1/2 - 9" CASE SHOT (CANNON BALL) WITH SHOT AND MATRIX EXPOSED

THIS IS A SELDOM RECOVERED ITEM... APPX. ONE HALF OF A 9" CASE SHOT CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL 1" IRON SHOT (BALLS), SOME STILL EMBEDDED IN THE MATRIX MATERIAL. THE BALL WAS PROBABLY FIRED FROM A 9" DALGHREN SMOOTHBORE CANNON INTO THE VICKSBURG DEFENSES, WHERE I RECOVERED IT. I CANNOT BE SURE OF THE MATRIX MATERIAL, THOUGH IT IS PROBABLY SULPHUR OR ROSIN. ONE PHOTO BELOW SHOWS THE ARTIFACT WITH THE LOOSE SHOT (RECOVERED WITH THE ARTIFACT) LYING ATOP THE MATRIX MATERIAL, ANOTHER SHOWS THE LOOSE SHOT REMOVED, EXPOSING THE IRON SHOT STILL EMBEDDED IN THE MATRIX MATERIAL. THE FUSE HOLE HAS THREADS AND WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD ONE OF THE 10-SECOND BORMAN FUSES INSTALLED, THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER POSSIBILITIES. THIS RELIC WAS RECENTLY SOLD.