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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	American
Title:	Cannonball with case shot and time fuse
Date Made:	ca. 1863
Type:	Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:	Iron, lead, and sulfur
Place Made:	North America; United States; Pennsylvania; Gettysburg
Measurements:	Overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 3.8 cm x 8.9 cm x 9.5 cm
Accession Number:	MH SK L.D.2.4
Credit Line:	Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:	The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
A shrapnel ball used in the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg, with 14 loose 5/8" diam. round balls imbedded in yellow powder. From Codori Farm on the Emmitsburg Road at the foot of Cemetery Ridge.
Thickness of shell 1/2"
Diam.: 4 1/2"
Weight: 8 3/4"

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military

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