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Grapeshot
Description
- Sponsors:
- Media Type:
- Object
- Description:
- This is an example of ammunition used in artillery during the War of 1812.
Commonly termed a grapeshot, this round grayish ball of lead has a circumference of 3 3/4 inches. The surface is not smooth and ranges in color from gray, brown to rust.
Grapeshot was made up of canvas bags that held a large number of iron balls similar to a shot gun shell. These rounds were used to defeat infantry and cavalry columns.
- Date of Original:
- circa 1812
- Dimensions:
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Width: 9.5 cm
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- X2010.4.1
- Geographic Coverage:
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Latitude: 43.155480911291896
Longitude: -79.19425964355469
- Copyright Statement:
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date:
- 2010
- Creative Commons licence:
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- Image courtesy of the St. Catharines Museum
- Terms of Use:
- Please contact the St. Catharines Museum for any reproduction of this image
- Contact:
St. Catharines Museum
Email:
WWW address:
Agency street/mail address: 1932 Welland Canals Parkway
P.O. Box 3012
St. Catharines, ON
L2R 7C2
Phone: 905-984-8880
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