Federal

Schenkl

 

DIAMETER: 4.4 inches
GUN: 4.5-inch Siege Rifle
LENGTH: 12 1/2 inches
WEIGHT: About 26 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Papier-mâché', missing
FUZING: Percussion Fuze
This specimen has a large rebated area, the reason is not known.  This is the type that was fired into Atlanta, Georgia, during the siege of that city, in 1864.