Artillery shell fragments (5)
Classification:
Date:
1900-1914
Medium:
Iron, brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Iron and brass artillery shell fragments; one circular base, three cone-shaped head fragments with concentric rings at neck and stopper; one head fragment has brass lining on interior; stamped marks on stopper, base, and on one head fragment.
Credit Line:
Presented by Abraham L. Danziger, 1919
Object Number:
INV.8037.1-5
Marks:
stamped: base: "2091"; "M" (below crown)
stamped: stopper: "Sp..gr"
stamped: head fragment: "670"; "M" (below crown)
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this artillery shell was fired into the Port of Bone, Algeria, by the German cruiser Breslau on August 4, 1914.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
38174
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder flask
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Brass, leather, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 22.5 x 9.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Brass and leather powder flask; pear-shaped with cylindrical mouthpiece at top of circular collar and hinged lever on side; stamped on both sides is hound walking through wooded background; sitiched brown leather cover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry L. Shapiro
Object Number:
1950.69
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
33921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullet
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Lead, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Lead and brass cartridge; conical lead cartridge encased in brass jacket; stamped mark at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.1694
Marks:
stamped: bottom: "U.M.C./SH/.50-70"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
33008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Lead, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Lead and brass cartridge; conical lead cartridge encased in brass jacket; stamped mark at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.1695
Marks:
stamped: bottom: "U.M.C./SH/.50-70"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
32961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullets
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
largest: 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead bullets; one conical Minie slug; one round ball; one flattened slug.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Margaret Bradley
Object Number:
INV.10266b-d
Gallery Label:
These bullets were found on Antietam battlefield by Joseph Bradley, son of Civil War Lieutenant Joseph Bradley of the 5th New York Cavalry.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
30431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iron grape shot
Classification:
Date:
1850-1861
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description:
Iron grapeshot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Margaret Bradley
Object Number:
1940.934
Gallery Label:
Acccording to accession records, this grapeshot was found at Bald Hill, Virginia, which was where the 5th New York Regiment was stationed during the Battle of Bull Run.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
30425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Torpedo
Classification:
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 84 1/2 x 15 in. ( 69.8 x 214.6 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Black painted iron torpedo; cylindrical torpedo with conical tip made of iron plates riveted together.
Object Number:
INV.7825
Marks:
painted: on top: "From Capt. L. Paulding U.S. Gun Boat, St. Louis/To Chamber OF Commerce New York"
Gallery Label:
This torpedo is from the "St. Louis," a stern wheel casemate gunboat, which was rebuilt for the War Department and launched in 1861, joining the Western Gunboat Fleet. During 1862, the "St. Louis," under the command of Lieutenant Leonard Paulding, participated in the capture of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. The torpedo was presented to the Chamber of Commerce of New York sometime between 1862 and 1867, the year of Paulding's death.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
28429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Lead, paper, cotton, gunpowder
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 7.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Lead, paper, and cotton cartridge; conical lead minie bullet and black gunpowder charge contained inside brown paper wrapping tied with cotton string at front end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1923.111a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
28113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1777
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Whittemore
Object Number:
1934.156
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cannonball was found around 1912 near the Revolutionary War battlefield at Saratoga, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1777
eMuseum Object ID:
27285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder horn
Classification:
Date:
1763
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 6 x 16 in. ( 8.6 x 15.2 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover at one end with metal loop; horn incised with a school of fish on one side, outdoor setting on the opposite side with two male figures, two horses and one ox.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1957.218
Gallery Label:
This powder horn, made by John Stone, was used by John Vail.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1763
eMuseum Object ID:
24975
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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