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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
12 pounder Napoleon-with canister-the biggest shotgun of all!
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I beg to differ. On September 10, 1861, the Union gunboats
Conestoga and
Lexington, operating from Island #2 to Lucas Bend, Kentucky, were fired on by Confederate troops. Conestoga returned fire with
8" cannister. An 8" gun is technically a 64-pounder.