I'm fairly sure In know who it was who brought it up. So far it has only been a folklore legend because the excavated parts have never shown up anywhere, either as the artifacts themselves, or in an official report. The best guess from others is that the parts were actually from a Georgia Armory Rifle. The brass parts from a Georgia Armory Rifle, by themselves, could be easily confused with the brass parts of a Remington 1863 Rifle by someone who may not know the subtle differences between them.
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