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These iron balls would help to fill a canister, which, when shot from a cannon, resulted in a devastating shotgun-like effect. They were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The site was the location where on October 25, 1864 Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War. The shot was cleaned by electrolysis which passes an electrical current through a liquid solution to separate the rust from the artifact.
Date: 1864
Item Number: 455841
Call Number: 14LN337
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455841
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Military - Service - Army - Artillery
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Military - Weapons - Artillery - Cannons
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - Men
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Historic sites - Mine Creek Battlefield
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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