Wednesday, February 2, 2011

1800s-1900s
12-pounder bronze gun, Model of 185 7 Also known as the Napoleon, fires twelve pound explosive shells and solid shots, bullets can be fired a mile long, was in the battle of Gettysburg against the confederate army. Considered a light gun weighing at 1,200 pounds. Manufactured in Massachusetts in the Ames Company and Revere Copper Company.


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