. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m^: THE SWAMP-ANGEL —ONE OF THE FAMOUS GUNS OF 63 1863, an 8-inch, 200-pound-er Parrott rifle was skiddedacross the marsh andmounted behind the sand-bag parapet. On the nightof August 21st, after warn-ing had been sent to theConfederate Beauregard, thegun was fired so that themissiles should fall in theheart of Charleston. Six-teen shells filled nith Greekfire were sent that August 23d, at thethirty-sixth discharge, thebreech of the gun wasblown out and the barrelthereby thro\Mi upon thesand-bag parapet a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . m^: THE SWAMP-ANGEL —ONE OF THE FAMOUS GUNS OF 63 1863, an 8-inch, 200-pound-er Parrott rifle was skiddedacross the marsh andmounted behind the sand-bag parapet. On the nightof August 21st, after warn-ing had been sent to theConfederate Beauregard, thegun was fired so that themissiles should fall in theheart of Charleston. Six-teen shells filled nith Greekfire were sent that August 23d, at thethirty-sixth discharge, thebreech of the gun wasblown out and the barrelthereby thro\Mi upon thesand-bag parapet as theI)hotograph shows. Fromthe outside it looked to bein position for firing, andbecame the target for Con-federate gunners. Twoweeks later two 10-inchmortars were mounted inplace of the Parrott. It waslater mounted in AFTER THE 36TH SHOT—THE SWAMP-ANGEL BURST 110]
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