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rifled, muzzle-loading, field artillery:
three-inch gun and ten pound " Parrot" guns - over 4 kilometres,
twenty-four pound "Coehorn" mortar - over 1 kilometre.
Rifled heavy muzzle-loading, field and siege artillery:
100, 200 and 300 pound "Parrot" guns - over 10 kilometres,
10 and 13 inch mortars - over 2 kilometres.
80 pound Whitworth - about 14 kilometres.
rifled, breech-loading field artillery:
12 pound Witworth - about 10 kilometres.
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Who shot the longest shot fired in the civil war?
captain john t metcalf at a distance of 1666 meters or 1175 yards.
Last shot fired of civil war?
The Last shot of the civil war was in Waynesville, NC
Who made the civil war cannon?
pig snout
What was the first Civil War cannon?
The main cannon of the Civil War was the 10-pound muzzle loading Parrot Rifle. However, there were many older types of cannon still in use at the beginning of the Civil War. These ranged from Revolutionary-era "grasshoppers" (small 3-pounders made of brass) up to cast iron mortars and cannon.
US Civil War first shot?
The first shot in the civil war was fired by the south at the Union Fort Sumter in South Carolina
What was the first cannon shot in the US Civil War?
The first gun shot taken in the Civil War was by Confederate cannons while they bombed Fort Sumter in April of 1861. For legal reasons, the US Supreme Court ruled that the conflict between the US and the rebelling Southern states began in July of 1861. Certainly the first cannon shots that brought about the US Civil War were at Fort Sumter.
Was Lincoln shot during or after the Civil War?
Lincoln was shot after the civil war
Who shot the longest shot fired in the civil war?
captain john t metcalf at a distance of 1666 meters or 1175 yards.
How can you verify you have a civil war cannon ball?
Were there lead cannonballs during Civil WAr
Last shot fired of civil war?
The Last shot of the civil war was in Waynesville, NC
What are the new uses for steel in the civil war?
cannon
Who made the civil war cannon?
pig snout
What was the first Civil War cannon?
The main cannon of the Civil War was the 10-pound muzzle loading Parrot Rifle. However, there were many older types of cannon still in use at the beginning of the Civil War. These ranged from Revolutionary-era "grasshoppers" (small 3-pounders made of brass) up to cast iron mortars and cannon.
Who shot the first shot during the civil war?
It is not known who exactly fired the first shot, but what is known is that it was a cannon under the command of Confederate officer P.G.T. Beauregard, firing at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, on the morning of April 12th, 1861.
Where were the first shot of the US Civil War shot and why?
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What were hourglasses used for during the civil war?
to time cannon fire
Who fired first in the Civil War?
the confederacy fired the first shot of the civil war
