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Revolutionary War Grapeshot

Grapeshot – small cast iron ball grapeshot found near Fort Ninety Six, South Carolina, Revolutionary War, c. 1770-1780, diameter 1.25 inches. Ninety Six, South Carolina was a strategic frontier town during the southern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. Grapeshot is a type of shot made up of many small metal balls or slugs, discharged together from a gun or cannon.