Federal

James, Sub-Pattern I

 

DIAMETER: 6.9 inches
GUN: Rifled 42-pounder Smoothbore, 7-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 12 1/2 inches
WEIGHT: About 59 pounds
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Compound; paper, waxed canvas and heavy lead foil.  (Missing)
FUZING: Bourbon-James Percussion - Missing

A rather uncommon caliber.  Early in the war several smoothbore guns, of various caliber were rifled on the James system.  They were primarily used in the siege of Fort Pulaski, Georgia.  They were not highly regarded and no further developments were made.