Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
	Civil War Artillery
	by Harry Ridgeway

Research Center: Artillery5700-Skates

Rifled artillery projectile, Skates design Research Center: Artillery5700-Skates Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5700-Skates.html.

Research Center: Artillery5710-Skates, 6.4in.
Weapons used:
Confederate rifled 32 pounder gun, 6.4in. Caliber of the gun is 6.4in., 5 grooves, projectile diameter should measure 6.3in. approximately, variations will be found.

Research Center: Artillery5711-Skates

Rifled artillery projectile, Skates design, Confederate manufacture, bursting shell, pattern with smooth sides, lead ring sabot, fuze unknown. Confederate rifled 32 pounder 6.4in. Projectile was produced early, and production by a small foundry in Mobile Alabama was very limited and manufactured only in rifled 32 pounder size. Shell is fitted with a lead sabot with 5 pre-rifled flanges. There also are air holes on the bottom. The only five land and groove 6.4 in. guns were at Mobile. The sabot failed tests early on and was cancelled, only a few of these unfired shells have survived. None have survived with fuzes, so fuze type is not known. Shell measures: diameter 6.36in., length 10.5in. (excluding fuze), weight 56lbs. Research Center: Artillery5711-Skates, Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 389. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5711-Skates.html.

This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader. Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale. This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items. I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.
All excavated artifacts have been recovered from private property with owner's permission.
All projectiles listed have been disarmed.

Most information on this page is from:
Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War, 1993 Edition. by Thomas S. Dickey and Peter C. George.
Civil War Heavy Explosive Ordnance, A Guide to Large Artillery Prjectiles, Torpedoes, and Mines, by Jack Bell.
Artillery Fuses of the Civil War, by Charles H. Jones.
Pictures are by the author, unless otherwise indicated.

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