Abstract
The article reports on the discovery of a rusted cluster of small steel balls at Fort Johnson/Cantonment Davis in Illinois. It consists of four steel balls fused together through rust in a stacked configuration which was part of a larger grouping that comprise a single War of 1812 era grapeshot artillery projectile variety. The ammunition was especially effective over closely grouped troops or infantry confined to a deck of a boat.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5--6 |
| Journal | Illinois Antiquity |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
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