection. All where found in a creek at a old ford. So I’m sure that has taking its toll on them.