Napoleon Cannon A - Cravens House - Lookout Mountain, TN
N 35° 00.838 W 085° 20.508
16S E 651295 N 3875848
One of two cannons on display at this historic house, and many in this Civil War battlefield.
Waymark Code: WM6T9V
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2009
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Twelve-pound cannon
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The twelve-pound cannon is a cannon that fires twelve-pound projectiles from its barrel, as well as grapeshot, chainshot, shrapnel, and later shells and canister shot.[1] It was first used during the Tudor period[2] and reached its production top in the Napoleonic wars (1812-1815). It was a favorite weapon of the Grande Armee; these muzzle-loading smoothbore 12-pounders were later known as Napoleon cannons in honor of the French emperor, himself a former artillery officer.
In addition 12-pounders were carried on the quarterdeck of British Ships of the line like HMS Victory though their main weapons were the larger 24 and 32 pound cannon, capable of shattering the hulls of enemy warships and killing the gun crews with a deadly shower of splinters.[3]
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