Whitworth artillery shell
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 3 in. ( 27.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Iron and brass Whitworth artillery shell; tapered, cylindrical iron shell with flat base, rounded top, and brass collar.
Object Number:
X.407
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whitworth artillery shell, captured? at Fort Fisher, Id'd, (good History), Civil War?
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 in. ( 23.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Iron and brass Whitworth artillery shell; tapered, cylindrical iron shell with flat base, rounded top, and brass collar for screw-on cap; mark stamped onto oval flutes on center exterior.
Object Number:
X.403
Marks:
stamped: exterior: "3 IN WHITWORTH SHELL/CAPTURED IN FORT FISHER/JAN. 15 1865 BY R. ADML' PORTER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40296
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shell
Classification:
Date:
1855-1862
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 3 in. ( 22.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Iron Schenkel artillery shell; conical shell with hole at top for screw-on cap, and tapered, ribbed bottom section.
Object Number:
INV.7817
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
40294
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball
Classification:
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frank Brinley Porter
Object Number:
1924.134
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cannonball was taken from the Continental Navy ship Royal Savage, which was sunk by American forces to prevent her capture by British forces after the Battle of Valcour Island on October 11, 1776.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
40176
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball fragment
Classification:
Date:
1740-1759
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell fragment; curved.
Object Number:
X.250
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this shell fragment was found on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, Canada, and was given by a donor identified only as "W.W.J."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1759
eMuseum Object ID:
40175
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannon ball
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 in. ( 8.3 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Nash
Object Number:
X.251
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
40134
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cannonball
Classification:
Date:
1750-1815
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 in. ( 12.7 cm )
Description:
Iron cannonball.
Credit Line:
Purchase, 1935
Object Number:
Z.3130
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this cannonball was found near Quebec, Canada, and purchased by the Society in 1935.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
40099
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Package of cartridges (12)
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Lead, paper, cotton, gunpowder
Dimensions:
largest: 2 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead, paper, and cotton package of cartridges; eleven conical lead minie bullets and black gunpowder charges inside cylindrical brown paper wrappings tied with cotton string at both ends; cartridges wrapped inside paper package.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1923.111c-n
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40095
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Package of cartridges (7)
Classification:
Date:
1862-1872
Medium:
Lead, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead and paper cartridge package; six conical lead bullets inside paper wrapping with printed inscription on front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Richard Gelardin and Frank Clark
Object Number:
1955.75a-g
Marks:
printed: front wrapper: "PRESSED WATERPROOF/CARTRIDGES,/For COLT'S ARMY PISTOL./Patented March 18, 1862./MANUFACTURED BY THE/HAZARD POWDER CO.,/HAZARDVILLE, CONN."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1872
eMuseum Object ID:
40094
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Civil War 8 in. Armstrong shell
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 8 in. ( 40.6 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Iron and brass artillery shell; cylindrical iron shell with rectangular brass knobs protruding from sets of five holes on body, domed bottom, and screw-on domed cap; stamped mark on body.
Object Number:
X.409
Marks:
stamped: body: "8 IN ARMSTRONG SHELL/CAPTURED IN FORT FISHER/JAN. 15TH 1865/BY/R. ADMIRAL PORTER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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