GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT - GETTYSBURG - DEVIL'S DEN

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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT- GETTYSBURG- DEVIL'S DEN - PIECE OF SHARPNEL  - MEASURES 3 1/4" BY 2 1/4" BY  3/4" - ON JULY 2ND -1863 THREE MILES SOUTH OF GETTYSBURG THE CONFEDERATES HIT THE FORWARD POSITIONED UNION III CORPS WITH AN ATTACK FROM TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS - THE MAULED UNION CORPS RETREATED  TO THE EAST  - THE ADVANCING CONFEDERATES PRESSED THEIR ATTACK TOWARD SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC AREAS OF THE BATTLE AND WAR - THE PEACH ORCHARD -WHEATFIELD - ROSE FARM AND ON TO DEVIL'S DEN THE HILL FULL OF HUGE BOULDERS TOPPED WITH UNION INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY PIECES - SOUTHERN SOLDIERS FROM TEXAS -ARKANSAS AND GEORGIA FOUGHT THIER UNION COUNTERPARTS FOR CONTROL - FORCING THEY BACK TOWARD THE ROUND TOPS - BOTH SIDES SHELLED THE AREA   - GREAT RELIC FROM THIS HISTORIC AREA OF THE GETTYSFIELD BATTLEFIELD