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Comment on Some “olde English iron”: British smoothbores rifled for Confederate service by The British Gun at Sullivan’s Island | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:50:32 +0000

[…] photo is very likely one of a handful of old British 12-pounders that, in the latter part of 1863, the Confederates had rifled and fitted with breech banding to further expand there defenses around Charleston. Those guns are marked with what looks like the […]

Comment on Ye Olde English Gun… on Sullivan’s Island! by The British Gun at Sullivan’s Island | Dead Confederates, A Civil War Era Blog

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:50:29 +0000

[…] other day, over at To the Sound of the Guns, Craig Swain took a look at a very unusual piece of Confederate artillery, photographed at Fort Marshall on Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston. Looking closely at the […]

Comment on Redans and field artillery: The defenses of Vicksburg, Part 1 by Water batteries against gunboats: Defenses of Vicksburg, part 2 | To the Sound of the Guns

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:24:11 +0000

[…] ← Redans and field artillery: The defenses of Vicksburg, Part 1 […]

Comment on A 10pdr Parrott Rifle from Macon? Well maybe by Cotton Boll Conspiracy

Cotton Boll Conspiracy — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:03 +0000

I was wondering about the surviving gun that’s in private hands. If you were able to get photos of it you might be able to at least do some sort of comparison between it and the gun at Chancellorsville. Of course, that presupposes that the individual with the privately owned gun is willing.

Comment on Putting the punch in the Long Arm of Lee: Tredegar rearms the ANV by 150 years ago: Lee’s Long Arm “in the best possible condition… without an hour’s delay” | To the Sound of the Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:28 +0000

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Comment on “…such a palpable crippling of a great arm…”: Hunt’s assessment of Chancellorsville by 150 years ago: Lee’s Long Arm “in the best possible condition… without an hour’s delay” | To the Sound of the Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:25 +0000

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Comment on Guns “unservicable for want of horses”: Artillery in the aftermath of Chancellorsville by 150 years ago: Lee’s Long Arm “in the best possible condition… without an hour’s delay” | To the Sound of the Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:22 +0000

[…] I’m having a bit of trouble here. The Civil War 150th timelines have reached high tide. I have trouble keeping up on several fronts! One thread I’ve pulled on since the winter is the health of the artillery batteries in the Army of Northern Virginia. I’ve looked at the shortage of guns and how that was resolved. Now let me turn to the mobility – that is the horses. In the middle of the winter of 1863, Jackson’s artillery rated, due to shortage of horses, severely diminished mobility – all but stationary in my opinion. By the time of Chancellorsville, the batteries had upgraded some of the artillery, but shortages of horses continued to hinder the mobility of the batteries. And the hard won victory further reduced the horsepower pulling the guns. […]

Comment on Field artillery mobility and the labor of a horse by 150 years ago: Lee’s Long Arm “in the best possible condition… without an hour’s delay” | To the Sound of the Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:19 +0000

[…] Jackson’s artillery rated, due to shortage of horses, severely diminished mobility – all but stationary in my opinion. By the time of Chancellorsville, the batteries had upgraded some of the artillery, but shortages […]

Comment on 150 years ago: Were Jackson’s Batteries ready? by 150 years ago: Lee’s Long Arm “in the best possible condition… without an hour’s delay” | To the Sound of the Guns

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:25:16 +0000

[…] Now let me turn to the mobility – that is the horses. In the middle of the winter of 1863, Jackson’s artillery rated, due to shortage of horses, severely diminished mobility – all but stationary in my […]

Comment on A 10pdr Parrott Rifle from Macon? Well maybe by Craig Swain

Craig Swain — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:44:31 +0000

I assume you mean an authenticated wartime photo. None of those exist. On my “to do” list is to thoroughly examine the records associated with Macon Foundry in the archives, looking for additional clues.