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VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)
VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)

VERY RARE UNION 12 POUND BOTTOM IRON BASE PLATE EXCAVATED (PORT HUDSON)

$ 79.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    12# Canister Bottom base plate. Produced by the Federal Ordnance Department, this artillery round is referred to as a Civil War twelve-pound canister. this cylindrical, heavy artillery smoothbore round is filled with twenty-seven 1½” diameter iron balls arranged in four horizontal layers of six balls with three balls vertically at the center.
    Most often fired from the bronze Napoleon 12-pounder smoothbore heavy cannon, the canister round was broken by the gun’s discharge and the projectiles spread out into a cone pattern that was very effective against enemy infantry. This  bottom base plate has the cupped indentions that are very desired.
    From the Port Hudson area.