The Confederate 10 Inch Mortar Shell
An absolutely massive shell, this would be filled with gunpowder and a wood fuze. It has two holes near the fuze hole for a pair of large metal tongs to pull the shell out of the box and place into the mortar, fuze side facing out.
*Cover photo courtesy of National Archives. Photo courtesy of International Military Antiques.
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