Confederate

Read-Parrott

 

 

DIAMETER: 4.1 inches
GUN: 30-pounder Parrott Rifle, 4.2-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 9 5/8 inches
WEIGHT: About 24 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Wrought Iron
FUZING: Wooden Fuze Plug

This rather short and light specimen has an almost hemispherical nose and was designed near the end of the war to prevent projectiles of this caliber from tumbling in flight.  It was thought that a conical nose caused this tumbling.  This specimen number "121" was recovered from Petersburg, Virginia.