April 5, 2024
Gettysburg .58 Cal Star In Base Bullet found High Water Mark Rosensteel Coll
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This US/CS .58 Caliber Star In Base bullet in dropped condition, comes from the private Gettysburg collection of Emily Rosensteel (Mrs. George D. Rosensteel), who compiled with her husband an outstanding assemblage of fired and dropped lead minie balls that were found entirely at the Gettysburg battlefield's High Water Mark, one of the most significant fights of the entire Civil War. Note the fused dirt in the rings on this excellent condition bullet. Emily married George Rosensteel, nephew to John H. Rosensteel, who lived through the three days of fighting in Gettysburg. John was the founder of the well-known Rosensteel Collection; his nephew George, an avid relic collector himself, later built his own National Museum in Gettysburg. Resident George Williams, who found this grouping of battlefield bullets in the early part of the 20th century, sold them to George and Emily Rosensteel for their collection. The Rosensteel relic collection was later passed down to their daughter, Angela, who in 1941 married Larry Eckert. Eckert worked in his father-in-law's museum and operated the famed Electric Map until the property was sold to the US government in 1972. This relic was purchased at The Horse Soldier, the premiere Civil War relic and history shop in Gettysburg, PA. The bullet was handpicked from the best of the lot for sale at the
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