Course I meant largest and longest bombardment up until that time. You can’t judge the past by the future. I don’t think the length of fuse has anything to do with the length of trajectory of the ball. If the ball lands where is supposed to the fact that it blows up 15 seconds later it’s not nearly as big a deal as missing the target by 100 yards.
Not balls, spherical case shot. These were timed fused projectiles that would go a specific distance then explode.The range of a spherical case shot was determined by how long the fuse was cut. The range tables in the limbers of the ANV artillery were based on fuse performance of Richmond arsenal fuses. The Selma arsenal fuses did not perform as the Richmond arsenal fuses did. that is why, at Gettysburg, it seemed that the Confederate artillery overshot their targets.