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| Park information about the artillery
used at the Petersburg siege. |
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| Artillery close up. |
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| A Napoleon cannon, the most popular
piece of the war used by both sides. It was a smooth bore
cannon, shooting round shot, with a shorter range than the rifled
cannons |
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| More artillery, generally
Union. Notice the reinforced breech of the Parrott rifled
cannons. As cannons could explode as they wore out over time,
killing or wounding their crews, the reinforced breech both extended
the life of the cannon, and tended to have the cannon fail from stress
at the muzzle, not the breech, which was safer for the crew. The
slim cannon in the center is a breech loading model. |
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