This fired projectile is similar to
the projectile picture here. It has a small flat nose and two
grooves on the tapered cone. This pictured specimen was recovered from April 1862 battle
of Shiloh, Tennessee. The Confederates only had seven 3-inch rifles that were engaged
during the Battle of Shiloh. The 3-inch rifles were found in the following units of the
Army of the Mississippi: Stanford's Mississippi Battery, Gage's Alabama Battery, Hubbard's
Arkansas Battery, and Pettus's Mississippi Flying Artillery.
