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2.6-inch Hotchkiss Percussion Shell

This projectile has the Hotchkiss patent date cast into the bottom of the base cup.  The fuze pictured is a type developed at West Point, New York, and is often referred to as a West Point percussion type. This pictured specimen was recovered from Shiloh, Tennessee.
2.6-inch Hotchkiss Percussion Shell
© Jack W. Melton Jr.