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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], The loss of artillery at Port Hudson. (search)
inch and one 8 inch columbiad. At the time of the investment of the place there were but nineteen heavy guns at Fort Hudson, classified as follows: 10-inch columbiads, 2, 8 inch columbiad, 1, 8 inch howitzer, 1; rifled 32-pounder, 1; rifled 24 pounders, 5; 32 pounder Parrott, 1; one 20-pounder Parrott; smooth-bore 42's, 32's and 24's, two each, and one 12- pounder rifled piece — giving a weight of metal of 770 pounds, not equal to a single broadside of the Hartford, Richmond, or Mississippi. inch and one 8 inch columbiad. At the time of the investment of the place there were but nineteen heavy guns at Fort Hudson, classified as follows: 10-inch columbiads, 2, 8 inch columbiad, 1, 8 inch howitzer, 1; rifled 32-pounder, 1; rifled 24 pounders, 5; 32 pounder Parrott, 1; one 20-pounder Parrott; smooth-bore 42's, 32's and 24's, two each, and one 12- pounder rifled piece — giving a weight of metal of 770 pounds, not equal to a single broadside of the Hartford, Richmond, or Mississipp