Fredericksburg cellar found

[napoleon 12 pounder]

pretty cool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/u...s-fleeting-glimpse-of-the-civil-war-past.html

 

[prroh]

How would one unload muzzle loaders, as stated in the article?

 

[BillO]

How would one unload muzzle loaders, as stated in the article?

They would have used a "worm ". It's a corkscrew looking thing that you screw onto the back end of your ramrod and then you run it down the barrel and twist and pull out the bullet.

 

[prroh]

They would have used a "worm ". It's a corkscrew looking thing that you screw onto the back end of your ramrod and then you run it down the barrel and twist and pull out the bullet.

I thought as much. Did every soldier have a worm or maybe one of ten or so.

 

[BillO]

That I'm not sure about. I think it was an issued item and then theres something called a sargents tool which loosely resembled a swiss army knife . It had a small screwdriver and worm and a couple of other implements I can't remember off the top of my head.

 

[Karen Lips]

pretty cool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/12/u...pse-of-the-civil-war-past.html[/quote]Awesome find! Thanks for sharing[/url].