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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 ...
This muzzle-loading artillery safety qualification program for re-enactors and history buffs will be held on April 8 featuring an original bronze 12-pounder Napoleon Civil War cannon, cast in 1863 ...
DOVER — It took seven soldiers to operate a 1,230-pound bronze Napoleon-style cannon and limber during the Civil War. ... When he met with the Gettysburg National Park’s artillery expert, ...
Civil War Cannons Do Disappearing Act. By Ben Dobbin . Aug. 21, 2005 12 AM PT . ... Watterson’s Civil War Artillery Museum opens by appointment only, drawing a few hundred visitors a year.
PETERSBURG, Va. – Bomb disposal experts removed four Civil War-era artillery rounds from Virginia's Siege Museum after X-rays showed several artillery rounds stored there are capable of exploding.
Explore Civil War history at Castlerock Museum on July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy reenactors, artillery replicas, and period ...
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. In the video above ...
Appraisal: Civil War Artillery Shell, ca. 1863. GUEST: I mean, it looks like something that came from a cannon or a gun, but I got it at a yard sale for three dollars ...
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 Lorena Sternwheeler Civil War Reenactment and Encampment will sail from Zane’s Landing Park in downtown Zanesville Friday, July 19 ...
The Lorena Sternwheeler Civil War Reenactment and ... “They won’t even let me know where the cannons are,” said Captain Bill Page of the ... “We have artillery people on the ...