. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . -» U THE LIGHTHOUSE ABOVE THE DEBRIS. THE PARROTT IN BATTERY STRONG This 300-pounder rifle was directed against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner. The length of bore of the gun before it burst was13C inches. It weighed 26,000 pounds. It fired a projectile weighing 250 pounds, with a maximum charge of powder of 25 gun was fractured at the twenty-seventh round by a shell bursting in the muzzle, blowing off about 20 inches of the the bursti
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . -» U THE LIGHTHOUSE ABOVE THE DEBRIS. THE PARROTT IN BATTERY STRONG This 300-pounder rifle was directed against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner. The length of bore of the gun before it burst was13C inches. It weighed 26,000 pounds. It fired a projectile weighing 250 pounds, with a maximum charge of powder of 25 gun was fractured at the twenty-seventh round by a shell bursting in the muzzle, blowing off about 20 inches of the the bursting the gun was chipped back beyond the termination of the fracture and afterwards fired 371 rounds with asgood results as before the injury. At the end of that time the muzzle began to crack again, rendering the gun entirely useless.
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