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Shrapnel from Civil War battle
« on: March 29, 2009, 02:50:30 PM »
Here's some shrapnel from various types of Civil War era projectiles.  These were all dug up many years ago at the Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia battle site located on private property.



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Re: Shrapnel from Civil War battle
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 02:57:19 PM »
Interesting, thanks for the post!

Those would have left a mark !
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Re: Shrapnel from Civil War battle
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 03:00:17 PM »
Ouch.

Cool pics.
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