Indentifaction Needed

[macman]

This is the second bullet that I would appreciate any help with, it is said to be have been collected from the site of the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, here are the details, approx 3/4"/21mm high, 1/2"/13mm wide, and 0.8oz in weight.

[PCGeorge]

It is definitely an unfired .54 caliber Burnside Carbine bullet, missing its brass cartridge. All Burnside bullets/cartidges are yankee-made.

The heavy concretion & corrosion on your unfired Burnside bullet shows it was in its brass cartridge when lost by a soldier, until the cartridge got corroded to bits by the charge of blackpowder inside it, during over a century of exposure to weather in the ground.

The good news is that your specimen is a scarcer variety of Burnside bullet, having what we civil war bullet collectors call a "dish base." Most Burnside bullets have a simple plain flat base.

Regards,
Pete [P.C. George]