Two Bullets from the Rose Woods Farm, Gettysburg - found in the 1950s (SOLD)

These are more nice pieces being offered, they are two .58 caliber fired bullets which were recovered from the Rose Woods in Gettysburg in the 1950s. The old collection had several boxes of bullets that were marked with their provenance. Most were from Gettysburg and had the battlefield location written on the individual boxes.

The Rose Farm was at the center of some of the fiercest fighting of the war on the second day of the battle, July 2, 1863. The farm included the Stony Hill and the Rose Woods. It also included a twenty acre field where over 20,000 men engaged in brutal and often hand-to-hand combat. Over six thousand men were killed or wounded there. Ever since it has been known simply as “The Wheatfield”.

The thick stone walls of the farmhouse and barn provided shelter to the Confederates of Semmes’ and Kershaw’s Brigades, and the farm buildings were used as a Confederate field hospital. It is estimated that between 500 and 1,000 Confederate soldiers were buried on the property. Alexander Gardner took some of the most famous photographs after the battle here (see pictures).

In my book “Battle of Gettysburg – The Relics, Artifacts & Souvenirs”, I show Rose Woods bullets that were found in the late 1800s and had hand-written tags (see pictures). Artifacts from the Rose Woods have always been very difficult to come by. In the old NPS Gettysburg Museum, there was a display from the Rose Woods with artifacts found by local resident John Cullison (see pictures). They come in the glass top display case pictured.