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Civil War artillery, Relicman sales catalog

All  items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. 
All artillery items listed  have been disarmed. 
 Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.

A2093     Parrott shell, long pattern "common" (standard), wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 20 pounder rifle, 3.67 in.

Shell was manufactured in the Federal arsenals following the prewar invention of Read and Parrott working together.  It utilized the wrought iron sabot, referred to as the "Type I" sabot, which was pre-rifled with five flanges, because it was too stiff to take the rifling otherwise.  The long pattern shell will usually be a "common" or standard round, intended to go against either troops in open field formation or opposing cannon, the shell will not be filled with balls.  Nose of the shell was not milled, edge of the fuse hole is thin.  Shell was threaded for a Parrott zinc time fuse, typically the pattern without a flange, (Jones pg. 76).  Metal is solid with light to moderate pitting, zinc time fuse is partial, sabot intact showing five lands and grooves.  Recovered: Port Hudson, Louisiana.  Shell measures: diameter 3.62in., length 10.25in. (excluding fuse), weight 16lbs.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 219  (zinc time fuse, long "common" shell)     $225.