A woman was magnet fishing by Swift Creek in Colonial Heights when she pulled in something completely unexpected — a live Civil War-era cannonball. A woman was magnet fishing by Swift Creek in ...

This cannon-ball was fired from Castle Cornet ... As a result, during the English Civil War the castle became a Royalist stronghold. Guernsey itself, however, supported the Parliamentarians.

The Civil War was a violent conflict, but cannonballs and rifles weren't the only dangers soldiers faced. Illness and disease, compounded by poor nutrition, accounted for more than half of all deaths.