Civil War Confederate Gardner Bullet, recovered at the “Valley of Death”, Gettysburg

Being offered is another bullet from the large Gettysburg collection I acquired. It is a .58 caliber Gardner bullet. It was recovered at “The Valley of Death” in Gettysburg between 1935 – 1959 by local resident’

The official name of the creek running through the Valley of Death between Devils Den and Little Round Top is Plum Run, but it gained a second name after the slow stream ran red with the blood of fallen soldiers for a few hours in July 1863.

With the rain on July 4, 1863, it overflowed the banks and drowned some wounded men who hadn’t been collected yet, reportedly all Civil War Confederates. The valley was littered with so many bodies that it was over a week after the battle of Gettysburg ended before the fallen men could all be buried.

This Gettysburg artifact not only has wonderful provenance, but it was also found at one of the most famous locations on the battlefield. It comes in the acrylic display case pictured.