Documented .58 caliber Springfield minie ball used in the execution of a Union Army deserter.
Sale 964 - The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca
Nov 12, 2021
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$3,750
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Lot Description
Documented .58 caliber Springfield minie ball used in the execution of a Union Army deserter.
Approx. 1 1/2 in. fired mini ball (non dug condition). Accompanied by attached browned ink tag reading, "a bullet after it had passed through a deserter who was shot to death for desertion from the Union Army."
The Civil War Collection of James C. Frasca
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