Confederate

Selma

 

DIAMETER:  3.21 inches
GUN:  3.3-inch Confederate rifle
LENGTH:  6 3/4 inches
WEIGHT:  10 pounds 11 ounces
CONSTRUCTION:  Solid shot
SABOT:  Copper plate
FUZING:  None
Stamped into the nose of this projectile and into the bottom of the copper sabot is the letter "G", which indicates Selma Arsenal manufacture. Similar projectiles have been recovered with the letter "R" stamped into the nose and sabot of the projectile. The significance of this letter "R" is unknown to the authors.  Projectiles of this Sub-pattern have been recovered from Milledgeville, Georgia, and Selma, Alabama. The base of the solid-copper sabot plate is slightly concave as is typical of this projectile's sabot system.