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Metadata
Object Name |
Ball, Musket |
Catalog Number |
0985.10.00272b |
Description |
One of two (2) musket balls (.272b-c), both .58 caliber. This one is not flattened. Originally stored in a light brown chamois cloth purse (.272a). |
Material |
Metal/Lead |
Owned |
Ellison Capers |
Event |
Vicksburg Campaign |
Provenance |
The 2 bullets in the purse (.272) were removed from General Ellison Capers' hip after he was wounded. Capers was wounded three times during the war: in the leg at at Jackson, Mississippi in May 1863 during the Vicksburg Campaign; at the Battle of Chickamauga; and in the foot at the Battle of Franklin. It is tentatively assumed that this musket ball was removed from his leg in the wound received at Jackson. |
People |
Capers, Ellison |
Search Terms |
items removed from bodies Vicksburg Campaign |
Subjects |
Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |