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The Rhode Island Battery
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: May 4, 2008
Caption: The Rhode Island Battery
Additional Description: Five cannon mark the battery's location. Four of these are 13-pounder James Rifled cannon. Two are a 6-pounder smoothbore Model 1861 field gun. Externally both types are similar, with the difference being the bore size, rifling, and the presence of a blade site on the muzzle of the rifles.
Submitted: June 16, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p25607
File Size: 1.487 Megabytes

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