CS cannon explodes on May 22.

[Ben Ford 987]

Supposedly a Confederate fieldpiece exploded on May 22, killing 2 men and wounding several others.
Does anyone know the details? Vicksburg Seige.

 

[Missouri Swampfox]

Grand Gulf. Killed Wade the Captain.

 

[Ben Ford 987]

Grand Gulf. Killed Wade the Captain.

Grand Gulf. Killed Wade the Captain.

Not Grand Gulf, but looking for Vicksburg seige. Not April 29th, but looking for May 22.
Captain Wade was killed April 29th by a federal shell, said to have decapitated him.

 

[Samwisep86]

Supposedly a Confederate fieldpiece exploded on May 22, killing 2 men and wounding several others.
Does anyone know the details? Vicksburg Seige.

Seems like what happened to the cannoneers of the 1st Miss Light Artillery at the 2nd Texas Lunette after the Chicago Mercantile Battery hit a shell on the muzzle of the gun.

 

[Ben Ford 987]

Seems like what happened to the cannoneers of the 1st Miss Light Artillery at the 2nd Texas Lunette after the Chicago Mercantile Battery hit a shell on the muzzle of the gun.

But that's kind of close, not the explosion of a field piece. It is somewhat similar.

 

[Missouri Swampfox]

Not Grand Gulf, but looking for Vicksburg seige. Not April 29th, but looking for May 22.
Captain Wade was killed April 29th by a federal shell, said to have decapitated him.

My mistake. Should have looked up the date instead of relying on an old man's memory.

 

[Ben Ford 987]

My mistake. Should have looked up the date instead of relying on an old man's memory.

It happens. What were we talking about?

 

[Stryker65]

Supposedly a Confederate fieldpiece exploded on May 22, killing 2 men and wounding several others.
Does anyone know the details? Vicksburg Seige.

According to the Official Records (V24P2), neither Chief Engineer Lockett nor any of Pemberton's four division commanders reported field piece explosions on May 22. However, a heavy artillery piece (a 7.5-in Blakely rifle) burst at the muzzle on May 22, wounding two men. This was a piece belonging to the 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery, part of the River Batteries.

 

[Missouri Swampfox]

It happens. What were we talking about?

I mistook the Wade explosion for another on the wrong date.

 

[Ben Ford 987]

I mistook the Wade explosion for another on the wrong date.

When I wrote "What were we talking about?" I was only making a joke about old men's, including my, memory failures.
Being a little lighthearted. I understood totally what we were actually talking about.

 

[G Low]

When I wrote "What were we talking about?" I was only making a joke about old men's, including my, memory failures.
Being a little lighthearted. I understood totally what we were actually talking about.

I got that joke right away, and i sorta thought someone was going to help you out … no offense @Missouri Swampfox , but there seems to be a lot of Spock's on this site.

 

[Ben Ford 987]

Seems like what happened to the cannoneers of the 1st Miss Light Artillery at the 2nd Texas Lunette after the Chicago Mercantile Battery hit a shell on the muzzle of the gun.

Can you please tell me the source of your information about "what happened to the cannoneers of the 1st Miss Light Artillery at the 2nd Texas Lunette after the Chicago Mercantile Battery hit a shell on the muzzle of the gun."

I would like to read what exactly that source(s) says.

 

[G Low]

According to the Official Records (V24P2), neither Chief Engineer Lockett nor any of Pemberton's four division commanders reported field piece explosions on May 22. However, a heavy artillery piece (a 7.5-in Blakely rifle) burst at the muzzle on May 22, wounding two men. This was a piece belonging to the 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery, part of the River Batteries.

Again @Stryker65 you nailed it, I can see you working for Army intelligence in the next few years.

 

[Samwisep86]

Can you please tell me the source of your information about "what happened to the cannoneers of the 1st Miss Light Artillery at the 2nd Texas Lunette after the Chicago Mercantile Battery hit a shell on the muzzle of the gun."

I would like to read what exactly that source(s) says.

Capt. Patrick H. White Post War Memoir. There's a copy on file at Vicksburg NMP, and its quoted as well in William's Chicago's Battery Boys. I don't have it handy, but I believe Ed Bearss says something similar in The Campaign for Vicksburg.

Here's the excerpt from White's Memoir:
"We used shrapnel, the fuse cut so close the shell exploded almost as soon as it left the guns. The first discharge was simultaneous with the rebels and struck their gun in the muzzle, scattering death among their cannoniers, I never saw a gun loaded and fired so quick as every man was at his best. They did not take much care in sponging and once or twice it went off prematurely."

 

[Ben Ford 987]

Capt. Patrick H. White Post War Memoir. There's a copy on file at Vicksburg NMP, and its quoted as well in William's Chicago's Battery Boys. I don't have it handy, but I believe Ed Bearss says something similar in The Campaign for Vicksburg.

Here's the excerpt from White's Memoir:
"We used shrapnel, the fuse cut so close the shell exploded almost as soon as it left the guns. The first discharge was simultaneous with the rebels and struck their gun in the muzzle, scattering death among their cannoniers, I never saw a gun loaded and fired so quick as every man was at his best. They did not take much care in sponging and once or twice it went off prematurely."

Thanks