CIVIL WAR CHERAW SOUTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE MINIES AMMUNITION TRAIN EXPLOSION

Description: When Sherman's Army marched through South Carolina and reached Cheraw March,1865 they destroyed Confederate ammunition dumps and a railroad shipment of ordnance, including French 69 caliber minie ammunition brought in to Charleston by Blockade Runners and meant for the Carolina campaigns. Samuel HM Byers, a noted 5th Iowa officer was at Cheraw the day of the explosion and describes it in his memoIr of service in the Carolinas, "With Fire and Sword". An original group of 3 unfired French minie bullets from the Cheraw explosion. I got these from a digger 30 years ago and they have been in my collection since. Each is unfired but shows dents created by the blast. The 3Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.. I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin

Price: 125 USD

Location: Angier, North Carolina

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