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Offline Owen

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Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« on: March 01, 2012, 08:49:43 AM »
I dont remember seeing this link on here before ... if it has been :) sorry

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-1-the-places/100241/
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Artillery lends dignity to what would other wise be a vulgar brawl.

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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 09:00:58 AM »
Nice set of images.  Many I have seen before, but some that I haven't.   Some interesting artillery images.  Thanks for posting.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 09:49:12 AM »
Sobering reminder of mans cruelty. 

Nice view of some pieces Like the older pattern in the Babbette carriage.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 09:58:19 AM »
"13 Stacked cannon balls, possibly a view of an arsenal yard in Washington, D.C. (NARA) # "
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More likely captured confederate ordnance.... very large quanity of Whitworth bolts in photo.....
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2012, 10:52:29 AM »
Very nice!
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2012, 01:03:30 PM »
Hey, I stumbled across this set of photos just a few days ago while researching one of my projects! I really like photo #22 and thought about posting it here, but forgot about it. Nice set of pictures, especially the ones that aren't quite as staged and show the little things of life back then that you don't normally think about.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2012, 01:41:27 PM »
I like image #22 also.  The stack of 8 inch grape is of particular interest.  In the field artillery grape was considered obsolete.  The nine 6 pdr shot that made up the 8 inch grape must have been very destructive.
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2012, 04:53:12 PM »
wow spent alot of time on  most photos great details in some of these old photos
 
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2012, 12:14:21 PM »
These are pictures of the only confederate magazine left in the us.. At Fort Wright  Randolph Tn.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 12:30:37 PM »
I forgot ther are two rooms in this magazine.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2012, 12:35:10 PM »
Hopefully someone is working on restoration.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2012, 01:18:02 PM »
They let to many people get involved now it's a mess.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2012, 04:53:39 AM »
Image 33 is a good example of how fortifications can be built that protect the gun crews, but which restricts the field of fire for each gun.  To me the study of how guns were deployed is almost as interesting as the the guns themselves.  Note, I said almost.
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Re: Civil War pics ... nice cannons
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2012, 09:40:33 AM »
The photo's depict nothing like I've seen in the moves about the civil war. Very educational for me.
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