Civil War Cannon

1841 Model Gun

•Fires 6 lb. projectiles

•Workhorse of Mexican War, but considered obsolete by Civil War

•Weight: 1,784 pounds

•Range: up to 1,523 yards

•Approximate number at Antietam:

Confederate: 45, Union: 0

 

 

1857 Model Napoleon

•Fires 12 lb. projectiles

•Named after French Emperor Louis Napoleon III

•Weight: 2,355 pounds

•Range: up to 1,619 yards

•Approximate number at Antietam:

Confederate: 27, Union: 108

 

 

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Rifled Cannon:

 

Parrott Rifle

•Fires 10 lb. projectiles

•Named for designer Robert Parker Parrott

•Weight: 1,799 pounds

•Range: up to 1,900 yards

•Approximate number at Antietam:

Confederate: 36, Union: 42

 

3-Inch Ordnance Rifle

•Fires 10 lb. projectiles

•Lightest and strongest rifled tube

•Weight: 1,726 pounds

•Range: up to 1,830 yards

•Approximate number at

 

Antietam Battlefield-Sharpsburg Md.

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