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Souvenirs
Military and Veterans
Weapons
American Civil War ➔ Artillery Shell Fragments

Identifier:
113972
Description:
2 shell fragments found on the Gettysburg battlefield.;2 completely rusted pieces stored in a small wooden box marked Gettysburg and Mongolian pheasant on lid;Gettysburg was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North.
Date:
1863
Dimensions:
1" h 2 | 1.5" w 3.5 | 3" d; 1" h
Current Location Status:
On Exhibit
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Exhibit/Program:
Thank God for Michigan: Stories from the Civil War (June 6 2011 – March 29 2015)
Thank God for Michigan was an exhibition developed by the GRPM to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  The exhibit featured over 150 artifacts from the GRPM's collection and told the story of the Civil War through the lens of soldiers and civilians from Michigan.