Yes. In the Union Army it was called "cannister:" shot and other metal in a canvass bag to be fired from a cannon at attacking industry. It appears to have had the effect of buckshot, but buckshot fired from a five inch wide barrel. Harold S. Forsythe Golieb Fellow NYU Law School ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anderson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:08 PM Subject: Definition of "case shot" > In my earlier message today I asked what a "case shot" was. Just got the > bright idea to check the dictionary: > > "a quantity of small projectiles enclosed in a single case, as a shrapnel > shell, for firing from a gun." > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html