This is an example of
the combination of Read's wrought iron sabot and Parrott's body design. This projectile
was intended to be fired from the 10-pounder (2.9-inch caliber) Parrott rifle. Confederate
projectiles with this body style should be properly referred to as Read-Parrott's. Stamped
on opposite sides of the projectile's body are the letters "AR". This is
possibly the manufacturing stamp of A.J. Rahm, who was proprietor of Eagle Machine Works,
located in Richmond, Virginia. His company manufactured artillery, artillery carriages,
ammunition and tools, and outfitted gunboats during the period between 1862 and 1864.
Several Read-Parrott specimens with the "AR" stamp have been recovered from
sites in Virginia and South Carolina.
