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Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« on: May 02, 2011, 04:02:00 PM »
This is our battery in operation this weekend at Selma.  The barrel is an 1841 6lb Field Cannon made by South Bend.  The limber and everything else is homemade.











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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 04:10:04 PM »
Where were you relative to downtown?
Near the river? Or north or west of town?
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 04:19:01 PM »
Very close to the river.
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 04:22:44 PM »
Very nice pictures
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 04:59:13 PM »
     Looks like your battery really did a fantastic job on the carriage and limber.  Lots of carriage details are revealed by those excellent photos.  Mike and I own 4 South Bend replica tubes and we have seen them in 14 or 15 different states around the country.  Never have we owned or seen a bad one!  The detail they put into their cannon tubes makes them close to perfect.

Thanks Swampman!

Tracy and Mike
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2011, 05:14:03 PM »
OK, I've got to ask.  What Selma?  I live close to Selma, NC, and hadn't heard of this.  Or am I in the wrong state? ???
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2011, 05:23:16 PM »
So, did the 4th Iowa Cavalry overrun your battery?
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 12:39:20 AM »
Selma, AL....I can't tell one yankee from another ;D
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Re: Pictures of Robertson's Battery at Selma 2011
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 11:08:48 AM »
Who's that old goober holding the lanyard?  ;D

The gun looks great!  Hope to see it in person sometime in the future.
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