27. GETTYSBURG GUN: A Cannonball Trapped in Time

<p>In the entrance of the Rhode Island state house there is a cannon with a cannonball stuck in its muzzle. And for 100 years, no one checked to see if that cannon was filled with explosive gunpowder. </p><p>To Visit: Rhode Island State House | 82 Smith St, Providence, RI 02903</p><p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Our-Story-Legacy-Battery-Artillery/dp/B092467DKK">Our Story: The Lives and Legacy of Those Who Served in Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170702/on-gettysburg-anniversary-cannon-in-ri-has-story-to-tell">On the Gettysburg anniversary, a cannon in R.I. has a story to tell</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/ri-state-house/online-tour/first-floor">First Floor - Rhode Island - Nellie M. Gorbea</a></li><li><a href="http://www.gdg.org/research/MOLLUS/mollus14.html">The Gettysburg Gun</a></li><li><a href="http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/rhode-island/rhode-island-battery-b/">Civil War monument to Battery B 1st Rhode Island Artillery at Gettysburg</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://www.historynet.com/picketts-charge-gettysburg">Pickett's Charge Facts</a></li><li><a href="https://goordnance.army.mil/history/Staff%20Ride/STAND%203%20ARTILLERY%20AND%20SMALL%20ARMS/ARTILLERY%20IN%20THE%20CIVIL%20WAR.pdf">Artillery in the Civil War</a></li><li><a href="https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/rhode-island/rhode-island-battery-b/">1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B</a></li><li><a href="https://killedatgettysburg.org/william-jones-1st-rhode-island-light-artillery/">William Jones, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery – Killed at Gettysburg</a></li></ul>