.69 Caliber Buck and Ball - Naturally Fuzed Together

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Item: .69 Caliber Buck & Ball - Naturally Fuzed Together
Condition: Very good, excavated, unfired. Its grey-white surface has remnants of its original tie string and, what is believed to be, its paper cartridge. All three buck and ball are fuzed together due to ground action.  
Recovered: Garysburg, NC area.
Approximate size: .663 inch diameter, .98 inch length, 523.6 grains weight.
Reference: Similar examples can be found in the following Civil War relic reference books:

  • "Civil War Projectiles II Small Arms & Field Artillery with Supplement" by W. Reid McKee and M. E. Mason, Jr. on page 65, item #551.
  • "Round Ball to Rimfire, Part Three" by Dean S. Thomas, on page 112, #87 & 88. Complete cartridges examples, page 113.   
  • "Some Civil War Bullets 2" by Thomas J. Stelma, page 96.

See scans of the above pages in the additional images. 

Comments:  When these cartridges were originally assembled, the buckshot simply rested on the round ball, they were not fuzed together. The example offered in this listing fuzed together overtime while in the ground and was recovered as such. It is not a reconstructed example as many are. It was acquired directly from the digger, Robert Braswell, Jr. of Gaston, NC who recovered many fine relics from both North Carolina and Virginia over several decades. Learn more about Robert and his relic detecting by clicking on his name above. According to Jim and Dean Thomas' bullet reference book, "A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges", "The buckshot was added to the .69 caliber round ball in order to increase the chances of hitting a target when fired from the highly inaccurate smoothbore musket."  This buck and ball will be an excellent example to add to any excavated Civil War bullet or general relic collection. 

The above description, along with an image of this particular relic, will be printed on Virginia Relics letterhead and will also be included.

 

Product Code:
PC7565

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