Confederate

Spherical

 

DIAMETER:  About 6.25 inches
GUN:  32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH:  -
WEIGHT:  About 26 pounds 4 ounces with sabot
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT:  Wooden Cup
FUZING:  Wooden Fuze Plug

This unfired specimen, with its wooden sabot and tin straps is from a cache uncovered during the construction of an expressway in Atlanta, Georgia. These projectiles were packed two to a wooden box.  The boxes were addressed to "Gen Jos. Johnston, Atlanta, Geo.".