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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE
RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE

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    RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE GARDNER BULLET IN WOOD -FOUND WILDERNESS BATTLE - THE RARE CONFEDERATE MINIE  IS EMBEDDED IN A  2" BY 1" BY 1"  PIECE OF WOOD - MOUNTED ON A DISPLAY PLAQUE WITH BRASS LABEL - BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION  -SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS - THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS WAS FOUGHT 1864 IN THE DENSE WOODEN AREA OF VIRGINIA NEAR THE OLD CHANCELLORSVILLE BATTLEFIELD - THE FIRST TIME UNION GENERAL GRANT WOULD MEET CONFEDERATE GENERAL LEE IN BATTLE - THE START OF THE 1864 OVERLAND CAMPAIGN - ON MAY 5TH GRANT TRIED TO RUSH HIS ARMY PASS THE THICK WOODS AND UNDERGROWTH OF THE WILDERNESS INTO MORE OPEN GROUND WHERE HIS SUPERIOR NUMBERS AND ARTILLERY COULD BE USED TO DESTROY THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA - LEE COUNTERED THIS MOVEMENT BY ATTACKING GRANT IN THE WILDERNESS AS HIS ARMY WAS STRUNG OUT ON THE MARCH - THE FIGHTING WAS CLOSE - AT TIMES HAND TO HAND - HEAVY CASUALITES (28000+) - FIRES IN THE DENSE WOODS CONSUMED MANY OF THE WOUNDED UNABLE TO ESCAPE - A PLACE OF HELL ON EARTH - THE BATTLE LASTED UNTIL MAY 7TH - INCONCLUSIVE - A HARBINGER OF THE BLOODIEST YEAR OF THE WAR - A WAR OF ATTRITION AND DEATH - RARE RELIC FROM THAT ICONIC BATTLE