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Originally posted by L. David Keith:
The only area I've known the .45 cal rifle bullets to occur in middle TN were at Murfreesboro, and I have seen examples dug by friends but never found one myself. They are small, compact "3 ring" bullets, often called Minie balls. The so called rings are actually grooves, meant to contain lubrication. I doubt there were ever many carried in the western theatre.