24-POUNDER COEHORN MORTAR SECTIONED SHELL

24-POUNDER COEHORN MORTAR SECTIONED SHELL

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A very good example of a 24-pounder shell with 7/8” fuze hole, sectioned to show the powder chamber and fuze opening. Dickey & George (1993) p.51 discuss these shells, noting that the smaller 7/8” diameter opening for the wood-adaptor paper time fuze such as this one has, indicates it is for Coehorn mortar rather than a 24-pounder cannon, the shells for which used a 1-3/4” opening for the fuze. They also distinguish between CS and US versions by the presence or absence of “ears,” notches near the top for use of tongs in loading by Confederate artillerymen. We don’t see signs of any on this one. They also note that the Federal version comes from only 1864-65 VA sites, first appearing at Spottsylvania (May 1864.)

This exterior shows a fairly uniform shallow pitting and has been painted black to stabilize it and inhibit further corrosion. Coehorn mortars were intended to be rather mobile weapons that could be deployed for close work in lobbing high-trajectory shells into enemy field fortifications that became more common as the war progressed.   [sr][ph:L]

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