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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
They had grape and canister rounds in the Civil War. The woodclad gunboat USS Conestoga made an incursion down the Mississippi to scout Confederate strongholds on September 10, 1861. Her report states that they were fired on by a southern regiment at one point. A barrage of grapeshot from four 8" Dalgrens sent the lot of them scurrying over the hill.
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grape and cannister way, way, predate the ACW. They even predate the USA.
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