Confederate

Read-Parrott

 

 

DIAMETER: 4.1 inches
GUN: 30-pounder Parrott Rifle, 4.2-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 12 5/8 inches
WEIGHT: About 28 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper Ring
FUZING: Missing
This specimen has a quite high band and has chipped badly.  The projectile body is machined to bore size, with a definite cannelure at the beginning of the ogive.  This projectile was recovered from Blakely, Alabama.