Item Number: U00704
Item Title: Long pattern US Naval watercap time fuse adapter from the Fort Fisher area
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Provenance: US
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Location Recovered: Fort Fisher area
Description:These long pattern watercap fuse adapters are much less common than the regular short ones. Dated 1863 and with the bushing from the shell in place but flared out from the explosion.
This would have been fired from an 11" or 15" gun on one of the ironclads offshore.