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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 27, 2011
Caption: 42-pdr Seacoast Gun - Rifled and Banded
Additional Description: Displayed in front of the chapel is this seacoast gun, used by the Confederates during the Civil War. Originally cast by West Point Foundry, New York in 1856. During the war, Confederates had the gun rifled with a wrought iron reinforcing band added for strength. The muzzle was also trimmed down (possibly for use in ironclad ships). The gun saw service at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and was recovered there in the 20th century.
Submitted: February 28, 2011, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p145891
File Size: 1.713 Megabytes

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