"Seige Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond" by Bvt Brig. Gen H. L. Abbot:Pg. 104:"The lead in some instances (Fig 67 Plate VI)must have been attached w/ zinc solder by the Britten invention". Plate VI fig 76, shows a sabotless Archer Bolt,which was listed as a 3Pdr. Wt 8 Lbs. Other than these 19 -20 words,nothing further said or shown ref. Archer Projectiles.Most of the projectls shown in Abbot's,were recovered between Aug 1864 & Apl 1865 in and around the Richmond /Petersburg area,and with a few shown from Ft Fisher N.C.where Abbot temp. seved with A.H. Terry in operations against Ft Fisher By this time the Archer had in all probability been phased out in C. S . service.
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