Ten pound shell was meant to fire from a three-inch rifled Parrot cannon. Shell has remains of zinc time fuse in nose. Iron body is mostly smooth but has areas of light surface rust and pitting.

Surface is engraved, “GETTYSBURG 1863”. This engraving was done by Edward Woodward, who operated a souvenir shop in Gettysburg where he sold his engraved shells and relic boards. Woodward was a gunsmith born in England, who then immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in the 1850’s. He was patriotic to the Union when the Civil War broke out, and volunteered to attend wounded soldiers at the local Union Relief society. Woodward moved to Gettysburg in 1863 on behalf of the U.S. Christian Commission and worked without pay until the last of the wounded had been sent away. By 1865, Woodward became involved in Gettysburg’s souvenir market and opened a shop on Carlisle Street. Many artillery shells and cannonball lamps bear his trademark etchings, and he is also known for his relic desk displays. Woodward remained in Adams County for the rest of his life and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in 1894.  [sm]

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