Thanks for the support and welcome back! It feels good to be a full attending now. I still have one more month off. I figured I wouldn't get this time to myself for a long time...so I'm not complaining haha.
About the lead bullets. They made all sorts of stuff with them including chess pieces. I'm not sure if the source is credible, but when I was researching, I cam across a theory of why people find some lead dice. Whether or not the theory is correct, apparently soldiers during the Civil War would intentionally leave the dice on the battle fields. The theory goes that if they died, they did not want the dice and other gaming pieces to be left on their bodies. Maybe they did not want their wives at home thinking they were gambling. Even if it's not true, it makes for a good story haha.