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The primary cannon used was the French made M1857 12 Pounder "Napoleon"
In portable cannon, possibly the Parrot rifled cannon. In cannon mounted in fixed positions, such as forts, possibly the Dahlgren cannons. There was also a very large bore mortar known as the Dictator that fired a 13 inch shell.
IDK only the revolutionary and civil war probably.IMPROVED ANSWER:Large cannons were first used in warfare about 1350. Cannons of this time were first cast of bronze and of wrought iron.Cannons firing heavy balls were used extensively by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
Both sides in the US civil War used cannons.
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the size of the cannon ball depends on the size of the cannon. civil war cannons had cannon balls about the size of a child's head, aprox 30cm across
The primary cannon used was the French made M1857 12 Pounder "Napoleon"
In portable cannon, possibly the Parrot rifled cannon. In cannon mounted in fixed positions, such as forts, possibly the Dahlgren cannons. There was also a very large bore mortar known as the Dictator that fired a 13 inch shell.
IDK only the revolutionary and civil war probably.IMPROVED ANSWER:Large cannons were first used in warfare about 1350. Cannons of this time were first cast of bronze and of wrought iron.Cannons firing heavy balls were used extensively by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
Both sides in the US civil War used cannons.
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In the American Civil War, there were widely used Artillery Cannons that were known as Napoleon Cannons. The proper name for these cannons were the 12 Pound Cannons, due to the fact they were designed to fire shots that weighed 12 pounds.
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.
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Devereaux D. Cannon has written: 'The flags of the Confederacy' -- subject(s): Flags, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
They used matchlock muskets, a few wheel lock muskets, swords, pikes, and cannons.