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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0143-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Author/Creator
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- Title
- [Wreckage of heavy artillery piece including gun, carriage, and unused shells]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 18 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph showing the remains of a heavy artillery piece. The unused spherical shells scattered across the image include wooden sabots attached to the shells by tin straps. The top of the shell in the center of the image displays where the fuze would be attached. This type of smoothbore munition was commonly used by Confederate artillery.
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