Memoranda, respecting 300 pounder Parrott gun [Recto]

TitleMemoranda, respecting 300 pounder Parrott gun [Recto]
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CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

Descriptive InformationMemoranda providing data on 300 pounder Parrott guns, such as the number of rounds fired, repairs needed, and the elevations used when firing shots.

TranscriptionMemoranda respecting 300 pdr. When first injured and how badly? [check] How repaired and how long repairing? [check] When injured again and how badly? Sept. 6 [check] How many rounds fired up to first injury? [check] 27 How many rounds fired in all? 398 [check] On 2nd day on 27th Shot missile burst in muzzle breaking 18 inches off of muzzle-in 5 pieces and leaving a crack at muzzle about 4 1/2 inches. Broke at 10 A. M. commenced repairing at 5 P. M. at 3 P. M. next day was ready for use. The muzzle was chipped out back to the end of the fracture then practically making a new muzzle. 19 shell burst in or just leaving the muzzle. Several missiles wabbled in their flight owing to the parting of the [????] from the shot before it left the gun. All these fell short. Capt. [Captain] [????] thinks the gun can be made as servicable as ever by shrinking a reinforce on the muzzle as on the breech say 3 in thick and 18 in long.

LocationsCharleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.77657,-79.93092)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
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