. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . •y-i ■ I, «*£■ - ■■■■ -■ ■. I 7- THE PARROTT I\ BATTERY STRONG f OF REVttrtb CO. This 300-pounder rifle was directed against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner. The length of bore of the gun before it burst wasIS6 inches. It weighed 20,000 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 bur
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . •y-i ■ I, «*£■ - ■■■■ -■ ■. I 7- THE PARROTT I\ BATTERY STRONG f OF REVttrtb CO. This 300-pounder rifle was directed against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner. The length of bore of the gun before it burst wasIS6 inches. It weighed 20,000 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 TWO PARROTTS IN BATTERY STEVENS , PATRIOT PUB. CO. Battery Stevens lay just east of Battery Strong. It was begun July 27, 18G3. Most of the work was done at night, for the firefrom the adjacent Confederate forts rendered work in daylight dangerous. By August 17th, most of the guns were in position,and two days later the whole series of batteries on the left, as they were designated, were pounding away at Fort Sumter.
Size: 2215px × 1128px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormillerfrancistrevelya, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
