Confederate
Spherical
DIAMETER: 5.63 inches
GUN: 24-pounder Coehorn mortar, 5.82-inch caliber
LENGTH: -
WEIGHT: 16 pounds 4 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Shell
SABOT: None
FUZING: Wooden fuze plug, paper time fuze
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Confederate
DIAMETER: 5.63 inches |
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| The 24-pounder (5.82-inch caliber) Coehorn mortar is more common than the 12-pounder (4.62-inch caliber) size. In Abbot's book, Siege Artillery InThe Campaigns Against Richmond, he stated the Federal forces should have employed the Confederate method of tong holes as opposed to the clumsy system of strapping with tin. Click here for an example of the Union Coehorn mortar ball. | ||||