This is the most common Tennessee Sabot variety recovered in the 3-inch caliber size. It
is often found with the copper sabot deformed or missing. An article written in 1866 by
Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander located in the Southern Historical Society
Papers, states that the Mullane [Tennessee Sabot] shell "failed, however, about three times out of
four times [by] breaking its connection with the copper sabot, and it very frequently
exploded in the gun; while of those which flew correctly, not one-fourth exploded at
all."
