Canister load

[MarkZim]

Just curious. What would be the largest canister load in the Civil War?

 

[UCVRelics]

Just curious. What would be the largest canister load in the Civil War?

The CS had a canister for the 7 inch Brooke. Grape went all the way to 11 inch.

 

[redbob]

The canister load for the 7" Brooke rifled canister was 114 1.3" iron shot and the Federal 15" Dahlgren or Rodman Smoothbore had 600 1.3" iron shot. The largest Federal canister for a rifled gun was for the 6.4" Parrott (100# rifle) which was 48 2" iron balls. The largest stand of quilted (bagged)Grape shot was for the 15" Dahlgren or Rodman smoothbores which had 18 4.55" iron balls.

 

[MarkZim]

The canister load for the 7" Brooke rifled canister was 114 1.3" iron shot and the Federal 15" Dahlgren or Rodman Smoothbore had 600 1.3" iron shot. The largest Federal canister for a rifled gun was for the 6.4" Parrott (100# rifle) which was 48 2" iron balls. The largest stand of quilted (bagged)Grape shot was for the 15" Dahlgren or Rodman smoothbores which had 18 4.55" iron balls.

Where were these huge canister loads used? The effects must have been devastating.

 

[redbob]

Where were these huge canister loads used? The effects must have been devastating.

As canister was primarily for close in fighting, it is doubtful if any of these monster loads were seldom if ever used in combat.