TEXAS 4 POUNDER CANNONBALL, THE ALAMO, 1836

Description

TEXAS 4 POUNDER CANNONBALL  FIRED AT THE ALAMO, 1836
This Texas 4 pounder cannonball was found
in the rubble on the south east corner of the Alamo by Sergeant Edward Bothwell of Edgar’s Battery, Alamo Guards, Texas State Troops in 1860 when the battery was being formed.                                                                                There were four 4 pounder cannons on field carriages behind a wood
palisade & is where Davy Crocket & his Tennessee Volunteers were during the battle.
It is about 3 1/16” in diameter & is in good condition with light/medium to medium pitting & has a brown patina.                                                                                                                        It had been on display in the
Brownsville
,
Texas
United Confederate Veterans Museum from the late 1890’s until 1929 when the museum closed down.
The last curator, James Andrews had a great interest in The Alamo & collected as many artifacts as he could find.
He had a relative that died at The Alamo so he had a great respect for the artifacts from this historic sight.
He took these artifacts home with him when the museum closed down.
It comes with a letter from the grandson of that curator who inherited the museum’s collection.
See the Texas 3 pounder, the 18 pounder & Mexican grape & canister shot balls listed separately.
*On February 28, 1836 the Mexicans established artillery batteries, initially about 1,000 feet from the south and east walls of the
Alamo
.
A third battery was positioned southeast of the fort. Each night the batteries inched closer to the Alamo walls.
During the first week of the siege more than 200 cannonballs landed in the Alamo plaza.                                             At first, the Texians matched Mexican artillery fire, often reusing the Mexican cannonballs.