redbob Lt. Colonel Regtl. Staff Shiloh 2020 Asst. Regtl. QM Stones River / Franklin 2022 Joined Feb 18, 2013 Location Hoover, Alabama Feb 2, 2019 #2 It appears to be the top 1/3rd of a 10# Read Parrott Shell which would have had a wooden fuze plug and a paper time fuze.
It appears to be the top 1/3rd of a 10# Read Parrott Shell which would have had a wooden fuze plug and a paper time fuze.
P pringmaster Private Joined Oct 31, 2017 Feb 2, 2019 #3 redbob said: It appears to be the top 1/3rd of a 10# Read Parrott Shell which would have had a wooden fuze plug and a paper time fuze. Click to expand... Now is this confederate or union?
redbob said: It appears to be the top 1/3rd of a 10# Read Parrott Shell which would have had a wooden fuze plug and a paper time fuze. Click to expand... Now is this confederate or union?
redbob Lt. Colonel Regtl. Staff Shiloh 2020 Asst. Regtl. QM Stones River / Franklin 2022 Joined Feb 18, 2013 Location Hoover, Alabama Feb 2, 2019 #4 pringmaster said: Now is this confederate or union? Click to expand... A Read Parrott would be Confederate.
pringmaster said: Now is this confederate or union? Click to expand... A Read Parrott would be Confederate.
Kirk Womack Private Joined Jun 29, 2019 Location Brookville, Indiana Nov 23, 2019 #6 1mommimi said: .58 gardner???? guessing Click to expand... No, this is an artillery shell. I'll have to agree that it looks like a Read Parrott.
1mommimi said: .58 gardner???? guessing Click to expand... No, this is an artillery shell. I'll have to agree that it looks like a Read Parrott.
Belfoured Major Joined Aug 3, 2019 Nov 23, 2019 #7 redbob said: A Read Parrott would be Confederate. Click to expand... It does look like a R-P. But I think you'd need to see more of the projectile (including the base) to be completely definitive about whether it's Confederate or Federal. The odds favor it being Confederate, though. Do we know where it was found?
redbob said: A Read Parrott would be Confederate. Click to expand... It does look like a R-P. But I think you'd need to see more of the projectile (including the base) to be completely definitive about whether it's Confederate or Federal. The odds favor it being Confederate, though. Do we know where it was found?