Item: ONJR21148
Original U.S. Civil War Collection of Gettysburg Battlefield Recovered Civil War Bullets from the Former Shields Battlefield Museum
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Original Items: Only One Set Available: This is a collection of seventy (70) Civil War Bullets Recovered from the Battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. These bullets were formerly part of the Shields Museum, which was located in Gettysburg, PA. These bullets were found either predating the formation of the National Military Park, or from Private Land before it was acquired by the National Park Service, and therefore are completely legal to own. The are all contained in a 1980s era cigar box.
Ott Shields amassed one of the earliest and well-known collections of Gettysburg related artifacts, all found or purchased from local families. Shields was amongst other families in the area that also collected Gettysburg artifacts from the battle (Such as Rosensteel, Mumper, Ziegler, Danner, Wert, etc). In 1918 Shields opened his museum, which highlighted “The Shields Collection”.
The museum operated until the early 1980s. In November of 1985, the collection was sold at auction in Gettysburg. The auction consisted of hundreds of lots, and was attended by hundreds of Civil War collectors. These bullets were purchased at the auction in 1985.
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