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This Hotchkiss shell was fired from one of two 3-inch ordinance rifles, a rifled cannon, that comprised the Union artillery at the battle of Mine Creek. The shell fragment was cleaned by electrolysis which passes an electrical current through a liquid solution to separate the rust from the artifact. 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.
Date: 1864
Item Number: 455844
Call Number: 14LN337-687
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455844
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
Military - Weapons - Ammunition - Shells
Military - Weapons - Artillery - Cannons
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Historic sites - Mine Creek Battlefield
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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