Artifacts associated with the Confederate forces included an unfired
.69 caliber round musket ball, four unfired .54 caliper minnie
musket balls, a six-pounder solid shot for use with field artillery
piece, and five grape or canister iron balls. These balls
were used with either the 32-pounder gun as a canister round or 27
balls, or as grape shot for a 12-pounder gun with nine balls per
stand. Additionally, an iron lid and a fragment of a pearl ware
bowl were also recovered which were probably associated with the
Confederates inside the fort.
A number of artifacts, probably related to
the construction of the fort, were also found. They included
nine square nails, and iron rod fragment, and a piece of an iron
barrel band.
Most of the Union artifacts at the site
were shell fragments. The types of shells and shear number found
prove the fort withstood intense artillery fire. Some examples
of the unearthed artifacts include: six-inch shells as used with a
24-pounder and a James Rifle or Sawyer rifle, 1 three-inch Hotchkiss
shell fragment as used with a three-inch ordinance rifle, a bullet
fired from either a Spenser or Merrill carbine, and s fired .2 caliper
shell cartridge case for a Forehand and Wadsworth revolver.
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