Gettysburg Pickett's Charge SW of Hospital Civil War Dug Relic Fired Musket Ball

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THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - SOUTHWEST OF THE GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL / PICKETT'S CHARGE STAGING AREA / NEAR THE RECREATION PARK AND THE JOHN'S FARM (William Henry Johns was the owner of the farm) / AN AREA OF JULY 1st FIGHTING AS WELL AS JULY 3rd PICKETT'S CHARGE STAGING AREA (THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW BATTLE SITES WITHIN THE MODERN TOWN OF GETTYSBURG THAT WE HAVE SEEN MADE AVAILABLE / RECOVERED BY RONALD HARDMAN IN OR BEFORE 1958, AND LATER PART OF THE FAMOUS ROSENSTEEL COLLECTION -  A Fired .69 Caliber Musket ball or Artillery Case Shot Ball with some impact marks
A Very Nice Relic condition .69 Caliber Musket ball with some impact marks This artifact was was a part of the famous Rosensteel Collection of Gettysburg.  This relic was in a group of artifacts that were identified as having been found by Ronald Hardman in an area southwest of Gettysburg Hospital in or before 1958.  This area was probably the modern day location of the Gettysburg Recreation Park and the Colt Park neighborhood.  The relics were acquired directly from the Rosensteel collection in the mid-1990s and became a part of a private collection.  They remained in this collection for many years before they were again sold. The Johns Farm was not established until after the battle, but the house and barn appear in the famous Cyclorama painting of Pickett's Charge because they had been built by the time the artist prepared to paint the scene in the 1880s. The farm, bordered Long Lane and the house, which still stands, sits on the block immediately east of Steinwehr Avenue. As an easy guide, the farm can be seen from the parking lot of Appalachian Brewing Company. The Colt Park neighborhood now sits on the lane once owned by the Johns. Not only was the farm bordered by the Confederate lines on Long Lane putting it between the two opposing armies on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but there seems to be no doubt that Pickett's Charge would have affected it as well. The Rosensteel Collection is arguably the most famous collection of Gettysburg relics that has ever existed. John Rosensteel opened his Round Top Museum of Gettysburg artifacts in 1888.
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