The technicians identified the unexploded ordnance as a live cannonball round used during the Civil War and determined its fusing mechanism was still intact, the state’s Office of the State Fire ...

Grant at Appomattox Court House effectively ending the Civil War. More than 1,000 surplus ... known as a “6-pounder” for the size of its cannonballs, was stored in the town-owned hearse ...

The Kent County Board of Commissioners emphasized the importance of the county's SafeChem drop-off sites on Thursday after someone used it to safely dispose of an active Civil War-era cannonball.

(WOOD) — The Kent County Department of Public Works says it evacuated its Wealthy Street facility last week after someone dropped off a cannonball that is believed to be from the Civil War era.

Irish and Sicard determined that the cannonball dates back to the Civil War era and could be live, “based on that finding, as well the Troopers’ experience and additional research.” ...

Landscapers were blown away when they found a possible Civil War cannonball while working in the yard of a Virginia home. The object — believed to be a rock at first — left real estate agent ...

Beverly said the true story of the cannonball begins during the Civil War during the same skirmish in which Confederate General John Hunt Morgan met his demise. “The only activity that caused ...

OVERBROOK, Kan. (KSNW) — A Civil War-era cannonball had to be removed by the Topeka bomb squad Tuesday afternoon. The Overbrook Police Department was called around 3:30 p.m. to a home in the 400 ...

April 10 (UPI) --Landscapers working in the back yard of a Virginia home made a surprising discovery: a suspected cannonball dating from the Civil War. Jasin Singh, a real estate agent with ...