Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cannon ball fragment
Object Number:
X.250
Date:
1740-1759
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell fragment; curved.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this shell fragment was found on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, Canada, and was given by a donor identified only as "W.W.J."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
