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Photographer: Andrew J. Russell
Taken: May 18, 1864
Caption: Rodman smoothbore at Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, 1864
Additional Description: Innovative technology in iron gun-casting made it possible to produce these 49,000-pounder guns. They were named after Brigadier General Thomas J. Rodman, who perfected this new technology shortly before the Civil War.
Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-84372]
Submitted: April 15, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p470273
File Size: 0.297 Megabytes

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