Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball with Worn Provenance Tag 19th Century 69th Infantry Division

69th Infantry Division

which is the later war "pigskin" type of leather

The tips of the hammers are worn down from hitting the back of the firing pins

it was almost certainly made in the Belgian Gunmaking city of Liège

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball with Worn Provenance Tag 19th Century 69th Infantry DivisionOriginal Item: One of a kind. This smoothbore projectile has a Bormann replacement fuze plug, but is missing the iron side loader plug. The Confederates discontinued the use of the Bormann fuze by 1863 and replaced it with an oversized copper fuze plug which screwed into the existing underplug threads, although this example appears to be lead. In an attempt to conserve lead, iron was used in the manufacture of the side loading plug. The Bormann