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Confederate
DIAMETER: 2.94 inches |
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| The typical Tennessee Sabot projectile in this caliber is found with a wooden fuze plug for a paper time fuze. This specimen was found near the battlefield of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, which took place in 1864, and has a copper fuze plug. Attempts were made to increase the chances of ignition of the paper time fuze by filing notches in the copper sabot to allow the flame of the discharge to pass. This met with limited success. Note the one flame groove cut out in the copper sabot in this projectile. Approximately one-forth of the Tennessee Sabot projectiles that were fired exploded. | ||||