Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Bullets (4)
Object Number:
INV.10348a-d
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
largest: 1 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead minie bullets; conical with flat base; three of the bullets are flattened.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these minie bullets were found by Union chaplain and veteran Joseph Bradley in May, 1865 in the Confederate breastworks at Petersburg, Virginia.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Margaret Bradley, 1940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
