Confederate · Read-Parrott

CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 163)

This specimen has a quite high band and has chipped badly.  The projectile body is machined to bore size, with a definite cannelure at the beginning of the ogive.  This projectile was recovered from Blakely, Alabama.
CS Read-Parrott 30 pdr Shell (p. 163)
© Jack W. Melton Jr.