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

Research Center: Artillery3123-Archer

Rifled artillery projectile, Archer design, Confederate manufacture, bursting shell, short pattern with rounded nose and short tapered tie ring base, with flame grooves, lead band sabot, wood time fuze, Confederate rifle, 3.25 or 3.3in. Projectile was Confederate manufactured following the general designs of Junius Archer. A lead band sabot was cast onto the projectile secured by concentric grooves cast into the base of the shell. This pattern has two deep angled grooves and one narrow groove, sabot extended to bottom groove leaving a significant knob on the base, with a third groove serving as a tie ring. Fuze employed was a wood time fuze, Jones Fuzes pg. 2, fuze hole is smooth and tapered, the simple to make fuze could easily be hammered into place. Projectile measures: diameter 3.25in., length 5.25in., weight tbd. Research Center: Artillery3123-Archer, Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 86. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery3123-Archer.html.

A1855...Rifled artillery projectile, Archer design, Confederate manufacture, bursting shell, short pattern with rounded nose and short tapered tie ring base, with flame grooves, lead band sabot, wood time fuze, Confederate rifle, 3.25 or 3.3in. Projectile was Confederate manufactured following the general designs of Junius Archer. A lead band sabot was cast onto the projectile secured by concentric grooves cast into the base of the shell. This pattern has two deep angled grooves and one narrow groove, sabot extended to bottom groove leaving a significant knob on the base, with a third groove serving as a tie ring. Fuze employed was a wood time fuze, Jones Fuzes pg. 2, fuze hole is smooth and tapered, the simple to make fuze could easily be hammered into place. Projectile measures: diameter 3.25in., length 5.25in., weight tbd. Research Center: Artillery 3123 Archer shell 3.2in. to 3.3in., Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 86. Projectile measures: diameter 3.26in., length 5.5in. (excluding fuze), weight 5.3lb. Fired sabot separated on firing, and is missing. Wood fuze missing, hole is tapered. Metal solid, minor areas of pitting. Projectile is disarmed: open fuze hole exposes empty interior. Recovered: not known. Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 86.

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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