COMPLETE LEAD SABOT FROM 3” HOTCHKISS SHELL – WILDERNESS, VA

COMPLETE LEAD SABOT FROM 3” HOTCHKISS SHELL – WILDERNESS, VA

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Offered here is the middle portion from a fired 3” Hotchkiss artillery shell. This is the lead sabot or driving band from the shell. Hotchkiss artillery shells were composed of three sections: the nose containing the explosive charge, a lead sabot around the middle, and an iron base cup.

This piece is complete, shows the rifling of the cannon very well, and has a very nice white patina. There is a small portion of iron embedded inside which broke off the upper rim of the base cup.

This is a very fine example of a flaw in the Hotchkiss shell design; that the band could be stripped off during firing and fall into friendly ranks.

This relic was recovered by Jim Thomas south of “Jackson’s Trail” on the southern-most portion of the Wilderness battlefield where Custer’s cavalry fought to protect the southern flank at the outbreak of this battle. The “Official Records” have a fine description of this action. [jet][ph:L]

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