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

Research Center: Artillery5172-Read

Rifled artillery projectile, Read design, Confederate manufacture, solid bolt, short pattern with pointed nose and single wide bourrelet ring, wrought iron sabot, rifled 32 pounder rifle, 6.4in. Projectile was Confederate manufactured following the prewar invention of John Read , the sabot system utilized was a wrought iron ring. This Confederate design, employed a relatively light version of the wrought iron sabot was likely manufactured at Selma. The base israised and milled to a bevel leaving a depressed ring between the base and thesabot, there is no lathe dimple although this could have been milled out of theflat bottom. This short tapered design, referred to as the "tear drop " design by collectors, was used with other Selma arsenal products and saw limited success, it was intended to be used in the old 32 pounders that had been converted to rifle. Projectile measures: diameter 6.4in., length 9in., weight 47lbs. Research Center: Artillery5172-Read, Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 343. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5172-Read.html.

A1648... Projectile measures: diameter 6.4in.,length 9in., weight 47lbs. This pattern employed a stiff iron sabot whichdid not take the rifling well, this example could be fired or unfired. Metal solid. Projectile is disarmed, solid iron casting never had acavity or bursting charge. Recovered: Mississippi campaign.

A2355... Projectile measures: diameter 6.4in., length 9in., weight 47lbs. This pattern employed a stiff iron sabot which did not take the rifling well, this example could be fired or unfired. Metal solid with some areas of pitting. Projectile is disarmed, solid iron casting never had a cavity or bursting charge. Recovered: Mississippi campaign.

A2359... Projectile measures: diameter 6.4in.,length 9in., weight 47lbs. This pattern employed a stiff iron sabot whichdid not take the rifling well, this example could be fired or unfired. Metalsolid. Projectile is disarmed, solid iron casting never had a cavity orbursting charge. Recovered: Saint Charles Arkansas, battle in 1862. More information about the battle can be viewed at this link: http://civilwaralbum.com/misc/stcharles.htm.

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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