The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA  Civil War artillery bought and sold
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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.

A2284     Ball, shell, thick walled, with lifting ears, non-threaded fuse with 1.35 in. opening, Columbiad smoothbore, 8 in.

The Columbiad was a heavy smoothbore and the firing subjected the balls to considerable stress, consequently the walls are thick, 2.3in. at the fuse hole, and the shell is heavier than a mortar.  Lifting ears can be on either type of shell.  Cast for a non-threaded wood fuse or seacoast drive in fuse, opening 1.35in. at surface, most are found without the fuse.  Metal solid with light to moderate pitting, fuse missing.  Recovered: not known.  Shell measures: diameter 7.9in., weight 50lbs. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 54 (Columbiad with lifting ears, wood fuse)      $275.