Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics
	This page updated   April 03, 2008

The Ridgeway Civil War reference archive 
Artillery shells, Broun (Confederate)

This is a sampling of relics collected by Harry Ridgeway over the years.  This archive record is for educational purposes only.  Some of the relics listed may be on display at the Old Court House Civil War Museum, Winchester Virginia, some are no longer owned by the author.  None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to the separate sales catalog for items that are currently offered.

All artillery items listed  have been disarmed and rendered inert. 

A1545     Broun shell short pattern, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate 3 inch rifle  

Good restoration candidate, if you like to do your own restorations, shell is coated but has never been cleaned.
Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no bourrelet ring on base, cast for wood fuse, copper band sabot extended below the base, a technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the sabot flew on most fired examples. Unfired example, sabot fully intact, wood fuse intact, some pitting. 
Recovered: Petersburg Va 
Diameter 2.94 inch, length 7.5 inch 
Ref: Dickey & George pg. 132 (wood fuse)  

A1486     Broun shell short pattern - CSA 3 inch rifle 

Cast for wood fuse, high band copper sabot, performance was disappointing because sabots were typically thrown.
Nice example, partial sabot shows rifling, rare to get fired example of this shell with any sabot, wood fuse missing, metal quality good.
Recovered: Petersburg Va
Diameter 2.94 inch, length 7.5 inch
Ref: Dickey & George pg. 132 

A1348     Broun shell short pattern - CSA 3 inch rifle 

Sabots were thrown most of the time. Outfitted for wood time fuse Wood time fuse is partial, sabot is missing 
Recovered: Shenandoah Valley 1864 campaign 
Diameter 2.94 inch, length 7.5 inch 
Ref: Dickey & George pg. 132 

A1404     Broun shell - 30 pounder rifle 4.2in  

Broun pattern employed thin brass sabot secured by three lugs, one is exposed on this shell. Cast for wood fuse which is partial. Fired sabot shows 5 lands & grooves, fired sabot is partial which is rare, Broun sabots were almost always thrown on firing. Metal is pitted but stable.
Recovered: Mississippi defenses
Diameter 4.1in, length 12.5in
Ref: Bell Heavy Ord, pg. 198