Confederate
Read-Parrott
DIAMETER: 3.35 inches
GUN: 3.4-inch caliber rifle
LENGTH: 7 7/8 inches
WEIGHT: 11 pounds 7 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Shell
SABOT: Copper ring
FUZING: Copper fuze plug, paper time fuze
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Confederate
DIAMETER: 3.35 inches |
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| This unfired Read-Parrott specimen was recovered from a Confederate Fort located at High Bridge, Virginia. Several hundred projectiles of various patterns were found in this cache. This pictured example has a time fuze plug made of copper. 4-pounder smoothbore cannon were originally cast at the Virginia Manufactory of Arms in the early 1800's and were subsequently rifled to 3.4-inch caliber at another site by the Confederates during the war. | ||||