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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG
GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG
GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG
GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG

GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG

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    GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA  ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT FOUND REYNOLD'S WOODS- GETTYSBURG - RELIC MEASURES2 7/8" BY 2" BY 9/16" - FOUND IN THE HOT AREA OF THE FIGHTING ON JULY 1ST - 1863 WHEN CONFEDERATE INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY ASSAULTED THE UNION CAVALRY AND NEWLY ARRIVED UNION FIRST CORPS COMMANDED BY GEN JOHN REYNOLDS - A NATIVE SON OF PENN - BORN IN NEARBY LANCASTER PA - A VERY ABLE COMMANDER AND WELL RESPECTED - HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN COMMITTING THE UNION ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TO FIGHT AT GETTYSBURG EVEN IF THAT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL PLAN - HE WAS HIT AND KILLED BY THE CONFEDERATE BULLET EMPLOYING HIS SOLDIERS TO BATTLE EARLY IN THE FIGHT  - A RARE DISPLAY PIECE FROM THIS EPIC BATTLE - A TURNING POINT IN AMERICAN HISTORY - GREAT COLLECTIBLE!