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Shot and Shell
Fort Washington's solid masonry walls offered good protection against shot from smoothbore cannon of the early 19th century.
When rifled artillery was introduced in the late 1850s and used during the Civil War, effectiveness of masonry structures decreased. The new weapons ...
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A Perfect Storm of Shot and Shell
March 8, 1862 - Morning
...[the Yankees] opened a perfect storm of round and shrapnell shot and shell...[the ground] was literally ploughed up by cannon ball...It is a perfect miracle that any of us ever came out.
John J. Good, captain, Dallas ...
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