Civil War Cannonball Discovered In Waterway

AnimeSpirit · 11-30-2007, 09:58 AM

I didn't know cannonballs were explosive. I thought it was their weight and velocity that made them so lethal.

purpahurl · 11-30-2007, 10:34 AM

There was a man here locally that would have some cannonballs made, also locally, and bury them with rock salt. After a few weeks he would dig them up and take them around to these reenactments and sell them as authentic.

joepole · 11-30-2007, 11:01 AM

Were 8" cannonballs normally explosive? I thought that was mostly on cartoons.

11-30-2007, 09:58 AM	#1
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 43 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 284	I didn't know cannonballs were explosive. I thought it was their weight and velocity that made them so lethal. __________________ Confuscious says~

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11-30-2007, 10:34 AM	#2
purpahurl Advanced Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: shreveport Posts: 377 Rep Power: 246	There was a man here locally that would have some cannonballs made, also locally, and bury them with rock salt. After a few weeks he would dig them up and take them around to these reenactments and sell them as authentic.

11-30-2007, 11:01 AM	#3
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Were 8" cannonballs normally explosive? I thought that was mostly on cartoons.

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