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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: February 16, 2008
Caption: A "False Napoleon"
Additional Description: In the 1890s a commission placing cannon at Gettysburg was short of real 12-pdr Napoleon guns to depict all the important artillery locations on the field. The commission had several 6-pdr Field Guns altered to look similar to the larger guns. The process required removal of some bands and rings, generally smoothing of the barrel, and the bore enlarged to 4 and a half inches to a depth of about six inches. While resembling the larger guns from a distance, the smaller cannon are easy to identify up close, as seen here. This particular piece was originally altered with rifling during the war. The lands and grooves of which are seen where the bore enlargement ends.
Submitted: March 10, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p18264
File Size: 1.000 Megabytes

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