Confederate · Read-Parrott

CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 159)

This specimen is quite long, Confederate iron band 30 pounders have been observed only with wooden fuze plugs, indicating that they were made early in the Civil War.  This specimen number "121" was recovered from Petersburg, Virginia.
CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 159)
© Jack W. Melton Jr.