Quaker guns were used by the confederates at forts that didn't have real cannons. So they improvised trying to fool union officers into thinking that the fort is "well gunned". Quaker guns were logs made to look like cannons and painted black, and sometimes to make it look more real they have stacks of cannonballs nearby.
Quaker guns were used by the confederates at forts that didn't have real cannons. So they improvised trying to fool union officers into thinking that the fort is "well gunned". Quaker guns were logs made to look like cannons and painted black, and sometimes to make it look more real they have stacks of cannonballs nearby
Quaker guns were used by the confederates at forts that didn't have real cannons. So they improvised trying to fool union officers into thinking that the fort is "well gunned". Quaker guns were logs made to look like cannons and painted black, and sometimes to make it look more real they have stacks of cannonballs nearby
Nothing was fired out of Quaker guns during the Civil War. Quaker guns were decoy guns made to make the enemy think a fortification or vessel had more cannon than it really had. Quaker guns were usually made of just a solid log of the right diameter.
Fake cannon that could not fire.
The Confederacy invented the "Quaker Guns" which were logs cut and painted to look like canons.
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He was able to because he had access to guns.
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Large guns belonging to the Confederates set up for battle.
As the Union's Peninsula campaign was losing traction, the Confederates attempted an artillery offensive at Malvern Hill. The entrenched Federals had an awesome artillery base. General James Longstreet was attempting to mass 60 guns to assist the Rebel infantry assault. Difficult terrain hampered Longstreet's guns to be properly positioned in a timely fashion. The Union had fifty to sixty guns and effectively ended any Rebel artillery attempts to cover their advancing infantry. The guns not only caused great Confederate casualties but also smashed whatever Rebel guns were brought into the battle.
Early in 1861, there was jubilation in the Confederacy when they captured the US naval yard at Norfolk, Virginia. The Confederates seized 1,000 cannons. This included 300 of the latest cannons called Dahlgren cannons. These were powerful weapons. Also, the South captured the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry and took all the weapons and munitions they found there.
the uniform was black and white and 30 stars on the Bach and guns