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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2008
Caption: Columbiad
Additional Description: Confederate States also used columbiads extensively, mostly stocks captured from Federal arsenals at the time of secession. These acquitted themselves well against early ironclad warships. In addition, the Confederates produced limited quantities of eight-inch and ten-inch columbiads without the Rodman process; these could not withstand sustained use. The Confederates also rifled some columbiads in an effort to improve weapon performance.
Submitted: October 21, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p40370
File Size: 0.254 Megabytes

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