Civil War "Quaker Guns"


American Civil War. Union army General Irvin McDowell's advancing men discovered that the Confederate defenses at Centreville, Virginia, were less formidable than they appeared, being only tree trunks -- "Quaker guns" -- that contributed to the illustion of strength.


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