GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED BULLET CHESS PIECE FOUND GETTYSBURG-CULP'S HILL

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GREAT CIVIL WAR ERA CARVED BULLET CHESS PIECE FOUND GETTYSBURG-CULP'S HILL - MEAUSUES 1/2" TALL BY 1/2" ACROSS - - CONIAL SHPAED ITH HOLLOWED CONE ON BOTTOM- TINY HOLE ON THE TIP  - FOUND ON CULP'S HILL WITH SEVERAL OTHERS IN A SMALL CACHE EXCAVATED MANY YEARS AGO ( LAST ONE ) - CULP'S HILL SAW HEAVY FIGHTING ALL THREE DAYS OF THE BATTLE - A KEY POSITION FOR BOTH ARMIES OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY MANY IN FAVOR OF THE MORE KNOWN AREAS LIKE PICKETT'S CHARGE AND THE ROUND TOPS  - A LARGE PIECE OF BOTH ARMIES BATTLED ONE ANOTHER IN THE WOODS THAT COVERED THE HILL AND SURROUNDING AREA NEAR GETTYSBURG - WHO CONTROLLED THE HILL CONTROLLED THE BATTLE  AND THE WHOLE UNION DEFENSE LINE OWULD HAVE BEEN  UNTENABLE- IF THE CONFEDERATES HAD TAKEN THE LIGHTLY DEFENDED HILL ON THE FIRST DAY -THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AFTER THE FIRST DAY ACTIONS -ALL THE OTHER FAMOUS ACTIONS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AS THEY DID- GREAT COLLECTIBLE