Confederate

Harding,  Sub-pattern III

 

DIAMETER:  6.25 inches
GUN: Rifled and Banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 11 3/4 inches
WEIGHT: 54 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper Ring
FUZING: Wooded Fuze Plug

This pattern was manufactured at Charleston, South Carolina and was apparently not used elsewhere.  A number of this pattern have been recovered near Long Island in Charleston.