This rare James
sub-pattern hot shot base was recovered from the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, which took
place in April 1862. A red-hot 12-pounder solid shot projectile was intended to be used
with this iron base. This pictured specimen is one of two known. James also
obtained patent #34,965, on April 15, 1862, for a similarly constructed base for the
6-pounder (3.67-inch caliber) Bormann-fuzed spherical projectile. To the authors'
knowledge the base described in this patent was not manufactured.
