IMAGE
black and white picture of lead shot of different sizes, organized in piles of largest to smallest
Created: ca. 1775-1781
Medium: Material Culture, Ammunition, Cannonball

Ammunition from Yorktown

These examples of various sizes of lead shot were recovered from Lord Cornwallis’s sunken ships in the York River by archaeologists in 1934 and 1935. They are currently held by the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News.