. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . IN CASTLE PINCKNEY—428-POUND PROJECTILES A RIG GUN IN CAS-TLE PINCKNEY The gun overlooking theparapet of < astle Pinckneyis a 15-inch Columbiadwhich used a powder chargeof 40 pounds. The projec-tile weighed 428 pounds. Alarge number of these pro-jeetiles are stacked in theforeground. With an eleva-tion of twenty degrees, themaximum range of this gunwas 3,787 yards, or a littleover two miles. This fort. was used as a prison forUnion captives in Battery Rodge

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . IN CASTLE PINCKNEY—428-POUND PROJECTILES A RIG GUN IN CAS-TLE PINCKNEY The gun overlooking theparapet of < astle Pinckneyis a 15-inch Columbiadwhich used a powder chargeof 40 pounds. The projec-tile weighed 428 pounds. Alarge number of these pro-jeetiles are stacked in theforeground. With an eleva-tion of twenty degrees, themaximum range of this gunwas 3,787 yards, or a littleover two miles. This fort. was used as a prison forUnion captives in Battery Rodgers, wit b-in the corporate limits bulDearly half a mile below thewharves and populous por-tion of the city of Alexan-dria, there were two maga-zines, twelve by thirtyfeel and i he other twelve bjeighteen feel interior di-mensions. These were sunkentirely beIo\( the terre pit hi, and proleeted 11\ a cover of earth seventeen and a half feet thick, armed with five 200-pounders. POWDER MAGAZINE IX BATTERY RODGERS

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