PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down16cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoI’m guessing it was used almost exclusively to destroy trains.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSiege of Petersburg, I believe, so trading fire between two relatively static lines.
I’m guessing it was used almost exclusively to destroy trains.
Siege of Petersburg, I believe, so trading fire between two relatively static lines.