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Royal Navy powder horn with engraving. Carved German powder horn, c1700. A powder horn is a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow, ox, or buffalo horn. The term may also be used for any personal container for gunpowder, although powder flask is the strictly correct term.
American Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg. John Lawrence Burns[ 1] (September 5, 1793 – February 4, 1872 [ 2]) was an American soldier and constable. A veteran of the War of 1812, at age 69 he fought as a civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He was wounded, but survived to become a ...
1,523 yd (1,393 m) The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American War to the American Civil War. It fired a 6.1 lb (2.8 kg) round shot up to a distance of 1,523 yd (1,393 m) at 5° elevation. It could also fire canister shot and ...
Owner of unique powder horn turns down $25,000 on 'Antiques Roadshow'. On Monday's episode of "Antiques Roadshow," a Las Vegas man brought in a beautiful artifact straight off the battlefields of ...
The Model 1841 was replaced by the minie ball firing Springfield Model 1855, which became the standard issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863 . By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Rifle was generally considered old-fashioned but effective. It was carried by some Union troops up ...
A Confederate-built rough iron 24-pounder Coehorn at Petersburg in 1864. Coehorn at Fort King George. The original was light enough to be moved by as few as two men, although a four-man crew was more practical for rapid movement. It proved immediately popular; the 74 used at Kaiserswerth were increased to over 300 at Bonn six months later.
Drawing comparing Model 1844 8-inch columbiad and Model 1861 10-inch "Rodman" columbiad. The powder chamber on the older columbiad is highlighted by the red box. The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War –era columbiads designed by Union artillery officer Thomas Jackson Rodman [ 1] (1815–1871). The guns were designed to fire ...
A visitor center at the site allows visitors to view several historical items - including the powder horn of Harmon Cox, the only known surviving archeological relic from the Battle of Alamance, in a small museum. Outside the visitors center is a 3-pounder cannon replica and a map of the battleground site.
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