30-Pounder US Army Parrott Rifles at Fort Pulaski
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30-Pounder US Army Parrott Rifles at Fort Pulaski

US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles were successfully used in the Siege of Fort Pulaski in April of 1862. Several 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles (also called 4.2-Inch Parrotts) are displayed at the Fort. The US Army Model is both longer and heavier than the Navy 30-Pounder.

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4.5-Inch Blakely Rifles at Fort Pulaski
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4.5-Inch Blakely Rifles at Fort Pulaski

Two 4.5-Inch Blakely Rifles are displayed at Fort Pulaski near Savannah, Georgia. These two Blakelys were part of the original Confederate defenses of the fort, and they were captured by the US Army in 1862 when the fort surrendered.

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The Naval Guns of Old Fort Jackson
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The Naval Guns of Old Fort Jackson

Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia displays several cannon which were manufactured for and used by the US Navy in the years before the American Civil War.

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32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Georgia
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32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Georgia

A 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight, banded and rifled by the Confederates, is displayed at Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia. This cannon was raised from the wreck of CSS Georgia in 1984.

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Brookes at the National Civil War Naval Museum
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Brookes at the National Civil War Naval Museum

Placeholder page showing the two Brooke smoothbores and two 7-Inch Brooke Rifles preserved at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. Photographs were taken by the author in the late 1990s.

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