Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball Receiver Top Cover This excellent condition example includes

This excellent condition example includes

300 meters of land in World War I

It measures approximately 11" x 9" x 4"

as most were altered to percussion during the 1840s-50s as part of a movement to standardize ammunition throughout the country

not the usual steel or other metal that we see

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball Receiver Top Cover This excellent condition example includesOriginal Item: One of a kind. This smoothbore projectile has a Bormann replacement fuze plug and an iron side loader plug. The Confederates discontinued the use of the Bormann fuze by 1863 and replaced it with an oversized copper fuze plug which screwed into the existing underplug threads. In an attempt to conserve lead, iron was used in the manufacture of the side loading plug. The Bormann replacement fuze plug is also found in a 6 pounder (3. 67