Item Number: A00475
Item Title: 12pdr Bormann shell
Price: $255
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Speherical shell
Size: 12pdr
Sabot:
Fuse: Bormann time
Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 35
Location Recovered: Richmond defenses
Description:Almost every Federal spherical field caliber shell had a Bormann fuse in it after April 1862. This was a workhorse of the American Civil War for the Union which continued to use 12pdr smoothbore Napoleons extensively throughout the war. The South couldn't get these fuses to work correctly, and so gave up on them for the most part later in the year.
This one has a nice fuse that looks better than I can get the pictures to render.