U.S. / C.S. 12-POUNDER SOLID SHOT – FROM G.A.R. “SKELLY” POST #9, GETTYSBURG

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This is the most common solid shot projectile of any caliber used during the Civil War by both the Federal and Confederate forces. This is a solid iron cannon ball with dark brown tone and smooth surface.

In use, the ball would have been secured to a wood sabot by two crossed iron straps. A powder bag would be tied to a groove in the base of the sabot. After attaching the powder charge, the round was referred to as fixed ammunition. The 12-pounder Napoleon smoothbore cannon firing a 12-pound solid shot with 2.5 pounds of powder at five degrees elevation had a range of 1,680 yards.

This may have been a relic of the Battle of Gettysburg as it was acquired from the collection in the local G.A.R. post. In 1867, Gettysburg Civil War veterans organized the “Corporal Johnston H. Skelly Post No. 9 of the G.A.R.” Named for a Gettysburg resident and member of Company F, 87th Pennsylvania Volunteers who had been mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester on June 13, 1863. By 1880, membership had grown to the point that they needed to buy a Post home. The empty Methodist Church on East Middle Street seemed appropriate for their needs, and in March of 1880 the Post 9 trustees purchased it for $600. In more recent years, some of the items collected in the Post were sold to pay for renovations.  [jet][ph:L]

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