shanniereb
Sergeant Major
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2012
- Location
- Mt. Croghan South Carolina
View attachment 4162 Can anyone identify this bullet for me? It is .69 caliber found in SC near the lowcountry. View attachment 4161
Bob, just so I understand you correctly, if it has two rings, it is Confederate and three, Union? I was looking at a display a few years back, I think it was at Fort Fisher and I wondered how they knew the difference.Two ring Confederate.
It's not Confederate. In the McKee and Mason book it would be M&M 285 or 286. These are Union bullets that us bullet collectors (leadheads) have been calling "Prussians" for years and I don't know how they got the name. They are not imported or specifically for a Prussian rifled-musket, they were manufactured in the north for use in any .69/.70 rifled muskets.I was thinking it was Confederate, but wasn't quiet sure. Thanks
It's not Confederate. In the McKee and Mason book it would be M&M 285 or 286. These are Union bullets that us bullet collectors (leadheads) have been calling "Prussians" for years and I don't know how they got the name. They are not imported or specifically for a Prussian rifled-musket, they were manufactured in the north for use in any .69/.70 rifled muskets.
As for the two and three rings. There are two groove Union bullets and there are three groove Confederate bullets.
Number of rings doesn't designate either Union or Confederate. the reason that I gave it a Confedrate identity is that I have found several of this type dropped in a Confederate camp here in Tennessee. It could be Union as stated above but I still lean Confederate.Bob, just so I understand you correctly, if it has two rings, it is Confederate and three, Union? I was looking at a display a few years back, I think it was at Fort Fisher and I wondered how they knew the difference.