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File Details: ASZVm, 400 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, .2 Mb

Image ID: ASZV

Credit:

by Cooley (Samuel A.)

Date:

1864.12

Negative Size:

4 in. x 6.5 in. stereo

Equipment:

cannon; lanyard; Parrott Rifle gun; Parrott shell; tube pouch

Locations & Lines:

Charleston harbor; Charleston SC; Fort Gregg (Morris Island SC); Fort Putnam (Morris Island SC); Morris Island SC; South Carolina

Military Units:

CS Army; US Army

Sources:

USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS print says: The Swamp Angel No. 1, on Morris Island. A heavy gun mounted far out in the swamp toward Fort Sumter. This gun burst after a few shots were fired from it. It was replaced by a 32 pounder parrott, “Swamp Angel, No. 2.”

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