. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A GIANT CONFEDERATE SLING-CART TO CARRY SIEGE-GUNS This giant sling-cartwas built by the Con-federates for the pur-pose of handling thetwo 12-inch guns thatwere cast at the Trede-gar Iron Works, inRichmond, just beforethe evacuation. Theseguns weighed nearlyfifty thousand poundseach. The size of thecart can be estimatedby comparing it withthe man visiblethrough its spokes inthe upper photographThe wheels are more. than eleven feet carl requiredtwelve mules an
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A GIANT CONFEDERATE SLING-CART TO CARRY SIEGE-GUNS This giant sling-cartwas built by the Con-federates for the pur-pose of handling thetwo 12-inch guns thatwere cast at the Trede-gar Iron Works, inRichmond, just beforethe evacuation. Theseguns weighed nearlyfifty thousand poundseach. The size of thecart can be estimatedby comparing it withthe man visiblethrough its spokes inthe upper photographThe wheels are more. than eleven feet carl requiredtwelve mules and onehundred and fifty menwith drag ropes tomove it, when carryingonly an 8-inch rifle or aheavy (lolumbiad overbad roads The bigguns wen- slung under-neath tin- carl byropes so as to char theground by a few was captured by theFederals, and used inthe removal of the ord-nance from Drewrysand Chaffins bluffs
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