Mckee and mason civil war bullet book

You will be lost without this book if you want to collect bullets. Civil war era bullets of all kinds, including cartridges. Hardcover in brown cloth with gilt titling to front and spine, has a faint skew to the binding, light bumps with fraying starting to cloth at spine ends and cover covers, very slight sunning to spine, smudges and small stains to edges of some pages, a short closed tear to. Without a doubt you want the mason mckee book with supplement. Measuring, identifying and collecting dug civil war bullets.

Civil war confederate union bullets rifle army revolver. You will find this bullet to be in excellent dug condition. Five must have books for identifying finds detecting365. The small plug cavity is odd, but still a possible civil war period bullet. This bullet is in good shape with two prominent lugs on each side of the bullet. This is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as the.

Tl622 sold, for your consideration one carved civil war cleaner bullet. Lots of photos of cw bullets, tools, and big projectiles. It was done years ago and does have some mistakes but everyone that talks and deals in bullets refer to bullets by the numbers assigned to them in this book. The whitworth rifle was an english made singleshot muzzleloader with excellent longrange accuracy for its era, that saw extensive use with the confederate sharpshooters in the american civil war, even claiming the lives of several union generals, including john sedgwick, one of the highestranking union officers killed during the civil war, shot on may. Mason s book civil war projectiles ii with supplement. This is a dead on match to the bullet listed in deans book. Mason 1980, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. This rare bullet is flawless and was dug on the overall gorge va. Jan 17, 2015 this is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as. By the way, i think i found one bullet in mckee and mason 4 times, but we havent gotten to it yet so for now the 222332 one sets the standard for redundancy. Thomas show a variety of civil war era bullets, separated by caliber and type of bullet. Here is an excellent dropped example of the rare arkansas hog bullet. A friend has a civil war bullet collection he wanted me to better identify, using that mckee and mason, civil war projectiles ii book. Louis park rings, civil war musket ball, and indian head duration.

Dec 25, 2019 explore perryville1862s board civil war bullets. The price found on the actual label may be ignored. This is number 91 under the cartridge section in the mckee and mason bullet book. Its a look at secret societies societies similar to the freemasons that were active in the years leading up to and during the. Hardcover in brown cloth with gilt titling to front and spine, has a faint skew to the binding, light bumps with fraying starting to cloth at spine ends and cover covers, very slight sunning to spine, smudges and small stains to edges of some pages, a short closed tear to fore edge of pg. Civil war relics from georgia by david and celeste topper. The mason bullet book is the best i have come across thus far nt may 05, 2006 01. I suspect they got the name arkansas hog due to the fact that they are primarily recovered in arkansas, and a few in missouri. Found the collection for sale at a civil war relic show. Civil war relic collection 18 different dug bullets youtube. Nov 27, 2016 a nice display of 18 different dug american civil war 18611865 confederate and union rifle and pistol bullets all in very good condition.

Excellent example of a dropped, excavated, field molded, blob top. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. Here is a minty bullet known to many as a palmetto sharps bullet. This civil war bullet identification chart can help you identify some of those minie and round balls that you find while out metal detecting. For your consideration one unlisted, very short civil war bullet. You dont find these very often that come up for sale. Have any of you all looked at the book and developed a list of. Mckee and mason established the taxonomy used to classify and identify bullets. Small arms and field artillery with supplement by w. Civil war relics of the western campaigns by charles harris. This is a nice and complete civil war paper cartridge. Some of these have been found in the field so they were issued. Jan 17, 2015 this is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to collectors as the. Nov 27, 2016 a confederate ringtail sharps bullet listed in at least 2 reference books.

Although aimed at the bullet collector and digger, mason and mckee s work has value for the general student of civil war technology as well. Federal and confederate revolver and pistol variants. They have been associated with texas troops, and are usually from early war sites. This is a nice original dug civil war bullet known to. This is the civil war bullet known to collectors as the. This book is wellillustrated and gives dimensions on the various items.

Orders shipped usps priority mail day or usps first class mail 25 day and ship the day of or the day after the order was placed. Covers are in excellent condition with plastic cover. They were dug from a civil war camp in the manassas, va. They shed new light on the origin of some bullets, e. Civil war bullet id chart metal detecting the ozark. These ten mixed bullets, with grey, white and tan patinas, are in good condition and are from the bullet collection of paul irvin. This one is 100% complete with the nice dark blue paper intact as well as the original string tying the whole thing together. Have any of you all looked at the book and developed a list of bullets that are. Field artillery and projectiles of the civil war abebooks. Ive only been lucky enough to find one of each near a creek i believe the one that i found is a.

This is the very bullet photographed on page 185 fig. University of cincinnati civil war historian, mark lause, has a new book out titled a secret society history of the civil war university of illinois press. Bullets listed in this section are dropped unless noted. Hundreds of these were recovered near the columbia arsenal in the congaree river. Similar bullet shown on page 17 of tom stelmas bullet reference book. I have one of those electronic scales, so i used that to weigh em. A nice display of 18 different dug american civil war18611865 confederate and union rifle and pistol bullets all in very good condition. Civil war projectiles ii with supplement the bullet book. See more ideas about war, american civil war and native american artifacts.

Jun 11, 2017 the measurements are in the range for a. I have plenty of inventory so you may not get the 3 shown in the photo but all will be guaranteed to be in excellent condition. A secret history of the civil war freemason information. You will find this bullet to be in very good to excellent dug condition. It is listed as number 476 in the mckee and mason book and referred to as. Civil war bullets for collectors, christmas, birthdays, club hunts, and anniversaries. This rare early war bullet has a very thin skirt and is in excellent condition. The mckee and mason book claims federal manufacture but i am not so sure. One of the things we had discussed was a commentary on the bullets by mckee and mason number. These were the standard bullet used by the confederates. Comb bound, 44 singlesided pages with photos and descriptions of bullets and artillery shells. Some of the projectiles saw service in the american civil war and some did not. This late war bullet is in perfect condition and was dug at spanish fort, al. One of the first to document the existence and origin of this bullet was w.