40-pound Ball Shot
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
notes: label: Description
content: On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 a.m. canon fire shattered that Friday's morning silence as the Confederates opened the Civil War with the first shot. Their target was Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold located off the coast of South Carolina. Thirty-four hours later, the fort would surrender and the Confederate forces would claim their first victory.
label: Description
content: This 40-pound ball shot was fired from Fort Sumter. The shot was aimed at a floating battery near Sullivan's Island.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Hutson Ford
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.10865
label: catalog number
content: 10865
label: accession number
content: 48535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shot
label: Other Terms
content: shot; Ammunition, Artillery