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

Research Center: Artillery5171-Read

Rifled artillery projectile, Read design, Confederate manufacture, bursting shell, short pattern with smooth sides wrought iron sabot, experimental blind shell not fuzed, rifled 32 pounder gun, 6.4in. Projectile was an experimental pattern developed before the war employing John Read's design. This pattern has smooth sides, The sabot system utilized was a wrought iron ring. This was apparently used as an experimental round, it was never drilled for a fuze, and interior cavity contains mostly foundry casting sand. Projectile measures: diameter 6.36in., length 9.5in. (excluding fuze), weight 47lbs. Research Center: Artillery5171-Read, Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 346. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5171-Read.html.

A0718... Projectile measures: diameter 6.36in., length 9.5in. (excluding fuze), weight 47lbs. Wrought iron sabot intact. Blind shell there is hole for a fuze but it was never drilled or fitted with a fuze. Projectile is disarmed, open fuze hole exposes empty interior. Recovered: presumably West Point New York, but this is not confirmed.

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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