Tue 23 Jun, 2026 05:37 pm - Joseph Whitworth was the guy responsible for those rifles and the 12 pound guns.
Both had a hexagonal bore which offered a mechanical fit, as opposed to the round type that we’re accustomed... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 02:46 pm - Well heck. If you liked it, that’s all I was aiming for!😎
I just think it’s a very interesting story. Especially how the primary target got changed from Ft Sumter to the civilian... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 07:45 am - All the preceding post were originally posted by myself on a different website a few years ago.
They were condensed from a series of blogs from another site that was titled “To The Sound Of... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 07:31 am - Once the ordinance officers had studied the failure, and the interested gawkers had examined the destruction, what was left of the gun was shipped north for scrap.
Charles Carr, of the Pheonix... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 07:23 am - The next morning Gilmore sent another note to Beauregard, signed this time.
Beauregard's reply was understandably hot, calling the shelling of a civilian city "barbaric", and... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 06:41 am - The detachment serving the gun was made up from the 11th Maine Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Sellmer.
I know a gun crew of field artillery used 9 or 10 individuals per gun. I got no... (view)
Tue 23 Jun, 2026 01:04 am - Way west of where you were! Somerset/Bedford Counties: that’s why we call it Pennsyltucky!
Very few people realize that Pennsylvania consist of two separate states in one set of state... (view)
Mon 22 Jun, 2026 05:22 pm - On 21 August, the gun was finally in place, and everything set to go.
As I said in the original post, Gilmore's idea was to use the thing to batter Ft Sumter. At least that was the story.... (view)
Mon 22 Jun, 2026 05:13 pm -
Col Serrell was born in London England in 1825. He emigrated to the U.S. With his family as a youngster. Raised in New York, young Serrell learned engineering from his dad and older brother. When... (view)
Mon 22 Jun, 2026 10:21 am - In the summer of 1863 Maj Gen Quincy Gilmore was in charge of Union operations against Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.
The Yankees had been working on Charleston for some time, but had had... (view)
