[PapaBear3625]

The Trinity river couldn’t handle large boats, and it would take a large boat to handle something that size, so I doubt it was fired from a boat.

Both GingisK and I said that the large cannons we mentioned were LAND based. The cannon that GingisK mentioned was used in "shore batteries", meaning it was on land and used AGAINST boats, not ON boats.

[IMR 4350]

Didn't say it was.

I said canon not mortar.

You are mixing up canon with mortars.

Two different things.