Howitzer Cannon B - Chickamauga National Battlefield
N 34° 55.887 W 085° 15.267
16S E 659425 N 3866831
One of two cannons on display near the 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry memorial.
Waymark Code: WM6TKG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2009
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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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