CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDE ARTILLERY SHELL PIECE FOUND CEMETERY HILL - GETTYSBURG

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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA  CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY SHELL PIECE - FOUND " CEMETERY HILL " GETTYSBURG - NO SPECIFIC HISTORY KNOWN OTHER THAT CEMETERY HILL AND PART OF THE ORDNANCE THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA USED TO SHELL THAT IMPORTANT POSITION - A NUMBER OF ARTILLERY DUELS HAPPENED BETWEEN UNION ARTILLERY ON THE HILL - THE UNION USED THE HILL AS A RAISED POSITION FOR A LOT OF THEIR ARTILLERY PIECES - GREAT SHOT - THE HILL WAS ASSAULTED ON JULY 2ND - 1863 BY A P HILL'S CONFEDERATE CORPS - HEAVY FIGHTING - ARTILLERY ACTION AGAIN ON JULY3 RD - AND PICKETT'S CHARGE  - A RARE DISPLAY PIECE FROM THIS EPIC BATTLE - A TURNING POINT IN AMERICAN HISTORY - GREAT  CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY COLLECTIBLE!