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View of Bloody Hill from the Gun
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 29, 2010
Caption: View of Bloody Hill from the Gun
Additional Description: The cannon is a James Type 1 Rifled gun which fired a 3.8-inch projectile. This piece was made by Miles Greenwood & Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1861. It has 15 groove rifling and weighed 856 pounds when produced. Greenwood used the exterior form of the Model 1841 6-pdr smoothbore gun.
Submitted: September 2, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p125757
File Size: 0.919 Megabytes

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