For those who have libraries available to them:

Lewis, Berkeley R.
  1959  Notes on Ammunition of the American Civil War 1861-1865.  The American
        Ordnance Association, Washington, D.C.
  1960  Small Arms and Ammunition in the United States Service, 1776-1865.
        Miscellaneous Collections 129. Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
        D.C.
McKee, W. Reid, and Jr. M.E. Mason
  1975  Civil War Projectiles II, Small Arms and Field Artillery.  McKee
        and Mason Publishers.
Thomas, Dean S.
  1993  Ready... Aim... Fire!  Small Arms Ammunition in the Battle of Gettsburg.
            Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  1997  Round Ball to Rimfire:  A History of Civil War Small Arms
Ammunition, Part I.
            Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, Pensylvania.
  2002  Round Ball to Rimfire:  A History of Civil War Small Arms
Ammunition, Part II.
          Federal Breechloading Carbines and Rifles.  Thomas
Publications, Gettysburg,
          PA.
  2003  Round Ball to Rimfire:  A History of Civil War Small Arms
Ammunition, Part III.
            Federal Pistols, Revolvers & Miscellaneopus Essays.
Thomas Publications,
            Gettysburg, Pensylvania.
Thomas, James E. and Dean S. Thomas
  1996  A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges.  Thomas Publications,
            Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Happy Hunting.  :-)



On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Branstner, Mark C <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Please find attached a photo of an unknown lead object, found in southern Illinois.  About 3/4 inch in diameter x 7/8 inch long. Certainly looks like munitions, and may have some rifling traces around base, but seems pretty unstable in terms of overall shape:
>
> http://s896.beta.photobucket.com/user/markbranst/library/UNKNOWN%20LEAD%20OBJECT
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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