Confederate

Dahlgren
Converted to a
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

This projectile has been altered from a Confederate Dahlgren copy to the reverse Tennessee Sabot system.  The interrupted bourrelets present both flame grooves and bearing surfaces. This projectile has a strong "family" resemblance to that shown in Figure 71.