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Projectile

Iron, shell, James Type I for 14-pound rifled James cannon. Surface pitted with rust. Reportedly found near the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, AR. Patented by Charles T. James, 22 Feb 1856, patent #14,315.

Anchor

Part of Stock of Anchor of U. S. Congress Frigate, rectangular piece of wood consisting of many holes. Burnt by CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") off Newport News 3-8-1862. Wood was…