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cannonmn
08-06-2010, 08:19 AM
No these aren't Revere Napoleons, they are British 3-pounders, but I think the story is kind of interesting anyway. There are dozens of photos of the guns, steel carriage, and scans of documents. I'm posting this here because as I recall Mark is interested in 3-pounders and didn't want him to miss this.

Brief article and slideshow of 1859 gun on steel carriage:
http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita ... /read/9322 (http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita8/cmh/member/member.cgi/read/9322)

Documents; rubbings of 1808 gun:
http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita ... /read/9323 (http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita8/cmh/member/member.cgi/read/9323)

Photos of 1808 gun:
http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita ... /read/9324 (http://gs19.inmotionhosting.com/~milita8/cmh/member/member.cgi/read/9324)