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Object Name |
Shot, Canister |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01861 |
Description |
The canister shot is a single piece of spherical iron. Previously attached to a velvet-covered cardboard display backing. |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.75 inches |
Owner Regiment |
Co. C, Cadet Battalion, Virginia Military Institute |
Event |
Battle of New Market |
Provenance |
This piece of canister shot seriously wounded the right leg of Private John N. Upshur, Co. C, Cadet Battalion, Virginia Military Institute, at the Battle of New Market, Virginia on May 15, 1864. "The Federal guns were double-shotted [sic] and superbly served. Only one additional salvo was fired before the cadets took the battery by a bayonet assault." --Donor paperwork, presented by the Widow of Dr. Upshur |
People |
Upshur, John Nottingham |
Search Terms |
bullets that wounded people Virginia Military Institute VMI V.M.I. |
Subjects |
Cadets Students Military colleges Military schools Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |