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Confederate

Brooke, Sub-pattern III

 

DIAMETER:  6.3 inches
GUN: Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber
LENGTH: About 11 inches
WEIGHT:  About 55 pounds 8 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: Copper, Ratchet Disc   FUZING: Missing

This is rather short and light specimen on the Brooke ratchet sabot system.  This specimen was recovered from Vicksburg, Mississippi.