They fired up to a half-pound cannon ball or grape shot.
However, Steuart was severely injured in the shoulder by grape shot, and had to be carried from the battlefield.
"He told me he'd lost it by grape shot, but I didn't think to ask about the details."
A cannon that the Earl appears to be sitting on, indecorously fires grape shot.
With grape shot, at this close range, they ought to pulverize them soon enough.
After nearly being cut down by a blast of grape shot, Howe and his staff quickly rode off.
Some grape shot was made with thin metal or wood disks between the layers, held together by a central bolt.
Just then, three American cannons came into action and fired a blast of grape shot.
Let us soften them up with a little grape shot.
The rebel cannons loaded with grape shot did deadly execution.