US Navy 32-Pounders at Fort Pike
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US Navy 32-Pounders at Fort Pike

US Navy “Gradual Increase” 32-Pounders cast in 1820 and 1821 survive at Fort Pike near New Orleans, Louisiana. They were likely among the nearly 1,200 heavy guns seized at Norfolk in 1861. They are known to have served on USS Columbus.

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The Naval Guns of Old Fort Jackson
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The Naval Guns of Old Fort Jackson

Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia displays several cannon which were manufactured for and used by the US Navy in the years before the American Civil War.

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