12-pounder CS Bormann Copy

Confederate

Spherical

DIAMETER: 4.52 inches
GUN: 12-pounder smoothbore, 4.62-inch caliber
LENGTH: -
WEIGHT: 11 pounds 1 ounce
CONSTRUCTION: Case shot
SABOT: Wooden cup (missing)
FUZING: Confederate copy of the Bormann time fuze

Due to the repeated poor performance of the Confederate copy of the Bormann time fuze, its manufacture was discontinued by 1863. Often the remaining Bormann time fuzed projectiles were drilled and reamed in the center of the fuze to accept a paper time fuze that was inserted in the newly created fuze well. Often the face of the fuze was hammered flat, thus obliterating the numbers, as shown in the pictured specimen. These altered projectiles have been recovered from Honey Hill, South Carolina, and Augusta, Georgia. Examples have also been also recovered in 6-pounder (3.67-inch caliber) smoothbore projectiles.

The example below is a fixed 12-pounder Bormann fuzed ball. This is similar to how fixed-ammunition was manufactured during the Civil War.

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