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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: May 25, 2008
Caption: The Guns at Lee's Hill
Additional Description: Furthest from the camera is a 4.2-inch Parrott Rifle. Next to it is a Confederate 12-pounder Napoleon smoothbore. The Parrott was cast by West Point Foundry, New York and was among the largest weapons in the field gun category, and was often used in siege operations. The Napoleon pictured here was cast in Macon, Georgia as a "copy" of a Federal weapon of the same class.
Submitted: July 5, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p27310
File Size: 1.747 Megabytes

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