Confederate

Selma

DIAMETER: 5.7 inches
GUN: Rifled 24-pounder Smoothbore, 5.82-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 8 7/8  inches
WEIGHT: About 41 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Bolt
SABOT: Copper, Clover Leaf
FUZING: None

For some reason the copper "clover leaf" sabot in this caliber was generally damaged in firing, part or all of the bottom disc was torn off.  Half of the sabot of this specimen is missing.  This specimen was recovered from the Port Hudson, Louisiana battlefield.