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12lb. Bormann ground burst


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I found this 12lb. Bormann cannonball close to the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield (on private property with permission for life). I dug every piece of it out of the ground and pieced it back together. It has 72 lead balls inside. The hole was about 2 feet deep when I got the last piece out.

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manayunkman

How do you think it ended up there ?

 

And were all the pieces close together ?

 

Was it a dud ?

 

Love the way you got it all back together !

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I cannot say how it ended up in the ground, poor sighting of the gun with all the confusing but I believe the fuse might have been cut wrong. The hole was about 2-3 feet deep and across so when it exploded the pieces didn't go far.

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