Awesome thank u!I pretty sure the .54 caliber bullet is a modern muzzle loading bullet, made by Hornaday, called a REAL bullet (rifling engaged at loading), or maybe their Great Plains bullet. 20 years ago, their muzzle loading were made of lead, and some were hollow point. Now, with the advent of in line muzzle loaders, they're shooting sub caliber copper cased bullets in sabots.
The others I believe are CW related, .51 caliber so I would believe they were dropped. Someone more knowledgeable than we will be along to tell you what they are.
Thank u for taking the time and knowledge.The first one is a modern bullet as @Booner stated and the other 2 you found are 50 cal Smith carbine bullets. Below is what they look like in original condition.
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Thanks! Buddy I hunt with , said he’s been detecting for 10 years and has never saw one!Those Smith carbines are good finds. Congratulations! They don't turn up too often.
It should think that It would be pretty easy to find what Union unit these bullets may have come from. It would be Union cavalry that operated in your area, and with some research, you might be able to come up with the the unit that carried Smith's
from Wikipedia, a partial list of Union Cav. that used Smiths.'
- 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment
- 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
- 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
- 10th New York Cavalry Regiment[5]
- 6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
- 9th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
- 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
Thanks! I know the camp site has the 20th corps / 3rd division. Just not sure how to determine whom all made that up.It should think that It would be pretty easy to find what Union unit these bullets may have come from. It would be Union cavalry that operated in your area, and with some research, you might be able to come up with the the unit that carried Smith's
from Wikipedia, a partial list of Union Cav. that used Smiths.'
- 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment
- 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
- 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
- 10th New York Cavalry Regiment[5]
- 6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
- 9th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
- 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
- 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
Thanks! I know the camp site has the 20th corps / 3rd division. Just not sure how to determine whom all made that up.
awesome!!! Definitely will look thru all of it!! I really appreciate it! So cool!What you're looking for is the Union "Order of Battle" for the 20th corps in the Atlanta Campaign.
Here ya go, I've already done your heavy lifting. Scroll down the page and it will list the cavalry attached to the 20th corp. There were three divisions of Cavalry.
You can already discount the 7th Illinois Cavalry, they didn't take part in the Atlanta campaign. They were running around in TN & MS--my gg grandfather was with them. And not all of companies of the 7th had Smith's, they also had Sharps carbines.
Atlanta campaign Union order of battle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
If you are sure that the camp site was of the 20th Corps / 3rd division, then you have 3 possibilities:
the 10th Ohio, the 3rd Ky, and 4 companies of the 3rd Indiana cavalry, but check it for yourself to make sure I didn't miss something.
Now you know how to do it next time.awesome!!! Definitely will look thru all of it!! I really appreciate it! So cool!
Haha I got it now! Thanks for passing it along!Now you know how to do it next time.
Ya see, old guys know how to do stuff.