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Description: Artillery shot-canister for a 12-pounder cannon. The canister has a wood sabot, iron dividing plate, and thirty-seven cast-iron grape shot. The grapeshot all have mold-seam lines, and some have sprue projections. The cylindrical canister has a soldered seam up one side and is nailed to the sabot, which is cut with two encircling grooves. A second plate inside the canister is loose. An iron disc divider is also present.
Title: MHS canister shot
Credit: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10430259&websites=no&brand=cms&q=civil%20war%20shot&startindex=1&count=25
Author: Minnesota Historical Society
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