. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . IX MAGRUDER HATTERV. YORKTOWX INTERIOR OF FORT .JOILXrfOX, MORRIS ISLAXD troops as shell. These had a terrific effect, burstingat times into more than ■200 pieces. The view ofFort Johnson reveals both spherical solid shot andoblong shell. The latter are slightly hollowed outat the base, in order to secure a better distributionof the gases generated when the pieces were dis-charged. The stack of projectiles around thetwo 100-pounder Parrott guns in the lower viewof Fort Putnam are for these rifles. Their weightwas eight
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . IX MAGRUDER HATTERV. YORKTOWX INTERIOR OF FORT .JOILXrfOX, MORRIS ISLAXD troops as shell. These had a terrific effect, burstingat times into more than ■200 pieces. The view ofFort Johnson reveals both spherical solid shot andoblong shell. The latter are slightly hollowed outat the base, in order to secure a better distributionof the gases generated when the pieces were dis-charged. The stack of projectiles around thetwo 100-pounder Parrott guns in the lower viewof Fort Putnam are for these rifles. Their weightwas eighty-six pounds—although the guns wereknown as 100-pounders—and the powder chargewas ten pounds. The projectile for the 3-inchfield-gun on the top of the parapet weighed tenpounds, and the powder charge was one INTERIOR OF FORT PUTNAM, MORRIS ISLAXD [1^12] Ammitutttflu i?i>;ai| struck, thereby communicating the flame to the bursting course, these were not always sure. Whether the one or the otlier form of fuse was used, de-jjended on the purpose of tlie firing. If against troops, it wasdesirable to cause the shell to burst in their midst, and not toallow it to jjcnetrate the ground. If desired for the destruc-tion of earthworks or magazines, it liad to be exploded afterthe penetration. In the former case the time-fuse, and in thelatter the 2)ercussion-fuse was used. At Fort Scott, near Washington, in October, 1863, anexperiment was tried to test the value of spherical case-shotwhen fired from mortars. The 10-inch shell was filled Avith12-pound canister-shot, and the bursting charge was capacity of the shell was thirty-eight of that size balls,but twenty-seven only were used. Tliey were inserted throughtlie fuse-hole, and t-\vo and a half jjoimds of Innvsting po\\(lerpl
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