Item Number: A00848
Item Title: 3.8in Hotchkiss shell for the James rifle
Price: $499
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Hotchkiss type II common shell
Size: 3.8in
Sabot: Lead driving band
Fuse: Hotchkiss time fuse adapter (unscrews)
Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 178
Location Recovered: Vicksburg
Description:Nice condition 3.8in Hotchkiss type II shell with a brass time fuse adapter that unscrews by hand. These were used in James rifles at Vicksburg and quite a few of the cannons still line the battlefield today.