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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Athens Double-Barreled Cannon (April, 1862) - Feb. 14th, 2005
American’s Civil War
| September 1997
| Lonnie R. Speer
Posted on 02/13/2005 9:34:03 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: AZamericonnie
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posted on
02/14/2005 7:31:56 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: Neil E. Wright
You guys find the most interesting little tidbits of history. It's not easy but we keep hunting.
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02/14/2005 7:33:35 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
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To: U S Army EOD
...the use of chain shot was pretty much a French idea. The concept was dead on arrival. LOL. That must be it.
43
posted on
02/14/2005 7:34:38 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: bentfeather
Thanks feather. Good morning.
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posted on
02/14/2005 7:35:36 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
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To: Aeronaut
45
posted on
02/14/2005 7:35:51 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
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To: GailA
Good morning Gail. Frosty again this morning. Winter is ready to leave us just yet.
46
posted on
02/14/2005 7:36:56 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: The Mayor
Good topic for Valentines day. Thanks Mayor.
47
posted on
02/14/2005 7:37:43 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: radu
Happy Valentine's Day back atcha!
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posted on
02/14/2005 7:38:04 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it; All
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, snippy,et.al.
free dixie HUGS,duckie/sw
49
posted on
02/14/2005 7:39:14 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
To: SAMWolf
Agree on the canister or grapeshot. I don't think mass production of Maxim guns would have been possible in the South, although the North could have done it (just barely). Anachronistic as all heck, of course, Maxim developed his weapon during 1881-85.
As far as barbed wire goes, the first mass production started in 1868 (google) just late for the war. Modern barbed wire went into production in 1874. Smooth wire was used successfully in the 1861-65 affair, though, as I recollect.
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posted on
02/14/2005 7:41:27 AM PST
by
Iris7
(.....to protect the Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. Same bunch, anyway.)
To: snippy_about_it
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posted on
02/14/2005 7:41:28 AM PST
by
The Mayor
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To: Valin; SAMWolf
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state Hey, it's our state's 146th birthday today.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:01:07 AM PST
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snippy_about_it
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To: stand watie
Happy Valentine's Day to you and duckie!
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:03:23 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it
THANKS!
RETURNED!
free dixie HUGS/SMOOCHES,sw
54
posted on
02/14/2005 8:12:40 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
To: All
Happy Valentine's Day
from the "Sam and Snippy" store.
55
posted on
02/14/2005 8:14:57 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it
also, reference the cannon that SOMETIMES could ====> it was like TOPSY, when it was good it was VERY good & when it was BAD it was just AWFUL! (if nothing else, it scared a BUNCH of yankee boys into "departing swiftly to the rear"!)
free dixie,sw
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:15:39 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
To: stand watie
Morning stand watie.
Free Dixie!
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:27:35 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Who puts those thin ice signs out there?)
To: Iris7
Can you imagine our War between the States being fought with WWI weapons? Frightening.
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:29:16 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(Who puts those thin ice signs out there?)
To: SAMWolf
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posted on
02/14/2005 8:56:04 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
To: SAMWolf
actually, it WAS in many ways.
the repeating rifles of 1862 were just as murderous at their desired range as the rifles of WW1 were & the FEW gatling & volley guns were just as brutally effective to 400 yards as the rather primitive MGs of the Great War.
furthermore, the Whitworth scoped sniper rifles of the CSA were MORE deadly than the 1903 sniper rifles of WW1, in that they were accurate at a MUCH greater range. in one recorded/documented case, a yankee LT was killed by a black CSA sniper from a distance of 1600+ YARDS! (that's more than one mile!). too bad our "lads in gray" didn't have MORE of those!
also, in BOTH the WBTS & WW1, the tactics were FAR BEHIND the level of effectiveness of the weapons!
free dixie,sw
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posted on
02/14/2005 9:19:50 AM PST
by
stand watie
(being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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