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

Research Center: Artillery5645-Selma

Rifled artillery projectile, Selma Arsenal design, Confederate Selma manufacture, bursting shell, pattern with bourreleted rings, threaded fuze, copper disc sabot, Confederate rifled 24 pounder, 5.8in. Projectile is Confederate manufactured at the arsenal at Selma, Alabama. The pattern utilized a thick copper disc sabot cast around a clover leaf post on the bottom of the shell. Most production was originally stamped with "G" denoting Selma, the stamping is usually on the sabot but is sometimes weak. This pattern utilized bourrelet rings. Fuze employed was a threaded fuze. Projectile measures: diameter 5.72in., overall length 9.75in., shell body only 9.25in., weight 38.4lb. Research Center: Artillery5645-Selma, Ref: Bell, Heavy Ordnance, pg. 385. Details click: http://relicman.com/artillery/Artillery5645-Selma.html.

A1166...Rifled artillery projectile, Selma Arsenal design, Confederate Selma manufacture, bursting shell, pattern with bourreleted rings, threaded fuze, copper disc sabot, Confederate rifled 24 pounder, 5.8in. Projectile is Confederate manufactured at the arsenal at Selma, Alabama. The pattern utilized a thick copper disc sabot cast around a clover leaf post on the bottom of the shell. Most production was originally stamped with "G" denoting Selma, the stamping is usually on the sabot but is sometimes weak. This pattern utilized bourrelet rings. Fuze employed was a threaded fuze. Projectile measures: diameter 5.72in., overall length 9.75in., shell body only 9.25in., weight 38.4lb. Sabot is torn and rolled back but did not separate. Threaded fuze is missing, shell was recovered without a fuze. It is possible this shell was fired with a wood fuze jammed into the fuze hole, or fired without a fuze, and the damage to sabot occurred during firing. Alternately the shell in this odd caliber could have been scrapped due to lack of availability of a gun to fire it, and this represented an aborted attempt to salvage the copper from the sabot. Projectile is disarmed: open fuze hole exposes empty interior. Recovered: Port Hudson Louisiana by Emile Mancuso. Ref: Bell, Heavy Ordnance, pg. 385.

A2388...Rifled artillery projectile, Selma Arsenal design, Confederate Selma manufacture, bursting shell, pattern with bourreleted rings, threaded fuze, copper disc sabot, Confederate rifled 24 pounder, 5.8in. Projectile is Confederate manufactured at the arsenal at Selma, Alabama. The pattern utilized a thick copper disc sabot cast around a clover leaf post on the bottom of the shell. Most production was originally stamped with "G" denoting Selma, the stamping is usually on the sabot but is sometimes weak. This pattern utilized bourrelet rings. Fuze employed was a threaded fuze. Projectile measures: diameter 5.72in., overall length 9.75in., shell body only 9.25in., weight not determined. Sabot is torn away leaving only the center around the post. Threaded fuze is missing, shell was recovered without a fuze. It is possible this shell was fired with a wood fuze jammed into the fuze hole, or fired without a fuze, and the damage to sabot occurred during firing. Alternately the shell in this odd caliber could have been scrapped due to lack of availability of a gun to fire it. Metal is solid, minor areas of pitting. Projectile is disarmed: open fuze hole exposes empty interior. Recovered: Port Hudson Louisiana. Ref: Bell, Heavy Ordnance, pg. 385.

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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