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A00676 - Very nice 3in Camden Read
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Item Number: A00676

Item Title: Very nice 3in Camden Read

Price: $925

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: CS

Type: Camden Read, aka mismatched bourelet Read

Size: 3in

Sabot: High copper ring

Fuse: Wood adapter (missing)

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 265

Location Recovered: Camden, SC

Description:Nice mismatched bourelet Read shell with the U groove at the top of the sabot. Very fine condition with a high sabot and lathe dog mark to die for. These are from Camden, SC at the end of the war. Several were left in a yard when the Confederate Army surrendered and in the 70s a homeowner lined his driveway with them. It and others were pulled from the driveway in the cleanup after the house was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo.