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CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 161)
Confederate · Read-Parrott
CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 161)
The Federal 30-pounder Parrott projectiles were never made with wrought-iron Read sabots.
© Jack W. Melton Jr.
© Jack W. Melton Jr.