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This 50-56 caliber Spencer cartridge, manufactured by the Sage Ammunition Works of Middleton, Connecticut, was found near the guardhouse at Fort Wallace in Wallace County. Excavations took place at the fort in 1997 by archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society.
Date: 1866-1882
Item Number: 309495
Call Number: 14WC303-26
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309495
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Military - Facilities - Forts
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Wallace
Military - Facilities - Guardhouses
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Military - Weapons - Ammunition - Cartridges
Places - Counties - Wallace
Places - Forts and military installations
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Wallace
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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