Confederate · Read

2.6-inch Read Shell

This unfired specimen was found with a Giradey percussion fuze.  The base is slightly rounded and has no evidence of a lathe dimple, although it was turned on a lathe.  Note the crude lathe grooves on the body and sabot of the projectile.  Most specimens of this pattern have been recovered from South Carolina.
2.6-inch Read Shell
© Jack W. Melton Jr.