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.