One Muddy Gun

[frontrank2]

A 10 lb. ( maybe a 20 ) Parrott Gun during the Peninsula Campaign in the Spring of 1862.

 

[Tanglewood]

Interesting to note the Austrian style sword.

 

[Sundance]

The sword looks like it could be one of the early 1800's Starr sabers. ...and yes, that's one muddy gun. What will his mother say?

 

[Sundance]

Then again maybe not, with those ears on the grip.

 

[Championhilz]

A 10 lb. ( maybe a 20 ) Parrott Gun during the Peninsula Campaign in the Spring of 1862.

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Looks like a job opportunity for some privates with too much free time on their hands; I'm sure the chief of the piece took care of the problem in short order.

 

[bankerpapaw]

I've read where cannons and wagons would sink up to their axles. Example: The Great Mud March.

 

[Robert Gray]

That is the 1st New York Artillery. Those are 20 lb. Parrotts. Here is another photo of the same battery. (Library of Congress)