Hurry, before I change my mine. However, by definition, a cannon ball is solid metal all the way through, no explosive chemicals inside. It has a 4 in diameter and is 8 lbs. There is a small hole on one side that goes down maybe half a inch or so. Lets clarify some terms. Buy online & support the Gettysburg Museum of History! 300 Civil War cannonballs found in Pennsylvania. Civil War Original Items - Bullets, Cannonball Fragment, Grapeshot, and more: Details » Bid on This Item »; Buy Now for $40.00 » Bid: $30.00 Buy: $40.00 Ships: Free I bought this cannonball today and can't figure out what it is. The discovery of the cannonball cache at the Allegheny Arsenal site represents a rare opportunity to learn more about our history at a time when Pittsburgh was the smoky Iron City and the Arsenal of the Union during the Civil War. It is also the lightest, weighing 5 ½ pounds and is 17 inches in circumference. Ending Saturday at 8:18PM PST 5d 20h. Nice dark patina, pretty sure this is copper which you seldom see. Although the small and medium cannon balls are completely round, the largest ball is lumpy and oddly shaped. Authentic artillery shells, musket balls, bullets, cannon balls, etc. 140-Yr.-Old Cannonball Kills Civil War Fan May 2, 2008 / 9:41 PM / AP Sam White got hooked on the U.S. Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in … $99.99. CIVIL WAR CANNONBALL . Round shot or solid shot or a cannonball or simply ball A solid spherical projectile made, in early times, from dressed stone but, by the 17th century, from iron. See more ideas about cannon, artillery, shells. The size is 8" long by 3 1/2" wide. FAST 'N FREE. This one almost went to my collection. The cannonballs are property of the US Army. Big dig! Dec 14, 2016 - Explore Terry Francis's board "Cannon balls from 1800" on Pinterest. The man I got it from said it was in a house some where in Missouri below St.Louis. 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