Greater love has no man than this . . .

The Civil War ended in 1865. But it wasn't until 1997 that the last shot of that war was fired. In 1997, two young boys were playing around with their new Christmas present, a metal detector. Using their new toy, they came across a live shell that dates back to the Civil War.

The boys, Michael and Andrew Zimmerman of Winchester, Virginia, didn't know what the shell was at first. Neither did their uncle, Michael Robinson. He reports poking and banging on it as he examined it. Fortunately, Robinson called the police in to inspect their new find. The police recognized the strange object as an ancient ammunition shell. They exploded it in the Robinson's yard, creating a crater that measures four feet long and five feet wide. Robinson commented, "In a w…