This type is dug in Confederate Cavalry camps and Battle sites. Produced in quantity at the Selma, Alabama Arsenal. Dug Confederate “Selma Arsenal” Sharp’s Carbine Bullet. before falling to Federal Forces in February of 1862. Recent research points to these being produced in Nashville, TN. Looking for an item like this Let us know DB2 Crisp dug Civil War Confederate NC sunburst coat button, no shank. Looking for an item like this Let us know DB3 Nice dug Confederate Civil War NC sunburst coat button, no shank. Dug Confederate “4 ring” Ringtail Sharp’s Carbine Bullet. DB5 Extra fine dug Civil War Confederate NC state seal coat button, generous gilt, with. Referred to as a ‘Hall by Hazard” design in McKee and Mason, in actuality it is an unknown Sharps like bullet made by the Confederacy and found primarily in Western Theater sites. by Brant Arnold.įederal machine turned and pressed patterns. We authenticate and appraise Antique Civil War Guns. One of these weapons was purchased prior to the war by Zebulon Vance, Governor of North Carolina for the State Arsenal and it was evidently used in the defense of Fort Fisher and Wilmington.Ĭonfederate Gardner Variants. and produced for use in the Vandenburg Volley Gun which had 121 barrels and was technically classified as “system of artillery” and not a machine gun as it could not produce sustained fire. Scarce Confederate Bullet dug near Fort Fisher NC. Some folks refer to this as a “Double End Whitworth”. This example was dug at Sugar Loaf Hill above Fort Fisher, NC. This short patter has identical truncated cone cavity as the taller patterns listed above and is only found associated with the Fort Fisher campaign along with isolated finds along the Carolina Coast including Charleston. Good dropped condition with a few wartime nicks.
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