If there was one feature of the weaponry that determined the victory path of the Union Forces, it would have to be the Civil War Cannons. The Union forces bolstered by the effective supplies of these cannons went on to suppress the rebellion by the Confederate forces, but not before the rebelling party inflicted some amount of damage on them.

With that being said, the Civil War Cannons seemed to be architectural masterpieces for that time.

Here are some unique specifications about the make of most of the cannons those days

1. Shots were made of iron and were spherical in nature. The weight of the cannon itself was almost entirely made of the bore pieces.

1. 3.67 inch bores were the most commonly used cannons those days. These cannons were used to fire a shot that used to weigh about 6 pounds. In other cases, a 4.62 inch bore cannon used to fire shots of 12 pounds. Respectively, they used to be called as Six Pounder and Twelve Pounder.
2. Further modifications to weaponry saw the onset of the 2.9 inch bores that were designated to fire 10-pound cannons. In fact, as the war went on, some rifles were made that had 3.67 inch bores, which could be used to shoot 20 pound shots.
3. The final or almost the final step in the revolution of weaponry was the Parrot cannons. If early reports are to be believed, these came on to develop 8-inch or 10-inch cannons which could fire 200 pound cannons or 300 pound cannons rather easily. The Navy used 150-pound cannons and 250-pound cannons.

The nomenclature of the cannons, which popularly came to be known as pounders, was something referred to smoothbores. Most historians reserved the rights of calling rifles referring to their bore diameter. In fact, this was the time when 32-pounder field howitzers came into action.

And the Civil War saw an exhaustive use of the field howitzers, garrison guns and sea-coast guns. It must be said that these weapons brought to the table, increased strike power, accuracy and reliability in their strikes. Add columbiads and mortars, and you would know that Civil War Cannons indeed took a lot of forms and shapes during the course of the war itself.

The revolution in the weaponry, especially in the cannon domain went on to stay with weapons manufacturers for a long time to come. It must be said here that the innovations were early in the day, but the prints were indeed long-lasting. Civil War Cannons – A fascinating set of things to know of!