Trivia #17 Secessionville (4/17/2014)

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Of the nine cannons placed to defend the fort built at Secessionville, SC, which one was the largest?
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The largest was the Big Gun
The nine cannon defending the fort consisted of:
an 8-inch Columbiad in the center, the Big Gun

flanked on either side
with a 24-pounder rifled gun, a 24-pound smoothbore, and an 18-pounder.

At another battery to his northern flank he had an additional two 24-pounders;

The 8 inch was a Rodman Columbiad,

Length Weight Charge Shot Shell Range
M. 1861
8-inch

119.5” 8,465 lb. 10 lb. 65 lb. 50 lb. 3,873 yd.
@ 30° (shell)

Number
Made

Years
Made

Current
Survivors

Foundries Weight
Front
Pintel
Carriage

Weight
Center
Pintel
Carriage

M. 1861
8-inch

213 1861-
1865

56 Fort Pitt Foundry
Scott Foundry
West Point Foundry

4,899 lb. 4,539 lb.
Expired Image Removed
8-inch Confederate columbiads at Yorktown, Virginia.
 
Civil War Trust at http://www.civilwar.org/battlefield...ry-articles/the-battle-of-secessionville.html states: "The nine cannon defending the fort consisted of: an 8-inch Columbiad in the center flanked on either side with a 24-pounder rifled gun, a 24-pound smoothbore, and an 18-pounder. At another battery to his northern flank he had an additional two 24-pounders; these two guns had not received their gun crews."
Weight Length Range
8 In Columbiad 8,465 lb 119.5” 3,873 yards
24 Pound Rifled Gun 5,790 lbs 124 inches 1,834 yards

My answer: 8 Inch Columbiad
 
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