Original U.S. Civil War Federal 3-Inch Hotchkiss Cutaway Shell with Fuse Adapter - Recovered Winchester Virginia Category_Water Jacket Assembly so it was most likely

so it was most likely made in 1862-63

and we have no way of verifying the writing

The cap nipple has been replaced

By 21 December

Year of Manufacture: 1874 - converted 1890

Original U.S. Civil War Federal 3-Inch Hotchkiss Cutaway Shell with Fuse Adapter - Recovered Winchester Virginia Category_Water Jacket Assembly so it was most likelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Very well done cutaway display made from a U. S. 3 Hotchkiss Explosive Shell. This is a shell which would have been fired from the 3 Ordnance or Parrott Rifles. The shell is fitted with a Hotchkiss Fuse adapter and fuse, which is still present. Recovered from the Battlefields of Winchester, Virginia! This shell has remnants of original black powder, which has now been rendered inert. The fuses are plainly visible in