Show 31 of bat baa tle field v P probably the scene of 0 these events tho I 1 0 battle ottlo ot tile the crater is more i gilted lilted alian aai any other i spot th li blattie in the of virginia the man who tho owns tile farm charges visitors si a squatter a 4 head slid and conduits conducts them about bullets and ami other relies relics tire nrc still pl plenty entys picked up several bullets iu in the ploughed sloughed hed holds fields and ulso a piece of shell inside the crater itself th re is a building full of relies relics picked up by mr Gr gristin Gril illin Tin the owner of tho the place three of thern are arc particularly interesting one is ll made by two bullets mee meeting ung in the air dr sl biking 9 point to point in III exact evahl range r k c the result is a a dise disc of lead as 7 i large a rg ns as fl a silver dollar and about ili as 1 thick with the hiie base of tile the yankee bullet shot showing iving in it the lie centra on oil one side and the rebel bullet ou on the other ether had these bullets passed cite each other tile the fato fate of the men firing firina them would not be lard hard to reckon ali another kotlic queer relic Is it a confederate musket in ili tho the barrel of which two in 0 bullets met the barrel open like 1 a I banania peel there the two bullets can bo be seen the rebel bullet lad had n got about one third of the way out when n lien it met tile the prying 5 yankee bullet on oil its way way in and then there was trouble n it 1 once of cour course sethe the Yankee bullet had bad no business bt I 1 siness in there or at least it have waited until the other got out but it undoubtedly was better belter for the holder bolder of elie gair at that it il went in ili the barrel than in his liis eye another relio is which me it te tells I 1 I 1 s a C ghastly story is a union cross belt plate these the se plates ph ates is as many will it ill remember were alro ular and woin on oil tile hie cartrie cartridge C C box straps strap and so 50 came about over 01 cr tile the heart while tile belt plate was elliptical and came about ever tile stomach stoma cb both bore the letters U S through tile the plate picked up tip has passed 1 a I bullet ank making ili t i a huge hole and of course thu the ha ball 1 1 must must line have passed into or through the body of alier wearer one musket shown ila lias s lie marks of ei eight ht bullets upon it two tito of them arc ire flattened hito the iron of tile barrel and remain there it was silently cu dently pretty lively times in hi tile vicinity 0 of f the soldier that carried that C aln gun there ire arc thousands of other relics cups canteens fabres sabres bayonets pistols pictures letters etc cie making e a most interesting collection there have been tons ant and tons toils of lead and iron c carried ar anay from the fields by relic hunters and the supply seems inexhaustible haus tible every E very fresh ploughing sloughing hing andrain am irain dillos discloses es theta them an and I 1 3 oo 00 ou u can call di dig 0 lit in vain in the alic leaves flail and dirt in ill nuy auy indian arbow anon heads axe heads and other indian relies relics ate found also anti and a little deeper any quantity 0 of fossil remains of marine life sharks teotil ahr lis and huge litiere C holles of old ocean monsters nrc ire plenty I 1 it is a locality with a history thit that did not begin with the crater fight e one day while mr GI gwillin ill wis showing show ing a party of northern corthern thern men melt around one of them said 1 I am reminded of ilk an incident that oc scarred here I 1 charge of a run gun over oo 00 there in ili the lie works near fort foit lotion one sunday while there was uns no filing going aiu on oil and we tie asi acir I 1 lo ifeng about I 1 81 sin 1 I a ninn inan come coine oi cr elie hill by the Ce cemetery metr and conie come down across friis slope toward the tear i car of the confederate lines lilies his comfortable slid ami icrene manner irritated we me and I 1 made ruady up tip my mind to lo sec bee how holy close I 1 could cow e to hin him and ad we all chuckled nt at the idea of seating tile HUI oil out t of him I 1 took good sha aim and landed ft a 1 I ct about six fc fed t front from lim you ought to have seen him bill 0 git gil up LIP and git it lie ile was tile the se scar arlest iest aud ud most demoralized johnny itea you ci ciar er saw lie ile went on at a rate that run a do dog a to death and we nye roared with cheers and laughter laught cr to see him dust so you are tile mark man that fired that shot ate you asked G Grin riffle iii yes ile do you know anything rv about it well I 1 think I 1 do was the reply 1 I w baj 13 tile the fellow 3 you oil shot lit at I 1 was a lad cowin 0 m is with ith something a I 1 for lay in father who was in tile works I 1 did not suppose there was 1 a I yankee fool elou enough h or nipan mean enough to 0 o shoot shoo a cannon at one little boy U ay tarrying carrying grub im rub to his father nut but you dont exaggerate the scare I 1 grow ui iother another lucli inch in a year commercial Git giguette uette |