CS RIFLED 12-POUNDER READ SHELL.

CS RIFLED 12-POUNDER READ SHELL. Excavated. Unfired. As per The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume XLIV, report number 90 of Colonel William Hawley, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, states that on or around November 22, 1864, Hawley’s troops threw 170 boxes of fixed artillery ammunition into the Oconee River at Milledgeville (the wartime capital of Georgia) and also destroyed the weapons that the Confederates had stored in Milledgeville. Shell has a copper time-fuse and an extremely thick copper sabot. Shell has pronounced lathe dimple in the base indicative of Confederate manufacture. CONDITION: Light pitting. 4-55878 JM13 (2,200-3,200)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2186	$2,875.00	CS RIFLED 12-POUNDER READ SHELL. Excavated. Unfired. As per The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume XLIV, report number 90 of Colonel William Hawley, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, states that on or around November 22, 1864, Hawley’s troops threw 170 boxes of fixed artillery ammunition into the Oconee River at Milledgeville (the wartime capital of Georgia) and also destroyed the weapons that the Confederates had stored in Milledgeville. Shell has a copper time-fuse and an extremely thick copper sabot. Shell has pronounced lathe dimple in the base indicative of Confederate manufacture. CONDITION: Light pitting. 4-55878 JM13 (2,200-3,200) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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