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Bulltown Delaware camp and Civil War battle site

Ghost town Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: musket balls.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1760s Delaware town, 1863 Civil War battle

Named for Chief Bull, whose Delaware band built about 20 cabins and a council house here in the 1760s; the 1863 Battle of Bulltown was fought on the site.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

lake shore

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