Confederate

Brooke, Sub-pattern I

 

DIAMETER:   6.3 inches
GUN:  Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: 11 3/4  inches
WEIGHT:  About 62 pounds (estimated)
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper, Brooke ratchet ring FUZING: Wooden Fuze Plug
This specimen graphically illustrates the severe chipping that many Confederate conical projectiles were subject to.  This specimen was recovered in Virginia.