Cannonball fragment?

[alderan33]

Can you definitively ID this piece of iron as a cannonball. It looks to be about 1/2" thick with a threaded hole. Thanks for any help.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

As you guessed, your find is indeed a cannonball fragment. Specifically, it is from a civil war 12-pounder caliber (4.62") Bormann-fuzed cannonball. For me to tell you whether it is a a yankee one or a Confederate one, I'll need you to clean the encrustation out of the fuzehole's threading, and post a couple more close-up photos of the threading.