@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agoConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1141arrow-down1imageConfederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareDavel23linkfedilink12•7 days agoI’m guessing it was used almost exclusively to destroy trains.
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 days agoSiege of Petersburg, I believe, so trading fire between two relatively static lines.
I’m guessing it was used almost exclusively to destroy trains.
Siege of Petersburg, I believe, so trading fire between two relatively static lines.