First Civil War bullet(s?)

[westkybanded]

Found both of these at the site of a Confederate attack in Central Kentucky. The one on the left I have no doubts about. The lead looks like the right color, and the location was exactly where I'd expect to see one. The other has me stumped. The lead looks too new, but I wouldn't expect the 2 grease rings on a modern cartridge projectile. It was also BEHIND where the cannon fortifications were and that line was not breached.

Any ideas? Thanks again!

 

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[parsonwalker]

Location is almost totally irrelevant. Bullets have a way of landing any darn place. Wild shots . . . ricochets . . . as for color, the kind of soil has a LOT to do with that. 200 year old bullets found in the right kind of clay (or creeks or wet locations) can look like they just fell out of the bullet mold.

 

[tennessee]

Congratulations on your first of many.

 

[TNGUNS]

Just trying to help and not let the air out of your bubble but don't think CW. An approximation of caliber is impossible to get from the pics and is needed to help ID. The bullets look more modern than CW to me. Many bullets had and have such rings for the crimp and the lube on more modern designs. Possible they are CW, but will find oxidation on lead after a few decades in many cases. Maybe some of our true bullet gurus will confirm for you what they are if you can give an approximation on caliber. HH

Just an example of modern cast bullets for a 45/70

 

[Vonclemen29]

Don't think they're cw, one on right looks like a 45 colt bullet, as for the one on left looks like another 45 caliber.