The Bullet’s Twist of Fate: Two Deaths, One Cartridge
During the American Civil War, a soldier was fatally struck. His comrade collected the bullet, had it gilded, and gave it to the fallen soldier’s son as a macabre memento. The cartridge was kept as a family heirloom – a silent witness to the war.
Decades later, the grandson visited an exhibition where the bullet was being showcased. In an accident, it fell from its display case – and fatally struck him in the head. Two lives, one bullet, connected across generations. Historians speak of a nearly incomprehensible twist of fate.
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