Rest in Peace. I really admire those who so deeply cherish and know our history.
1 posted on
05/02/2008 8:39:17 PM PDT by
fishhound
To: fishhound
One thing I learned shooting old time black powder guns over the years is that unlike smokeless powder, black powder has a very long shelf life.
2 posted on
05/02/2008 8:42:42 PM PDT by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: fishhound
Color me ignorant, but I didn’t know that old cannonballs explode. I honestly thought that the explosion was in the cannon, which propelled the ball as a projectile and the resulting damage was from impact, not explosion.
How are those things constructed?
4 posted on
05/02/2008 8:46:30 PM PDT by
Jedidah
To: fishhound
What did these cannonballs use for a detonator? Was there some kind of primer/fuse that went off on impact?
5 posted on
05/02/2008 8:47:05 PM PDT by
Sender
("Why is it that I can't just eat my waffle?" - Barack Hussein Obama)
To: fishhound
“Now, son, gunpowder is very safe, and i’m a trained profeessional. Hand me that blowtorch so I can get started.”
9 posted on
05/02/2008 8:51:40 PM PDT by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: fishhound
Holy delayed-reaction, Batman!
11 posted on
05/02/2008 8:53:43 PM PDT by
the invisib1e hand
("resort not to force until every just law be defied")
To: fishhound
On the other hand I could see a few names!
Names I wouldn’t loose sleep over!
To: fishhound
Cannonballs don’t explode.
Shells do.
21 posted on
05/02/2008 9:04:59 PM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
To: fishhound
Yes, I think some other posters got it right. This was a shell, not a cannon ball. Any Civil War experts out there? is the Civil War the first one to use shells?
43 posted on
05/02/2008 10:50:21 PM PDT by
1955Ford
To: fishhound
Where's the obligatory “At least he died doing what he loved” comment?
47 posted on
05/02/2008 11:18:47 PM PDT by
Nachoman
(My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
To: fishhound; Brucifer
Bump for an interesting thread fishbound. Condolences to the relic collector's family.
You are viewing an impressive image of Fair Oaks, Virginia,vicinity. Lieutenant Robert Clarke, Captain John C. Tidball, Lieutenant William N. Dennison, and Captain Alexander C.M. Pennington. It was taken in 1862 by Gibson, James F., b. 1828.
The image shows theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
60 posted on
05/03/2008 5:56:08 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: fishhound
May this good man rest in peace. Not to disparage these collectors, I see they do a great service in making people aware of history and preserving the relics, but technically, don’t any munitions found in old battlefields rightly belong not to the collector, but to the U.S. government?
65 posted on
05/03/2008 8:36:33 PM PDT by
baa39
To: fishhound; 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten; 359Henrie; 6323cd; 75thOVI; abb; ACelt; Adrastus; A message; ...
Thanks for posting this detailed article, fishhound.
To all: please ping me to threads that are relevant to the MilHist list (and/or) please add the keyword "MilHist" to the appropriate thread. Thanks in advance.
Please FREEPMAIL indcons if you want on or off the "Military History (MilHist)" ping list. 68 posted on
05/05/2008 10:37:12 AM PDT by
indcons
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