Is this a piece of an Artillery Shell?

[Lowryevans]

I found this near the site of a Major Civil War Battle in WV. My uncle thinks it is a piece of an Artillery Shell. is that what it is? And if so, anyone have any ideas what type?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is the base part of an exploded Confederate 3"-caliber Read shell. The particular version you found, which has a ring-sabot made of copper, did not exist until very-early 1863, and was used until the end of the war in 1865.

 

[Lowryevans]

The dating you put on the Shell would put it in the right time frame for the battle. And my uncle had also thought that it was Confederate