Confederate

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DIAMETER:  6.3 inches
GUN: Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 12 1/8 inches
WEIGHT: About 66 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT:  Lead
FUZING: Bourbon-James Percussion
The use of lead for sabots was not common in the Confederate service for large caliber projectiles.  This specimen has a raised iron rod or unthreaded bolt about 1 inch in diameter and 1/2 inch high in the center of the projectile base.  The purpose is unknown.