Confederate

Dahlgren

 

 

DIAMETER:  6.3 inches
GUN: Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 11 3/4 inches
WEIGHT: About 54 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Lead
FUZING: Confederate Water Cap

This interesting Confederate projectile is more or less a copy of the Federal Navy Dahlgren.   Instead of raised vertical surfaces for a bearing surface it uses interrupted bourrelets, serving also as flame grooves.  The lead sabot is affixed in the Dahlgren fashion.  No doubt an experimental projectile.  This pictured specimen is located in the West Point Military Academy Museum in New York.