Photograph by the Author
Taken at Antietam National Battlefield
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An outdated model from the Mexican War era, these small bronze cannon saw limited use during the war.
Although, like the later-designed Napoleon (which effectively replaced them), they fired 12 pound rounds, they were considerably less powerful and were only effective at close range.
Sources:
Hazlett, James, Edwin Olmstead, & M. Hume Parks. Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War.
(Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983).
Thomas, Dean. Cannons: An Introduction to Civil War Artillery.
(Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1985).
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