Fort Henry Guns

"Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. A 10-inch Columbiad gun on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal." 1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion ; 4 x 10 in.1865 Apr. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003006042/PP/ (Accessed 10/23/2013)

Fort Henry Guns

Fort Henry had two big guns, the 10 in Columbiad (depicted above) and a 24 inch Rifled Gun, and 32 pounder smooth bores. The 32 pounders were from naval ships and were mounted in forts all over the Confederacy. Unfortunately most of them were under water when the Union Navy showed up to fire at close range on the fortress. A 24 pounder rifled gun is depicted in the picture below as the gun with the crew and the gun in the foreground is a 32 pounder.

"Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). A two-gun Confederate battery protected by sandbags south of Yorktown. Near gun, 32-pdr. Navy, far gun, 24-pdr. siege piece." "Sandbag Ramparts at Yorktown, Va." 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Between 1861 and 186 Library of Congress (Civil War glass negative collection) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003004800/PP/ (Accessed 10/23/2013)

"Arlington, Va. Soldiers with 24-pdr. siege gun on wooden barbette carriage at Fort Corcoran." "Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington." 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Between 1860 and 1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000934/PP/ (Accessed 10/23/2013)

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