CONFEDERATE 3” MULLANE COMMON SHELL

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Here is a fired Confederate 3” bourreleted Mullane Type 1 common shell recovered from an unknown battlefield location. Made for the 3” Ordnance Rifle.

Also known as a “Tennessee Sabot”, this type artillery round and its longer-nosed variants are typical Mullane Type 1 shells used in Virginia from the spring of 1862 until summer of 1863.

This excavated relic is in good condition with a smooth iron body, raised bands (bourreletes), and mold seams visible on the sides. Two of the original three iron pins on the base remain. One pin and the central bolt broke off when fired. The unthreaded fuse hole is open, but would have had a wood fuse adapter.

A copper sabot comes with the shell. It is a thin copper sabot, mostly flattened out, with two small edge chips.

An article written in 1866 by Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander in the Southern Historical Society Papers, states that the Mullane shell "failed, about three times out of four times [by] breaking its connection with the copper sabot, and it very frequently exploded in the gun; while of those which flew correctly, not one-fourth exploded at all."  [jet][ph:L]

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