Cartridge, Rimfire
Object number94.51.647
Date1870-1879
MediumLead; Brass
Credit LineTransfer Carnegie Museum of Natural History
DescriptionBrass cartridge with pointed lead bullet.Dimensions0.75 x 2.25 in. (1.9 x 5.7 cm)Historical NotesAmmunition carried by Philadelphia troops on their retreat from Butler Street during the Railroad Riots of July 1877. CMNH transfer, originally donated 7/18/1898 by James M. Lippincott.Label TextThomas A. Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, ordered federal troops to descend upon Pittsburgh and feed “a rifle diet for a few days” to the striking workers
On View
On view
1868-1880
1939-1945
c. 1865
1835-1845
1944-1945
