<div id="subtitle">Ark. man digging in garden unearths a Civil War-era cannonball that could be still explosive</div><div><p>Officials say a Fort Smith man digging in his garden unearthed a Civil War-era cannonball that's possibly still explosive. The unidentified man was tending to his garden Tuesday at his home when he found the rusted, 4-inch-diameter iron ball.</p><p>Bill Black, the park superintendent of the Fort Smith National Historic Site, said the cannonball appears to be a live round that's about 145 years old.</p><p>Fort Smith Fire Department officials plan to shoot at the cannonball with a shaped charge, which will either detonate the round, break it open or put a hole in it. Black said he hopes to keep the remnants at the Fort Smith National Historic Site.</p><p>There were a number of Civil War engagements in and around Fort Smith, including the Battle of Massard Prairie.</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: Southwest Times Record, http://www.swtimes.com/</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=48680069&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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