RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA CANNONBALL FOUND BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD - EXC

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RARE, AUTHENTIC REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA SOLID SHOT CANNONBALL FOUND AT BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD. WEIGHS APPROX. 1 LB 7 OZ. FOUND NEAR CHADD'S FORD - THE APPROACH ROUTE OF THE HESSIAN INFANTRY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1777 AS THEY ATTACKED THE AMERICANS ON HIGHER GROUND ACROSS THE RIVER - AN AMERICAN CANNONBALL FIRED AT THAT ADVANCE - THE OTHER HALF OF THE BRITISH FORCE UNDER GENERAL CORNWALLIS MARCHED 17 MILES AND CROSSED AT ANOTHER FORD TO ATTACK AND AMERICAN RIGHT FLANK AND FORCED A RETREAT OF GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARMY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON - THE AMERICANS DID NOT RUN , BUT WITHDREW IN GOOD ORDER - WASHINGTON WOULD REMEMBER HIS MISTAKES AND LEARN - AFTER THE HARD WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE THE AMERICAN ARMY WOULD RETURN AND FIGHT AS EQUALS AGAINST ANY BRITISH OR HESSIAN FORCE IT FACED TO THE END OF THE WAR IN 1783- CANNONBALL IS NICE CONDITION OVERALL - SOME PITTING WHICH ADDS CHARACTER- ORIGINAL AS FOUND CONDITION & PATINA!! - RARE RELIC FROM THIS HISTORIC AND FAMOUS BATTLE.