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Federal

Spherical

 

DIAMETER:  9.8 inches
GUN:  10-inch Mortar
LENGTH:  -
WEIGHT:  About 88 pounds
CONSTRUCTION:  Shell
SABOT:  None
FUZING: Wooden Mortar Fuze - Missing.

Although fired in 1865 this is a very early and pre-war specimen with raised loops instead of the conventional "ears".