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[TheCannonballGuy]

Another civil war era "half of a Stereoview" photo, showing the burned ruins of the Richmond Arsenal. Huge stacks of Heavy-Caliber cannonballs in the background, and a jumble of "Stands of Grapeshot" in the foreground. Those heavy-caliber grapeshot were made for use by the Confederate Navy's ironclads in the nearby James River. At the time of the civil war, grapeshot was for Navy use against ships, not for Army use against infantry charges. Grapeshot contained only nine balls... large ones (as you see in the photo), for smashing an enemy ship's masts and sail-spars. But when you're an Army artilleryman faced with a thousand enemy infantrymen charging at you, you want cannon ammo with contains several dozen balls in every shot. That's what artillery Canister ammo is.

The stereoview photo card this photo is mounted on says it was taken on the Richmond Arsenal grounds "near the Petersburg railroad."

 

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[against the wind]

Met a very gifted young man today.

 

[ecmo]

Met a very gifted young man today.

I have watched chainsaw artists at work and they fascinate and amaze me with their skill.

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[Blak bart]

That is incredible !! If you set it up in some nice woods somewhere, how many bullet holes do you think it would have in it in a week ??

 

[against the wind]

He could easily get big bucks for these pieces in NYC.

 

[hvacker]

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There saying that it could hug the west coast of florida AARC. Either way, I think we're both going to take a thrashing. Gonna be a long day of preping. Guess ill put the shutters up. Hang on everyone !!

My wife has a brother in Englewood Fla. In the past he has considered Englewood as a safe harbor as storms have often
passed by w/o serious problems. Not sure how. Englewood is on the west coast of Fla. I might have headed NW for awhile.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Miss Lily Elsie

 

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[trdking]

Latest Gameshow for Snowflakes

 

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....How Old IS Elvira ?

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

....How Old IS Elvira ?

this slinky lady is not Elvira, as this photo pre-dates her by a couple of years...!
...besides, you never should ask a lady how OLD she is...!

 

[trdking]

One more civil war era photo of the burnt-out ruins of the Richmond Arsenal, showing stacks of Heavy-Caliber cannonballs and explosion-strewn cannonballs, at Richmond VA, in mid-April 1865, shortly after the city fell to the yankees.

Remember, if you want to examine the ammunition or other details, you can click on the photo to enlarge it, and a couple more times for super-enlargement.

Each of y'all in the path of Hurricane Irma are in my prayers. Please take all prudent precautions and good care of yourselves.

thats some pretty high res for the 1800's Spectacular pic. Where is all of that today?

 

[hvacker]

....How Old IS Elvira ?

That's what the light switch is for..................

 

[Oregon Viking]

Rouge river Oregon.

 

[Blak bart]

Rouge river Oregon.

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Yes sir thats a nice one !!! Congrats !!!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Another "stacks of civil war artillery shells" photo... but this is a modern-era one. Taken in the early 1960s, it shows the trove of several hundred Confederate shells from the magazine of one of the CS forts guarding the enormous railroad trestle known as High Bridge, in Virginia. The boys in the photo made the find, and excavated all those shells. The boys' parents refused to allow the shells to be brought into the house, so they sat in the yard for many years, deteriorating badly, which is why most of the shells from the High bridge magazine are badly corroded.

 

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