major john mcferrin who was in the 70th ohio infantry serving in sherman's division assigned to ralph buckland's brigade, so that would have been on his horse as he participated in the battle. the 70th saw significant action, but he would be dead in october of 1862 from fever. the majority of the artillery rounds all have provenience to shiloh, recovered through the years from the battlefield representing the types of explosive rounds or solid shot utilized here. about half of grant's artillery was rifled artillery. there were smooth bore artillery, probably about 85%. two gun boats in play at the battle of shiloh. "uss tyler" and "lexington," wooden gun boats, in fact. large eight-inch guns and 32-pounders. served well in defense and left of grant's last line, and then they fired salvos into the confederate-held camps throughout the night of the 6th on into the morning of the 7th. shrapnel from the gun boat fire found on the battlefield. we've found shrapnel as far as three miles inland from pittsburg landing. the drum, don't know a great deal about the story behind the drum. it's one of the ea