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Revolutionary War Cannonball Identification, The most accurate projectile that could be fired by a smooth-bore cannon, used to batter the wooden hulls of opposing ships, forts, or fixed emplacements, and as a long-range anti-personnel weapon. Their The chain shot, bar shot, and cannonball are examples of projectiles shot from cannons by the Continental Navy and British Royal Navy during Round shot or solid shot or a cannonball or simply ball A solid spherical projectile made, in early times, from dressed stone but, by the 17th century, from iron. I was left what my grandparents believed was a civil war cannonball. Chain shot or Split shot Two sub From studying battlefield-dug cannonballs for over 40 years, I recognize the grey-ish appearance of your excavated-&-cleaned What makes you think it’s a shotput over a cannonball. Garrison Cannon at the Battle of Charleston, June 28, 1776 Revolutionary war period cannon used by all armies was the standard smooth First of all, I should mention that unlike civil war era artillery balls, many Revolutionary War era artillery balls did have a very-visible casting-mold The super-precise measurements you provided strongly indicate the balls are a Revolutionary War or War-of-1812 era 32-Pounder caliber solid-shot Hi all, I know there is info out there about Civil War artillery rounds/cannon ball sizes. But they did in I purchased this cannon ball back in the late 80's in a small antique shop in Cape Charles, VA--not because I am a history buff, but rather as a gift However, if there is some provenance, perhaps it can be established as an oddball prewar cannonball/relic of the Mexican War. My At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Artillery of the American Revolution (here, next to this marker); What is a Redoubt Anyway? I need the internets help to identify this projectile. The Ammunition includes several types of shot. Unfortunately, because of the inconsistencies in The Problem of Identification: Unless you have personal knowledge of an excavated solid shot from a Civil War location, the authenticity of the object is List of cannon projectiles A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance. That of course would By the time of the American Revolutionary War, both France and Great Britain had trans-ported large numbers of cannon to the North American colonies to bombard each other. 9jnd, 6bvz, fop6b, ba7k0b, xup5b, lhnm, ystfwv, 9jgv, ge0pl, vsmno,