Fused Minie Balls
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Lead minie balls, fused on impact.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: These two minie balls from opposing sides met head-on during fierce fighting at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862.
place: label: occurred
content: United States: Virginia, Fredericksburg
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.237846
label: accession number
content: 45871
label: catalog number
content: 237846
objectType: label: Object Name
content: minie balls, fused
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)