What is this? Mystery Confederate Weapon

[USS ALASKA]

Sirs, on page 36 of this paper - https://blueandgrayeducation.org/pdfs/monographs/monograph_8_complete.pdf - I read this statement...

Interestingly, it appears that the "two cannon" captured in Danville were actually somewhat unique Confederate inventions. One was called the 1.56 caliber (1 pounder) Williams' Smooth Bore Machine Gun. It could fire 65 combustible cartridges per minute with its four foot barrel and had an extreme range of 2,000 yards. This gun was designed by Captain D.R. Williams of Covington, Kentucky, and either was produced in Lynchburg or Richmond before being sent to Danville. Upon its capture, it was sent to the Ordnance Laboratory at the United States Military Academy.

The other Confederate cannon was a 2-inch bore 5-shot machine gun. The gun was described as "cast-and-wrought iron five-chamber 2-inch revolver cannon....mounted on cast-iron wheels resembling the frame of a plow or harrow, this hand-crank percussion cap fired repeater was not particularly successful; it did little for the South." It was supposedly used in the siege of Petersburg, where it was made, before being sent to Danville. It too was sent to the West Point Museum as a war trophy.

The second paragraph, anyone know what this weapon is?

Thanks for the help,
USS ALASKA

 

[UCVRelics]

Sirs, on page 36 of this paper - https://blueandgrayeducation.org/pdfs/monographs/monograph_8_complete.pdf - I read this statement...

Interestingly, it appears that the "two cannon" captured in Danville were actually somewhat unique Confederate inventions. One was called the 1.56 caliber (1 pounder) Williams' Smooth Bore Machine Gun. It could fire 65 combustible cartridges per minute with its four foot barrel and had an extreme range of 2,000 yards. This gun was designed by Captain D.R. Williams of Covington, Kentucky, and either was produced in Lynchburg or Richmond before being sent to Danville. Upon its capture, it was sent to the Ordnance Laboratory at the United States Military Academy.

The other Confederate cannon was a 2-inch bore 5-shot machine gun. The gun was described as "cast-and-wrought iron five-chamber 2-inch revolver cannon....mounted on cast-iron wheels resembling the frame of a plow or harrow, this hand-crank percussion cap fired repeater was not particularly successful; it did little for the South." It was supposedly used in the siege of Petersburg, where it was made, before being sent to Danville. It too was sent to the West Point Museum as a war trophy.

The second paragraph, anyone know what this weapon is?

Thanks for the help,
USS ALASKA

It was the Confederate Revolving Cannon.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Ah, understood sir!

The Machine Gun

"The series of books entitled "The machine gun" was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place...

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The above linked book that this is excerpted from can be downloaded free at the link posted here...

Ordnance Papers | Cannons / Artillery & Crew Served Weapons

CIVIL WAR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE Revised 10 November 1960 U. S. NAVAL SCHOOL, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL U. S. NAVAL PROPELLANT PLANT Indian Head, Maryland U. S. NAVAL SCHOOL, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL A REPORT ON CIVIL WAR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE by F. W. HACKLEY lst Lt, U. S. Army U. S. NAVAL...

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Thank you for the help!
USS ALASKA