Description
Year of Manufacture: 1866
All three leather pads are complete and two retain their original horsehair stuffing
trouble was encountered in lifting the landing gear on one side
It is contained in an original heavy cardboard transit case which is stenciled in white paint on the side G
The weapon has the GRAU index 6G3
Original U.S. Civil War Confederate 24lb Solid Shot Cannon Ball dug up at Fredericksburg Antique Wheellock Firearms Year of Manufacture: 1866Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely U. S. Civil War Confederate sold shot iron cannonball, measuring approximately 5. 7" in diameter. This would indicate that it is a 24lb. size, for the Confederate 24 pounder smoothbore, 5. 82 inch caliber cannon. Union forces did not use any solid shot in their 24 pounder cannons, just shells and case shot, so this must be Confederate in origin. Like many of the civil war artifacts available today,