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Civil War Cannons: A Closer Look at the Brooke Rifle in Action
The 15-inch Brooke rifle was one of the most powerful artillery pieces of the Civil War. Designed for coastal defense, it could fire massive projectiles with devastating impact. Watch as this ...
Instructors from the Civil War re-enactment group and National Civil War Artillery Association will teach registered participants how to safely work around, load and fire the two cannons.
GROTON, N.Y. -- Since 1994, Bruce Stiles has coaxed towns from Nebraska to New Hampshire to sell their Civil War cannons, sentinels that have graced cemeteries and parks for a century or more. His ...
DOVER — It took seven soldiers to operate a 1,230-pound bronze Napoleon-style cannon and limber during the Civil War. That’s not including the six hours to move it and another six horses to ...
Civil War artillery lesson Members of a Civil War living history encampment outside Gettysburg's Seminary Ridge Museum give young visitors a lesson in how to fire the cannons.
As it turned out, the cannon didn’t belong to the cemetery association. * In the half-century after the Civil War, about 12,000 obsolete cannons were donated to towns and veterans’ groups.
In Vintage Chattanooga, Hour 2, Rafael Eledge appraises a Civil War artillery shell, ca. 1863. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.
The third anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s reproduction Civil War-era cannon will be celebrated with an artillery demonstration 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. The event ...
Explore Civil War history at Castlerock Museum on July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy reenactors, artillery replicas, and period ...
Come July 19, the Muskingum River will come alive with a Civil War reenactment that sees guests of the Lorena Sternwheeler getting shot at from the river banks — and the boat firing back.
LENOX — Following a one-year, $18,900 restoration, the 1862 replica Union Army cannon returned Saturday morning to Lilac Park. The artillery piece and its carriage were restored by Civil War Cannons, ...