GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT- GETTYSBURG - PLUM RUN

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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT- GETTYSBURG- PLUM RUN  - PIECE OF SHARPNEL  - MEASURES 2 1/8" BY 2" BY  1/2" - 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 - DEVIL'S DEN AND THE VALLEY OF DEATH -THE SLAUGHTER PEN WHERE PLUM RUN - A SMALL CREEK AND SOURCE OF WATER RUNS - VERY HEAVY FIGHTING AND ARTILLERY BURSTS FROM BOTH SIDES- SOMETIMES HAND TO HAND HAPPENED IN THIS AREA  AS BOTH UNION REGIMENTS FOUGHT TO HOLD THE CONFEDERATE TIDE BACK FROM THE ROUND TOP HILL POSITIONS - PLUM RUN RUN RED WITH THE BLEED OF SO MANY CASAULTIES AND DEAD AROUND IT'S BANKS   - GREAT RELIC FROM THIS HISTORIC AREA OF THE GETTYSFIELD BATTLEFIELD