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This cartridge box plate was dug up on Culps Hill by Ken Bream, a local Gettysburg relic hunter in the 1980s. Even though Culps Hill was one of the most fought over points on the entire Gettysburg battlefield, Culps Hill wasn't a protected part of the park until recently.
Culps hill was a hell on earth for those who fought there. As one Union soldier remembered, "The whole hillside seemed enveloped in a blaze. Minnie balls pattered upon the breastworks like hailstones on a housetop. Solid shot went crashing through the woods, adding the danger from falling limbs of trees to that from erratic fragments of exploding shells. The whole hill was covered with the smoke and smell of powder. No enemy could be seen. To expose oneself above the breastworks was certain death."
It is estimated that over 1/5th of all ammo shot during the battle of Gettysburg, over 1,000,000 rounds, was fired at Culps Hill.
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This bullet here was picked up days after the battle, and subsequently found itself in the collection of Emily Rosensteel, wife of Gettysburg Museum founder George Rosensteel. This particular bullet was found at the "High Water Mark", a place where Picketts Charge climaxed at the Stone Wall. The bullet is fired, and has weird impact markings. It hit something soft.
They are hitting the rivers!
