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Authentic Civil War Artillery Shells & Cannonballs
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Resaca Recovered 3 Inch Hotchkiss Shell Nose With Sabot and Base Cup Intact
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This is one hell of a cool display piece! It is an attractive Civil War 3 inch Hotchkiss patent cannon shell. This is the Hotchkiss that used the brass paper time style fuse at the top of the shell. When it was fired the force from the blasting charge blew the top section of the shell off out but failed to explode the rest of the shell. That is why the whole top is blown out. It is very cool because you can see into the cavity of the shell nose including some of the lead shot. It is the pattern that was made with the flame grooves on the sides. These are generally later War in manufacture. The base cup is still present on the bottom of the shell. Most of the time they flew off of the shell when it was fired. As you can see the lead sabot held on and you can see the rifling lines in the lead. As you can see the lead has a nice whitish gray color. The verbal history that accompanied this piece is that it was recovered from the area of the battle of Resaca, Georgia. This was one of the battle where the Confederates were trying to keep Sherman out of Atlanta. This shell is in nice shape and any artillery collector would appreciate having it in their collection. Item #: C3054 (Sold)
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