The 7-inch artillery shell would have been fired from a 2,000-pound canon transported in a wagon by horse teams during the war.
The archeologist, using a metal detector ahead of work crews coming in to restore a section of Little Round Top, got a hit and started digging, said Jason Martz, a park spokesman. There, under about a foot of soil was an intact, ten-pound artillery shell.
Park employees cleared the area and closed nearby roads to ensure the safety of park staff, visitors and motorists while awaiting the arrival of ordnance disposal team from Fort Belvoir, Va.Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal division arrived Wednesday afternoon, took the shell to a secure location and exploded it, Martz said.
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