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Park gets working cannon (Fredericksburg)
Fredericksburg ^
| 4/10/2006
| CATHY JETT
Posted on 04/10/2006 12:53:30 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: RebelBanker
I used to own an 1846 heavy 12 pounder. A divorce created a situation that ended up with the Paulsen Brothers adding it to their collection.
To: sully777
When I was a kid and first learnt about Gatling's Gun, I thought it was old fashioned. Silly me.
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
04/10/2006 2:14:07 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car)
To: stainlessbanner
betcha I could range city hall from here with that. ;)
Just saying...
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posted on
04/10/2006 2:17:09 PM PDT
by
patton
(Once you steal a firetruck, there's really not much else you can do except go for a joyride.)
To: sully777
A little later, along came THIS beauty:
To: Kenton
Geez, for what I paid for my espresso machine I could have had a mortar. Durn the luck.
To: stainlessbanner
Nice field piece. I have a small desktop model that is non-firing, but I have my Confederate Flags around it. I used to fire a 105MM Howitzer, and would love to fire one of the old Napoleons. Once an Ordie, always an Ordie.
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posted on
04/10/2006 4:39:40 PM PDT
by
Colt .45
(Navy Veteran - Thermo-Nuclear Landscapers Inc. "Need a change of scenery? We deliver!")
To: Colt .45
I used to fire a 105MM Howitzer, and would love to fire one of the old Napoleons. FReepmail me if you can be around Maryland some weekend and I will see what I can do. One warning - black powder is VERY addictive!
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posted on
04/10/2006 7:26:03 PM PDT
by
RebelBanker
(If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
To: stainlessbanner
I have always wanted to be up close when one of them went off.
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posted on
04/10/2006 10:32:48 PM PDT
by
smug
(Tanstaafl)
To: stainlessbanner
there shoulda been a hundred Fredricksburgs....
To: LeoWindhorse
LOL Then we wouldn't have as much to talk about.
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posted on
04/11/2006 6:58:35 AM PDT
by
smug
(Tanstaafl)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
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posted on
04/11/2006 9:53:41 AM PDT
by
archy
(I am General Tso. This is my Chief of Staff, Colonel Sanders....)
To: archy
Washington Artillery of New Orleans
More good pics over here.
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posted on
04/11/2006 2:20:57 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(When your mother taught you not to play with sharp objects, she wasn't referring to Occam's Razor.)
To: 1stFreedom; Redleg Duke; SAMWolf; archy; I got the rope; 300winmag; cavtrooper21; ...
Field Artillery & Mortar Ping
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posted on
04/11/2006 2:23:13 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(When your mother taught you not to play with sharp objects, she wasn't referring to Occam's Razor.)
To: RebelBanker
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posted on
04/11/2006 2:30:57 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(When your mother taught you not to play with sharp objects, she wasn't referring to Occam's Razor.)
To: Colt .45
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posted on
04/11/2006 2:44:05 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(When your mother taught you not to play with sharp objects, she wasn't referring to Occam's Razor.)
To: stainlessbanner
i wish our lads in 1861 had had MORE of those!
free dixie,sw
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posted on
04/11/2006 2:53:49 PM PDT
by
stand watie
( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
To: stainlessbanner
"A little more grape, Captain Bragg!"
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posted on
04/11/2006 5:53:12 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
To: stainlessbanner
"Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl!"
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posted on
04/11/2006 5:53:44 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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