Civil War-era cannonball detonated by Maryland bomb squad

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posted by doggone on Whatever

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Didn't know any of them were explosive. I thought they were all solid iron.

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I'm curious how they were used...like did they do the initial blast and set the balls to explode minutes later, giving a double strike for one shot?

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[–] Mattvision 1 points (+1|-0)

"Wait, hold your fire! It looks like they're surrendering!"

"But sir, what do we do about the-"

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[–] doggone [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

...a resident reported they had been given the cannonball by a relative who found it near the Monocacy Battlefield in Frederick County.

The person said they called authorities after another family member raised concerns that it could explode.

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Civil War-era cannonball detonated by Maryland bomb squad

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