About Those Discarded Rifles at Gettysburg

After the Battle of Gettysburg,  the discarded rifles were collected and sent to Washington, D.C., to be inspected and reissued.

Of the 37,574 rifles recovered, approximately 24,000 were still loaded; 12,000 had two rounds in the barrel; 6,000 had three to ten rounds in the barrel.

One rifle, the most remarkable of all,  had been stuffed to the top with twenty-three rounds in the barrel.

That Is Sure A Big Oops.  --Old Overloaded Rifle