Confederate

Dahlgren

 

 

DIAMETER: 6.9 inches
GUN: 7-inch Brooke Rifle
LENGTH: 16 3/4 inches
WEIGHT: About 111 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Lead
FUZING: Missing

Another in the series of Confederate variants of the Federal Navy Dahlgren system.  This specimen has two bourrelets and the base of the lead sabot is flat.  This pictured projectile is located in the West Point Military Academy Museum in New York.