Original U.S. Civil War Federal 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Naval Gun Projectile Shell with Fuze dated 1864 Russian Field Gear including C

including C

The gun had a fluted cylinder and was produced sequentially in three center fire calibers

The interior is lined with with dark pink velvet

The early style construction

but they are not in the usual order

Original U.S. Civil War Federal 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Naval Gun Projectile Shell with Fuze dated 1864 Russian Field Gear including COriginal Item: Only One Available. The IX inch Dahlgren shell gun: 1,185 guns were cast at Alger, Bellona, Fort Pitt, Seyfert, McManus & Co., Tredegar, and West Point foundries between 1855 and 1864. Fort Pitt Foundry also made 16 for the army in 1861. The IX inch Dahlgren was the most popular and versatile of Dahlgren shell guns made. The IX inch guns served as broadside armament on larger ships such as USS Susquehanna, which carried 12 IX inch