2024年12月16日 · According to Warren Ripley in 'Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War' (p. 197), any spikes/nails (for spiking cannon) were often one of the items of artillery accessories …

2016年3月25日 · The reason I chose Civil War artillery specifically is because 1) I know more about the American Civil War cannons than I do about any other period of cannon; though …

2019年11月27日 · Loved or Hated, the Swamp Angel is easily the most famous cannon of the American Civil War. In the summer of 1863, Fort Sumter, after two years of being pummeled …

2019年5月12日 · During the later part of the Civil War, Union regs were changed to the use of a dry sponge only. The learning curve for muzzleloading black powder artillery was both a very …

2019年7月28日 · So working on having a wooden cannon built for my college civil war class I teach. What were standard dimensions? Wheel height, etc. for a 12-pounder.

2023年8月30日 · If you've ever thought about what it would be like to fire a Civil War cannon, now you can get your chance when the Jacobus Vanderveer House hosts School of the Piece on …

2019年2月3日 · My husband received a civil war cannon that is in need of restoration. We live in Atlanta and I would be willing to drive the cannon somewhere in the southeast for restoration. …

2016年3月16日 · A lot of it was advances in metalurgy and manufacturing tecniques. This was why you did not see rifled cannon until the civil war. One advancement was the rodman …

2010年5月12日 · Contains a wealth of information, including a table showing projectiles and ranges. So based upon type of shell, charge, and barrel elevation, gunners pretty much knew …

2022年4月14日 · By the same token, the gun crew had to latch onto the wheels & help heave the gun out of holes in the road. Guns were double teamed up steep hills. Maneuvering cannon & …