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No Spencer carbines were on issue at the Battle of Gettysburg, though two units under Custer had the rifles. The .56-56 was loaded with a slug of 350–360 gr (22.7–23.3 g) over 42–45 gr (2.7–2.9 g) of black powder .
As with other Parrott rifles, the gun breech was reinforced by a distinctive wrought iron reinforcing band. The gun fired a 20 lb (9.1 kg) projectile to a distance of 1,900 yd (1,737 m) at an elevation of 5°. The 20-pounder Parrott rifle could fire shell, shrapnel shell (case shot), canister shot, and more rarely solid shot. In spite of the ...
In that case, Skylar Hertz, of Gettysburg, was charged after selling seven Civil War artifacts, including a cannonball, to the antiques shop over the course of 24 days, according to a Dec. 17 ...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 19th Century Firearms: An Illustrated History of the Development of the World's Military Firearms During the 19th Century. Crescent Books. p. 216. ISBN 0-517-27786-7. Ricketts, Howard (1964). Firearms. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 115. Rutherford, Kenneth (2020). America's Buried History: Landmines in the Civil ...
The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is a Gettysburg National Military Park facility, with a museum about the American Civil War, the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama, and the tour center for licensed Battlefield Guides and for buses to see the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower National Historic Site.
Tour guide Mr. Jim shares ghostly tales during a Civil War Ghosts of Gettysburg ghost tour by US Ghost Adventures along Baltimore Street, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Gettysburg Borough.
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...
The Bushy Run Historic Arms Show continues Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the ballroom at the Lamplighter, 6566 William Penn Highway. Admission is $10. For more, see OldWestmorelandRifles.com .