Confederate

Tennessee Sabot, Sub-pattern II

 

DIAMETER:  6.3 inches
GUN: Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 12 3/4 inches
WEIGHT: About 60 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell      SABOT: Copper, Reverse Tennessee Sabot
FUZING: Confederate Water Cap Fuze Plug

A typical specimen of this system, fitted with water cap fuze plug.  This specimen was recovered in the Federal Battery on Dean Forrest Road in Savannah, Georgia.