I was wondering if any of the artillery experts have ever seen a reference to a double barrelled Civil War era cannon. I found this on the Battle of Monterey website at :
http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/ ... nterey.htm
in the Monterey Pass: The Gateway of Agony section:
"During the afternoon the artillery sat watching General Ewell’s wagon train moving westward as it traveled the old Iron Springs Road. This road led over Jacks Mountain and Piney Mountain where it cleared the South Mountain range. During the wait Mooreman’s Battery was ordered to move back through Fairfield where it encountered and drove a unit of Federal Cavalry back. Captain W. K. Martin Acting Adjutant of Jones’ Cavalry Brigade noted his regiment was in line of battle, supporting Moorman's battery on the road leading from Fairfield to Emmitsburg. During this small fight Gunner George McDonald was using a newly imported double barrel rifled cannon."
Thanks for the help-
Barrett, 7th Va Infantry
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