Item Number: U00433
Item Title: 2pc Confederate percussion fuse
Price: $225
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: CS
Type: Just over 3/4ths of an inch
Shell Type: 3,3in Read, but used in other types as well
Thread Diameter: Just over 3/4ths inch diameter
Thread Count: 18tpi
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Location Recovered: Fort Blakely, AL
Description:This style of fuse was modeled on the US West Point "James" style fuse. The Confederate Army was screaming for more percussion fuses throughout the war, and it has always been a mystery as to why more of these relatively simple, yet effective, fuses did not make it to the front lines.