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[ivan]

ADMIRAL FOOTE

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Yesterday's Question: I'll be posting the answer later today...

Here is Today's Question, Worth Two Points:

What Civil War military leader stated his philosophy of war with these words: "There is always a hazard in military movements, but we must decide between the positions of inaction and the risk of action"?

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[crowbar]

Gen. Robert E.Lee

 

[raggedrebel]

Robert Edward Lee

 

[belletraveler]

The answer is Robert E. Lee.

Belle

 

[skirmish]

General Robert E. Lee- CSA, Army of Northern Virginia

 

[ivan]

Gen. Robert E. Lee

 

[rebrick]

Gen. Robert E. Lee - CSA, Army of Northern Virginia

 

[lorrierivette]

"There is always a hazard in military movements, but we must decide between the positions of inaction and the risk of action."


Gen. Robert E. Lee - CSA, Army of Northern Virginia.
Lorrie

 

[snoopy]

The quote is from General Robert E. Lee.

 

[aggie80]

Gen. Robert E. Lee - CSA, Army of Northern Virginia.

 

[chamberlain20me]

Robert E. Lee

 

[connyankee]

Robert E. Lee

 

[learn_history]

Robert E. Lee

Amanda R

 

[terchris]

General Robert E Lee

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Well, I finally started getting email again, that was why I delayed scoring Saturday's question. I've got some goofy problems to take care of now, I'll be able to post updated scores tonight finally. With the server problem I'm having, the site may have to go down next Saturday for repairs, hopefully for only a few hours. I'll let you know what we will do for trivia if it's affected.

Saturday's Question: Who said, "Well, I am glad to be done with guns and war"? Union Admiral Andrew H. Foote

Yesterday's Question: What Civil War military leader stated his philosophy of war with these words: "There is always a hazard in military movements, but we must decide between the positions of inaction and the risk of action"? Robert E. Lee

Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:

What is the difference between an artillery shot and an artillery shell?

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[skirmish]

"Shot" was a kinetic energy round that used its mass and speed to penetrate the object it was fired at. "Shells" were usually a hollow projectile that was filled with explosive powder and ignited by a fuse. Some fuses were the impact actilvated type but the common fuses were ignited by the fire in teh barrel from the cannon powder used to shoot the projectile.

 

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Solid Shot
For smoothbores, cast-iron solid shot is the familiar spherical cannonball; for rifles, the elongated projectile is called a "bolt". Both were useful for counter-battery fire or attacking fortifications; the superior power of the rifle bolt was the technological development that made masonry fortifications obsolete, a fact graphically demonstrated by the ease with which the walls of Fort Pulaski were breached early in the War.
Shell
Shell, as its name implies, is a hollow iron projectile filled with a bursting charge of black powder. All round shell, and some rifle shell, used a time fuse to ignite the bursting charge; Rifle shells could also use percussion fuses.

Case Shot
Also called shrapnel or shrapnel shell after its inventor, British artilleryman Henry Shrapnel, case shot was an improvement on the simple shell by the addition of small lead or iron balls to the interior of a thinner-walled projectile. The balls were embedded in a matrix of sulphur or coal-tar. Case shot was designed to explode in the air, so nearly always used time fuses.

 

[ivan]

"Artillery shot", or solid shot: "A solid iron projectile cast without a powder chamber or fuse hole. A solid spherical projectile was known as "shot" or "cannon ball" and was used against troops, fortifications, opposing batteries, etc. Spherical shot was also used for ricochet firing. The elongated rifled projectile was called a bolt and was fired primarily at fortifications".

"Artillery shell":"Also known as a common shell. A hollow projectile of cast iron containing a bursting charge, which was ignited by means of a fuse. A shell fired at troops was set to go off in the air above the target or, if ricochet was desired, to plunge into the column before detonation. When fired at works or buildings, the fuse was set to explode after penetration".

Source: www.civilwarartillery.com

 

[rebrick]

Shell
A hollow projectile, filled with powder and equipped with a fuse, intended to explode at some distance from the piece.

Shot
A solid non-explosive projectile