Confederate

Tennessee Sabot, sub-pattern I

 

DIAMETER: 5.2 inches
GUN: Rifled 18-pounder Smoothbore, 5.3-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 10 3/4 inches
WEIGHT: About 31 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper
FUZING: Wooden Fuze Plug

Very few rifled 18-pounders were in use.  This specimen is on the conventional Tennessee Sabot system with the disc secured by a bolt and three iron pins.  According to Dickey's numbering system, "32" items were recovered from Rose Dhu Island, Georgia.