Confederate · Brooke, Sub-pattern III

CS Brooke 30 pdr Shell (p. 70)

CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell

A rather long and heavy 30-pounder projectile.  The bourrelets are unusually wide.  Probably a product of the Tredegar Foundry.  This pictured specimen is in the West Point Military Academy Museum, New York.
CS Brooke 30 pdr Shell (p. 70)
© Jack W. Melton Jr.