The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Cannonball
Museum ID:
2003.427
Date:
1862
Description:
Lead cannon ball used during the Civil War; gold painted inscription on ball reads:"Rebel Shell thrown from Coggins Point into the Tent of Capt. John E. Tidd, 32nd Mass. Vols. At Harrisons Landing VA August 1862."
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Tidd, Mrs. John E.
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
Ammunition
Cannon balls
Cannonballs
Shells (Ammunition)
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
Weapons
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