GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT- GETTYSBURG- WHEATFIELD

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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY CANNONBALL FRAGMENT- GETTYSBURG- WHEATFIELD  - PIECE OF SHARPNEL - MEASURES 3 1/4" BY 1 1/2" 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  FROM THE PEACH ORCHARD AND ROSE FARM ALONG THE EMMITTSBURG ROAD -THROUGH THE WOODS AND THEN INTO THE TWENTY ARCES OF FRESH STANDING WHEAT ON THE ROSE FARM  - THE FIELD WOULD TURN RED AS 20000 SOLDIERS BATTLED FOR HOURS - ATTACK AND COUNTERATTACK - CLOSE - HAND TO HAND COMBAT  - ARTILLERY SHELLS BURSTING ALL AROUND- 6000 CASUALTIES WOULD COVER THE GROUND - A SIMPLE NAME WOULD CAUSE NIGHTMARES FOR VETERANS OF THIS HELL -THE  WHEATFIELD - GREAT RELIC FORM THIS HISTORIC AREA OF THE GETTYSFIELD BATTLEFIELD