This is an excavated “stack” of Civil War cartridge cases for the Burnside carbine. Six spent cases with green patina. Troopers did this to save cases to reload later and/or as a way to extract “hot” cases from the weapon.

This was recovered from East Cavalry Field near Gettysburg by local resident John Cullison, who excavated relics on the field from 1935-1959. Cullison sold his collection to the famed Gettysburg Rosensteel family, who held the primary collection of Gettysburg artifacts.  [jet]

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