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   May 26, 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 rifle, 3 in. 

Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no  bourrelet ring on base, copper band sabot extended below the base, a  technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the  sabot flew on most fired examples.  Produced late in the war, metal quality  is usually poor.  
Cast for a wood fuse.
Unfired example, sabot fully intact, wood fuse intact, moderate pitting, as typical of these Petersburg Broun shells, .
Recovered: Petersburg, Virginia
Diameter 2.94 in., length 7.5 in.
Ref: D & G pg. 132 (wood fuse) 

A1486     Broun shell short pattern, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.

Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no  bourrelet ring on base, copper band sabot extended below the base, a  technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the  sabot flew on most fired examples.  Produced late in the war, metal quality  is usually poor.  
Cast for a wood fuse.
Fired sabot is partial showing 7 lands and grooves, rare to get sabot remaining on fired example, wood time fuse is missing, metal solid with moderate pitting, as typical of these Petersburg Broun shells.
Recovered: Petersburg, Virginia
Diameter 2.94 in., length 7.5 in.
Ref: D & G pg. 132 (wood fuse) 

A2139      Broun shell short pattern, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.  
Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no bourrelet ring on base, copper band sabot extended below the base, a technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the sabot flew on most fired examples.  Produced late in the war, metal quality is usually poor.  
Cast for a wood fuse.
Unfired example, sabot fully intact, wood fuse missing, moderate pitting, as typical of these Petersburg Broun shells .
Recovered: Petersburg, Virginia
Diameter 2.94 in., length 7.25 in.
Ref: D & G pg. 132 (wood fuse)           

Note that this pattern is slightly shorter than the previous examples.  The difference in length is slight, 7.5 inches versus 7.25 inches, but that does suggest a minor design difference.  The bourrelet ring also is machined to a different width, but this could be manufacturing variance and not a design variance.  The question, left unanswered, is whether this indicates that there was more than one manufacturer involved or if the molds were simply reworked one production run to another.

A1348     Broun shell short pattern, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.   

Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no bourrelet ring on base, copper band sabot extended below the base, a technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the sabot flew on most fired examples.  Produced late in the war, metal quality is usually poor.  
Cast for a wood fuse.
Fired sabot is missing, wood time fuse is partial, metal solid with minor pitting only.
Recovered: 1864 campaign, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
Diameter 2.94 in., length 7.5 in.
Ref: D & G pg. 132 (wood fuse) 

A1404     Broun shell, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate 30 pounder rifle, 4.2in. 

Broun was a late war development, nose is rounded with bourrelet ring, no bourrelet ring on base, copper band sabot extended below the base, a technological advancement copied by the Federals later, however the sabot flew on most fired examples.  Produced late in the war, metal quality is usually poor.  
Cast for a 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 solid with moderate pitting.
Recovered:  Mississippi defenses.
Diameter 4.1in., length 12.5in
Ref: Bell Heavy Ord. pg. 198