Bullet, Minie
Object number2010.15.21
MediumMetal
Credit LineTransfer from Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
DescriptionMetal minie bullet. Pointed tip, two ridges near base.Dimensions0.56 x 0.875 in. (1.4 x 2.2 cm)Historical NotesThe Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized rifle bullet named after its co-developer, Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War.
Related person
Claude-Étienne Minié
Subjects
On View
Not on view1860-1865
c. 1860
1944-1945
1974-2012
1944-1945
c. 1790