Original U.S. Civil War Union Army 3” Schenkl Artillery Shell Found at Mine Run Battlefield Site - With “Mine Run” Stand Japanese Documents and Books It was then posted to

It was then posted to Ireland and missed the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

The second squadron to hold the VA-34 designation was originally commissioned the VF-20 "Jokers" on October 15

Almost certainly made in what is today Belgium

and the magazine cutoff functions as designed

there is a faded maker mark

Original U.S. Civil War Union Army 3” Schenkl Artillery Shell Found at Mine Run Battlefield Site - With “Mine Run” Stand Japanese Documents and Books It was then posted toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a battlefield dug Civil War Federal Artillery Shell, as used by the Union Army. These projectiles were manufactured in the Federal arsenals, following the design of John P. Schenkl. The sabot system consisted of a "forcing cone" paper sleeve, which was intended to expand into the rifling, then flutter away after firing. It would appear that this projectile was fired, hit its mark and did