Pick the best Civil War cannon.

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I attempted to keep this poll to the most common known field guns. contains smooth bore, rifled and breach loading cannon of the time.
True there where many that weighted more in shot size than I have listed. So I listed the most common shot size in weight, such as, 12,10, 6 and 24, leaving out the 18 and 32 pound shot.

The Napoleon was the most common used by both sides,12 pounder, than the 6 pounder that General Lee said should be melted down and made into 12 pounders, to the Whitworth breach loading rifled cannon, used by the Confederacy, the ANV had six of them.

AS I have smooth bore, rifled ,and breech loading cannon in this poll, you have 3 votes.

 

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Remember they are black powder too eh.

 

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See the 3 i voted for are in the lead. wonder why?

 

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Please post comments

 

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besure to check out the third and final poll on best civil war hand guns, its between the Rem and Colt, go Colt.

 

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Here`s a bit on information about the whitworth cannon.

The 12-pounder Whitworth Breechloading Rifle, manufactured in England, was invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, and imported into North America during the Civil War. It was a very rare gun during the war, but was an interesting precursor to modern artillery in that it was loaded from the breech and had exceptional accuracy over an enormous range. An engineering magazine wrote in 1864 that, "At 1600 yards the Whitworth gun fired 10 shots with a lateral deviation of only 5 inches." This degree of accuracy made them effective in counter-battery fire, used almost as the equivalent of a sharpshooter's rifle, and also for firing over bodies of water. They were not popular as anti-infantry weapons.

Whitworth BoltThe 2.75 inch bore of the Whitworth was hexagonal in cross-section, and the projectile a long bolt that twisted to conform to the rifling. It is said that these bolts made a very eerie sound when fired, which could be distinguished from other projectiles.

Despite the great range and accuracy of this rifle, the Whitworth was difficult to keep operational. First, ammunition was unique to the rifle, and also expensive and difficult to import. Second, the breechloading mechanism was prone to jam, forcing many guns to be loaded as a conventional muzzle-loader of the era.

 

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The Confeds made copies of all the cannons, and what is left out of the majority of books on the subject are all the other black powder cannons that came from europe. europe was getting rid of all its black poweder cannons, and was replacing them with the new guncotton ones.

 

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Smae 3 still at the top, gues when one reads my opening statements, they go for them first.

 

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need 100 voters to take this poll to part two

 

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need more than 18 voters eh