On View
On viewMusket Ball
Date1774-1775
Terms
- Musket Balls
- Lead
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions1.55 cm (5/8 in.)
Credit LineMusket ball, Massachusetts, 1774-1775. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. Walton Ricketson and Miss Anna Ricketson; Th69a-c.
Object numberTH69C
DescriptionLead musket ball
In April 2016, Daniel Sivilich, conflict archaeologist and author of the book Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification (2016) measured (diameter and weight) the musket balls (Th69 a-c) with a history of recovery by Henry Thoreau at the North Bridge. He determined that the three balls have been fired and landed with low impact. Th69 (2) shows the impress of fabric from the patch and a slight flattening from the ramrod. Th69 (2) also has the flattened medial band occasioned by travel through the barrel. He determined the following calibers:
Th69 (1): 69 or70 caliber
Th69 (2): 63 caliber
Th69 (3): 66 caliber
Label with object reads: Three bullets / Supposed to have come from the battle field at Concord. / Thoreau collection
In April 2016, Daniel Sivilich, conflict archaeologist and author of the book Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification (2016) measured (diameter and weight) the musket balls (Th69 a-c) with a history of recovery by Henry Thoreau at the North Bridge. He determined that the three balls have been fired and landed with low impact. Th69 (2) shows the impress of fabric from the patch and a slight flattening from the ramrod. Th69 (2) also has the flattened medial band occasioned by travel through the barrel. He determined the following calibers:
Th69 (1): 69 or70 caliber
Th69 (2): 63 caliber
Th69 (3): 66 caliber
Label with object reads: Three bullets / Supposed to have come from the battle field at Concord. / Thoreau collection
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
- American Revolutionary War
Object number: 2013.3.1
Colt's Manufacturing Company
1848-1860
Object number: M2086A
Object number: M2086B
Object number: M2086C
Object number: M2086D
Object number: M2086E
Object number: 1997.9.4