RARE CIVIL WAR ERA GROUP OF CANNISTER & GRAPE SHOT -PICKETT'S CHARGE GETTYSBURG

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RARE CIVIL WAR ERA GROUP OF CANNISTER & GRAPE SHOT -PICKETT'S CHARGE GETTYSBURG -  GROUP OF TEN IRON CANNISTER AND GRAPE SHOT RECOVERED FROM THIS FAMOUS GRAND ASSAULT BY 12000 CONFEDERATE INFANTRY - MADE ON JULY 3RD -1863 - AGAINST THE UNION CENTER AND THE 4200 SOLDIERS OF THE UNION II CORPS - RECOVERED BY EARLY RELIC HUNTERS IN THE THEN PRIVATE PLOWED FIELDS WHERE THE CONFEDERATES FACED THE DEADLY SHOTGUN BLAST OF THESE IRON BALLS FIRED FROM UNION CANNON AT CLOSE RANGE - TEARING LARGE HOLES IN THE GRAY AND BROWN FORMATIONS OF INFANTRY - LEAVING ONLY DUST FILLED AIR  AND DEAD WHERE MEN STAND ONLY MOUMENTS BEFORE - INLCUDED IS TWO 1" ACROSS GRAPE BALLS AND EIGHT 7/8" ACROSS CANNISTER- THE CONFEDERATES STILL ADVANCED EVEN WITH HALF THEIR NUMBERS GONE AND AGAINST DOUBLE LOADS OF CANNISTER - THE UNION ARTILLERY ALSO PAID A HIGH PRIZE - MANY DEADING AT THEIR GUNS - FINALLY THE COMBINED FORCE OF MUSKET AND CANNON FIRE FROM A REENFORCED UNION LINE DEFEATED THE FAMOUS CHARGE - SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS - RARE COLLECTIBLES FROM THIS EPIC BATTLE  - HOUSED IN DISPALY CASE WITH PRINT OF LT CUSHING OF 4TH U S ARTILLERY FIRING CANISTER INTO THE CONFEDERATE INFANTRY JUST BEFORE HIS DEAD