Firing Civil War Cannon Built In 1865

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6 жыл бұрын

Firing the Brooke rifled naval cannon at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia! And a little history on the cannon.
Thanks to the National Civil War Naval Museum for allowing us to film!
Find them online at www.portcolumbus.org

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@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

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@tdog4423 5 жыл бұрын

Hay I shot that gun that’s in Columbus Georgia I live across the river over there and I signed up with those boys thanks for sharing

@jeffwilkins3052 4 жыл бұрын

Why Mr. Seymour noted that this is a *15" BROOKE* rifle first, I have no idea. He later corrected himself, noting that it was a 7", as he remarked about the markings off the trunnions. The BIGGEST RIFLED Brookes is the 7"..........just what he noted later in the interview. The BIGGEST Brooke was an 11" SMOOTHBORE. The Brookes were offered first with a Single Breech Band, then a Double Breech Band, and lastly a Triple Banded Breech; offered in March 1862. *Bottomline, an AWESOME VIDEO,* just a slip of the tongue. 👍🏼😎

@user-qj3od7fz4f 4 жыл бұрын

@alkenny9871 4 жыл бұрын

T Dog tttt

@alkenny9871 4 жыл бұрын

Джейсон Хичкок of

@txgunguy2766 5 жыл бұрын

I bet that in an actual combat situation, that loading process would have become much less ceremonial and MUCH faster.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@mikejudge3239 4 жыл бұрын

They would have been falling over each other like the three stooges, and who ever was still in the way would have got there wig split.

@FoundWanting970 3 жыл бұрын

Patzner Cameron They’d be trained and drilled. It would be way faster.

@goldersgreen1147 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely no time for that imagine an army marching nearer. I'd love to see how far it travelled and the damage it causes. Intresting video tho. Wouldnt of wanted that hurling towards me. 🙈

@oafdawg314 3 жыл бұрын

In order to fire that rifle the reenactors need to be certified to fire it. There are training seminars that they must attend and obtain a certification to fire it. I attended such a class at Stonewall Jackson's boyhood home, Jackson's Mill, in W. Virginia and am certified. Each position has certain moves they must make and have to pass a test that they're capable of performing that action. Reenactors have lost hands and fingers from improper handling and grip on the ramrod when a leftover spark in the tube ignites the charge and blows the ramrod out, carrying hands and fingers with it.

@trainzguy2472 3 жыл бұрын

In regard to everyone complaining "not enough explosion" here's why that is: The cannon is likely too weak to withstand a full charge. It's over 150 years old and was sitting underwater for quite some time. While it's still in great shape, rust and time can do a lot of damage to metal. Lots of micro-fractures formed by stresses within the metal have weakened the cannon since its production. Firing a full charge would probably shatter the gun, killing or severely wounding anyone standing near. The volunteers would rather be safe than sorry, so they didn't use very much powder. According to Newton's third law, gunpowder on its own provides very little recoil because it doesn't have much mass. There would be a much larger recoil had an actual shell been placed inside. I imagine a solid cast iron shell of that size would be expensive to make, super heavy, and require extensive machinery and safety precautions to load into the gun. Plus, it would probably get dented or shatter upon impact with whatever it hits on the other side of the river. It would just be too costly, dangerous, and time consuming to load a single-use shell just to put on a show. The people firing the gun are volunteers. They're not professionals. Heck, there were a couple of children in the gun crew. Give them a break. They've probably done this only once or twice before. It's not like they fire this gun every other day.

@johnwilliamson2276 3 жыл бұрын

He did say that a round (bullet) weighed 110 pounds. I don't know how one is supposed to load something that small and that heavy in the first place.

@buckshotgeorge7201 3 жыл бұрын

So x-ray it or melt it down. That was a joke

@ChauncyFatsack 3 жыл бұрын

@@buckshotgeorge7201 your just jealous you didn't get to shoot it! Lol cry baby!

@ViceN53X 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it wasn't explosive just because of the projectile being just a ball of steel

@schpoingle 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but still the microphone does not do justice to boom present. Although that is an audio complaint. I've never heard a recording that even does a 357 justice...I mean obviously the volume wouldn't want to be replicated but...

@randallbates9020 2 жыл бұрын

The best part of this is that it was a real Confederate cannon, super rare. My family fought in that war for Mississippi, 4 members perished and 5 made it home. I just love history, that was great.

@Headstoneman Жыл бұрын

I have an ancestor that was Mississippi Cavalry… many confederate soldiers and many union soldiers in my family… one of my great great great grandfathers actually captured my great great grandfather from the other side of my family… pretty awesome story really

@samparkerSAM 9 ай бұрын

Jefferson Davis was my Great Great Grandfather's Cousin, However my Great Great Grandfather was in the Union Navy and stayed in New Orleans after the War.

@mickeyholding7970 3 ай бұрын

Salute to your kinfolk. I had several family members who served in the Confederate army, Trans Mississippi Theater and Army of Tennessee for sure and possibly army of Northern Virginia.

@KevlarX2 3 жыл бұрын

Prior to loading, the cannon would be well cleaned with a sponge to remove all sparks, filth, and dirt. The powder was added, followed by a wad of paper or hay, and the ball was thrown in. After ramming, the cannon would be aimed with the elevation set using a quadrant and a plummet. At 45 degrees the ball had the utmost range. Then the cannon was fired, by which time the war was usually over. ;)

@TexasScout 5 жыл бұрын

Probably one tenth the normal charge.

@davidcarruthers5850 5 жыл бұрын

yes, obviously.....boo.....

@menotworking 5 жыл бұрын

True, it recoiled about 3 inches. Oh well.

@3inrifle 5 жыл бұрын

The service charge for the Double Banded Brooke Rifle was 20 pounds. Triple Banded versions used 30 pounds. Looking at the muzzle blast and the recoil I'd guess that the charge used for this was between 4 and 5 pounds. I doubt it could have been less than 3 pounds as the charge has to be long enough to put the cartridge under the vent. On a Steen reproduction M-1857 12 pound Napoleon the minimum you can get away with is about 14 ounces. That just barely puts the the charge under the vent.

@howardthurman3617 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah there was very little recoil. I was expecting a bigger boom. Disappointing.

@ariesmight4141 5 жыл бұрын

TexasScout Noneofyourbusiness. The Canon was sitting under water for many many years. Only the restorers and a few others. Know the extent of rust damage to the canon.

@Nor1998_ 5 жыл бұрын

Woah. They maintained it. Literally MAINTAINED IT.

@MrExplorer1965 5 жыл бұрын

Must have been a 1/4 load. The gun barely moved. I can't IMAGINE a full charge.....

@RajeshKumar-gd5gl 5 жыл бұрын

Blast

@AFatT34 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna knock out some douchebags

@GetSchwiftyInHere 5 жыл бұрын

Bout all I give too

@DumbledoreMcCracken 4 жыл бұрын

A projectile might help add some kick.

@thetigerstripes 4 жыл бұрын

No projectile........burning black powder produces no recoil

@truebetold65 4 жыл бұрын

This needs to be seen on all the news networks.. the first 10 minutes... this is news.

@arpitsinghgill5379 5 жыл бұрын

7:23 Thanks me later 😆

@leosypher9993 5 жыл бұрын

It is now later, thanks!

@arpitsinghgill5379 5 жыл бұрын

@@leosypher9993 😊

@reyhanradithyabilo8615 5 жыл бұрын

thanks

@memonkey69 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@ujjaldeka115 5 жыл бұрын

Maza aaa gaya hahaha

@robertroberto1041 5 жыл бұрын

Once, my swim practice was canceled Because the coaches and lifeguard thought the cannons from West Point were thunder. It was a lucky surprise!

@RockGuitarist1 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine hearing bunches of these things going off in the distance, nonstop. Would be surreal.

@CoxJoxSox 5 жыл бұрын

Somebody's probably on the far bank and just had their potato salad blown off the picnic table

@HITGFRY 5 жыл бұрын

Hilarious!

@40TonDump 5 жыл бұрын

Potato Salad turned to Garden mush salad, that was too funny...

@KittycatKye 5 жыл бұрын

You do realize they didn't load a cannon ball in there right?

@cellogirl11rw55 5 жыл бұрын

@@KittycatKye That charge still makes quite a shockwave. My husband is a Civil War reenactor, and the rule at all reenactments in our state is that have to stay 30 feet away from the muzzle of the cannon to avoid getting hit by the shockwave of the explosion, as well as flaming debris.

@duck8316 5 жыл бұрын

It will make you fall over if your in the front of it

@SuperDscruggs 5 жыл бұрын

I went to this museum over ten years ago. It was amazing.

@randomdude2780 3 жыл бұрын

China: We have 2 million troops we can defeat America!!! Regular Americans be like

@unknown_user8449 2 жыл бұрын

"Just as the Founding Fathers intended."

@IronskullGM 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, could you imagine having to heave that cannon in rollin waves at sea!

@michaelmiller5771 4 жыл бұрын

They wasn't at sea, it was used in the rivers

@donpacificbobcat9er615 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Miller It is quite impressive that but a few decades later ships would be able to carry even larger and even more guns.

@alwaysbearded1 4 жыл бұрын

That is where the term loose cannon comes from, a cannon loose on deck or not under control was a dangerous thing. By this time they had plenty of experience and knew how to control the cannon in any seaway they were likely to fight in. I'm surprised at the orders given as I'd always heard four, six, HEAVE! not one and two. The numbers corresponding to gunner 4 & 6 but maybe different navies, different systems?

@patrickmcdaniel2048 3 жыл бұрын

@@alwaysbearded1 you mean "two, six, heave?"

@haunter_1845 Жыл бұрын

It looks like this gun carriage was designed to follow a network of tracks on the deck of the ship similar to the chase gun mounts on HMS Warrior. This allowed one gun to be moved between different firing positions. It was a very new idea at the time and really interesting. Edit: Correction, looking at it more closely, it appears this mount would have followed a circular track and revolved around a central pin similar to the chase gun mount on CSS Richmond.

@pegrathwol 5 жыл бұрын

0:34...they brought General Grant back from the dead! Well worth the price of admission.

@funkrates4778 3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Sherman?

@c.joyceb.8991 5 жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine the chaos with guns firing, bombs going off, men screaming, and all the labor involved fighting the Civil War. Rest In Peace All You Brave Men and Women.🌹

@laurent8214 4 жыл бұрын

Naval canon in stronghold, not really a civil war field canon

@SStupendous 2 жыл бұрын

@@laurent8214 Who the hell said it was a field cannon

@TS-bn7zt 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine being on the receiving end of that bad boy!! That was really awesome to see, many thanks.

@bigredc222 5 жыл бұрын

I just looked through the comments, I'm surprised no one said anything about the guy putting the gunpowder in barrel was smoking a cigar. Good video Thanks

@delstanley1349 5 жыл бұрын

Did you see big Clint Eastwood in "The Good, The Bad & the Ugly?" You gotta have a cool factor, dude. The Man With No Name was sniper with a cannon. His cigar was a tool.

@vladimirlenin843 2 жыл бұрын

For those who just wanna see the blast 7:24

@danburch9989 7 ай бұрын

We went to Vickburg, MS battle site. They do the same on weekends for a few weeks during the summer. Videos dosn't reveal how incredibly loud those cannons are. It's something that has to be experienced in reality. Whether Vicksburg, Columbus or other sites, it's something that should be on everyone's bucket list.

@mitshumarner5870 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the sound of a full broadside with these cannon, fully charged firing full rounds. Must've been quite a sound.

@PilotTed 3 жыл бұрын

Sound? At that point you wont hear worth a damn XD. I would bet the gunners of those ships had some pretty painful tinnitus and defiantly hearing loss.

@MrPhsyco 5 жыл бұрын

0:48 the button that wasn’t pushed threw makes my ocd crazy

@3x739 5 жыл бұрын

you don’t have ocd just because you like things to be in order

@MrPhsyco 5 жыл бұрын

rejecter it’s a joke

@3x739 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Phsyco aight but people really are like that. thinking they actually have ocd over some little shit

@jacksnedden8161 5 жыл бұрын

What an experience!! So cool to watch on the iPad, can't imagine how amazing it was in person!! Love it!!!

@nightstalker8236 5 жыл бұрын

The dude just flexes bout his ipad

@fedupnow61859 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me learn something new today. The Brooke rifled cannon is something to behold. I have been to a few reenactments in Florida in the 80's but the cannon were way smaller. It is great to see something like this fire.

@flipflopsguy8868 5 жыл бұрын

I remember most of the kids in Metal Shop machining small Cannon's for class projects, I chose to make a 12'' Dahlgren.

@luke_0605 5 жыл бұрын

just imagine how many lives that cannon ended

@patrickmcdaniel2048 3 жыл бұрын

Late reply, but the answer to that is likely 0. Built in 1862, but not receiving her commission until December of 1864, the CSS Jackson, originally named CSS Muscogee, was still being fitted out when she was scuttled by Union forces on April 16th, 1865, 7 days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.

@reiserstreasurehuntingempo8993 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Great background history and the bang! is an added bonus. Thanks for sharing!

@AdventuresIntoHistory 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ve seen that cannon a bunch of times, and knew it was fired on special events, but I had no idea before this that the cannon was actually salvaged from the river! Amazing!

@perfectstrangers4031 5 жыл бұрын

Sidestep Adventures great shot of dude's back while loading. Durrrr. No down-range angle either. C'mon.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect Strangers down range? For a blank? And how the heck was I supposed to know that fella was gonna stand there? Duuurrrrr.

@perfectstrangers4031 5 жыл бұрын

Sidestep Adventures no offense meant bro 🍻. Seeing ram rod in action could have been educational. Using "blanks" I get. Here at Ft Concho we do too and still make neat smoke rings that travel down-range (on a good day). I'm subscribing out of canon-size envy ✌😀

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

None taken. If I had more notice I would have loved to film this from more angles. But I got the invite to film this last minute and I was under prepared with only two cameras. Next year I hope to be able to film some of the reenactments and the cannon firing again.

@slightlyistorical1776 5 жыл бұрын

Even in the olden days America was fierce. This cannon alone could be enough to make our enemies crumble in fear

@samrotv7064 3 жыл бұрын

It gives us a glimpse of the vintage weaponry 💪

@getoutsideflorida2465 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! All the years I lived in Columbus, I’ve never been to the naval museum. It will be on my list the next time I’m in town for sure! Thanks for making this video!

@AdventuresIntoHistory 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely! And thank you!

@dirtydave2691 5 жыл бұрын

My family and I visited the museum in 2010 while I was attending training at Fort Benning. It really is a cool place. All my years at Benning and we finally went there. While one is in town I highly recommend this museum and the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning.

@occamsrazor1285 5 жыл бұрын

hooah

@CraigLYoung 5 жыл бұрын

Highly recommend this museum, if you're into steam, than check out the boiler plant of the Jackson it's a bit unique for it's time. Infantry Museum is a must see!

@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 5 жыл бұрын

Hearing that sound again...brings me back

@michaelcook768 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!! Equally amazing is the quality of construction allows it to be fired 154 years later. People think that nothing more than buckshot was used in the Civil War(actually, The War Between the States) had horrific amounts of physical damage done to soldiers who survived. Many suffered both mentally and physically. With scant medicines to control pain, many became alcoholics or addictive to morphine. Without corrective surgery, many were disfigured for life, some to the point they never left the home. If they were lucky, they could work the fields. Others were confined to bed or chair, needing to be nursed the rest of their lives. I love your work...you try to make a record of a world of the past that, without your dedication, would slip into history unnoticed. I liken your passion to the search for and filming of Titanic. Your locations may not have the notoriety, but, is in essence, the same thing.

@paulhughes3961 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I will be visiting the naval museum.

@thinman4648 5 жыл бұрын

Too bad you couldn’t use a live shell, but it was still great!

@JohnRohoboth 5 жыл бұрын

aimed at a gathering of liberal morons.

@JohnRohoboth 4 жыл бұрын

@@patznercameron5464 I wish they'd use it on CNN.

@johnmorrison9758 4 жыл бұрын

I doubt it fired an exploding projectile. Probably just intended to punch a hole in a ship. That is what most cannons fired through history. Exploding projectiles are a fairly recent development. A cannon ball would do a lot more damage aimed at a grouping of soldiers, as opposed to an exploding one. That is why soldiers lined up in battle in thin ranks. To minimize the number that could be hit by a cannon ball.

@erichonecker1010 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly Jim..

@atomic4650 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRohoboth You sound like a psychopath

@lucasaldrich4063 4 жыл бұрын

That's my unit the Pawnee Guard, in the white pants. I had a blast participating at the last river blast event despite freezing our ass off at night. We had fun.

@robinhassler1677 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the slow-mo! Thanks for filming this.

@timosborn2840 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome wish I was there watching it

@stanleyhatfield4902 5 жыл бұрын

you would be impressed

@thepatriot8514 5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised You Tube didn't pull this video finding it offensive.

@pbrstreetgang2467 5 жыл бұрын

Jason Schwartz The blue-coated gun crew saved the day. Confederate uniforms...we would never see this vid!

@thepatriot8514 5 жыл бұрын

True.

@ashleecatron9765 5 жыл бұрын

PBR Streetgang i agree with you

@ednorton47 5 жыл бұрын

The gun was pointed in the direction of Russia, so KZfaq was OK with it.

@chadupdike4306 5 жыл бұрын

Jason Schwartz ml

@Jagdtyger2A 8 ай бұрын

This was a treat to see a double banded 7" Brooke rifle fired. Only watching a Triple Banded 7" Brooke fired at 8" armor plate

@dont-want-no-wrench 6 ай бұрын

imagine getting all warm and fuzzy over a machine that killed a lot of people. time makes us forget the horrors and wrap in nostalgia.

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 5 жыл бұрын

This was so cool! I went to a Civil War reenactment a few years ago and they were firing off a cannon about half this size. It was pretty loud but I'm sure it was nothing compared to this thing!

@johndean4765 Жыл бұрын

Not that impressed I have heard fireworks louder than this.All that ceremony and I was expecting massive re coil and deafening noise,it was more like a damp squib.

@stanleyhatfield4902 5 жыл бұрын

if you want the full effect , stand on the riverwalk just below the cannon. it is awesome. the naval museum is a must see if you get down to columbus.

@zac2083 5 жыл бұрын

That's one hell of a canon

@raybede 5 жыл бұрын

What a fabulous bit of kit.. It is brilliant that this Gun is still shootable. Thank You.

@andrewduis1881 5 жыл бұрын

That is bad ASS... Thank you for the Video...

@sharichambers7333 4 жыл бұрын

Damn! Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that bad boy! I'm a woman and wow! That was so cool!

@gryphon0514 5 жыл бұрын

Can't imagine how fun it must be to be the guy that gets to yell, "Fire!"

@bigimskiweisenheimer8325 3 жыл бұрын

Always wanted to see one fire. The ones in Baltimore on the USS Constellation have been replaced with plastic replicas as have other ones around historic sites in town. I believe the ones at Fort McHenry have been swapped out also. They were just so darn old they needed to be restored and stored properly.

@justinfenningsdorf1339 4 жыл бұрын

Cant imagine having a live round in that gun

@MrRockydee07 5 жыл бұрын

Love this stuff , kind of reminds my of my Big Bang cannon when I was a kid .... LOL

@theskullkid421 6 ай бұрын

That recoil was amazing!

@Travelsto18th 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I couldn't imagine what destruction that beast must have caused.. Great video!!

@markbass7145 5 жыл бұрын

I did this one year, I was on the crew that shot it twice. It was a heck of a blast! I think I might have been too close to the muzzle when it went off. My question is, what is the cut around the breach from, and is that safe?

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea.

@sloanchampion85 6 жыл бұрын

what an incredible treasure from the Selma Arsenal

@jerematthewjohnson223 5 жыл бұрын

GHuzzah

@mrdarcy5267 5 жыл бұрын

So you don’t hear it, or watch it. What a blast.

@lindalagarce8996 3 жыл бұрын

Love love love! We do re-enactments and just can’t wait to get back out there!

@johnmoore8016 5 жыл бұрын

How many people did it take to load the rounds/powder in the gun and how many to ram the shell home? How many pounds of poweder was use to sire the shell in combat. Thanks for a very good movie. i beleong to a civil war unit but we use3.0-in Parrott and 12 pounders I beleiver. nothing like this big puppy.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Wish I knew the answers! Thanks for the kind word

@mister-v-3086 5 жыл бұрын

According to my reading, the 9-pounder gun used 3 pounds of powder in combat. I need to look up what the Dalhgrens on the Monitor were supposed to use, as the Navy Dept. restricted them to half-charge, fearing bursting the gun. OK..the 11-inch Dahlgrens were rated for 30 pounds of powder for full combat load.

@3inrifle 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Moore, you can find most of the answers here: archive.org/details/ordnancemanualfo00conf

@johnmoore8016 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@johnmoore8016 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

@bigdickpornsuperstar 5 жыл бұрын

6:00 ~ I don't know... you think the dude could have blocked the camera any better during the loading process?

@ronaldrobertson2332 5 жыл бұрын

I know, but I could tell that he was using the gun "worm" to remove any debris in the bore. That procedure proceeded sponging the bore, then loading, prick the powder bag from the vent, prime and fire.

@texanforeverthompson3645 5 жыл бұрын

Ruined it for me, too. .

@Linkario86 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing this after playing Anno 1800 makes it even better

@kevindudley8150 3 жыл бұрын

Well done to the men and women that keep history alive

@luismigueldelgadoadin7387 5 жыл бұрын

I love that blast...

@thelastcommander8765 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, atleast it can kill some modern equipment. Look at that gun mm Also firing at 7:21

@earlgarcia6106 4 жыл бұрын

The best part is it didn’t take long at all to load it...

@Lisa1111 3 жыл бұрын

5 miles! Good gravy! Thank you from Seattle 🙏❤️

@panzerabwerkanone 5 жыл бұрын

Now I know what happened to my pontoon boat.

@pip12111 5 жыл бұрын

It's even louder firing a shell

@ShawnaGraham50 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!! What a rare treat to see this amazing cannon fire

@allengordon4070 5 жыл бұрын

Impressive! We should be proud of our heritage and not ashamed of who we are or what events brought our families to today's current time. We are Americans, be proud of it and own it because our forefathers didn't hand it down for us to abuse. Respect the fact we are Americans. Thank you to those whom serve our country, our vets, and those we lost so bravely for the freedoms we have as Americans. Thank you utube for posting a part of our American historical history and helping preserve our heritage as Americans.

@joneasley698 5 жыл бұрын

Tell the one guy to get the hell out of the way so I can see them load it.

@jeffhartwig5283 5 жыл бұрын

7:26 Dang! “ I think we hit Mr. Johnson’s car”!

@bryanchristian4532 4 жыл бұрын

I saw these Brooke rifles a few Years ago. I look forward to visiting the Navel Museum again one day.

@SStupendous Жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing!

@grantkoncul4386 5 жыл бұрын

No one find anything offensive about the civil war in this video? Damn, you guys are growing balls finally. Congrats

@armorvestrus6882 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! that was awesome! Cheers to the South. It was worth the wait to see that big gun fire off. So cool.

@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and an impressive cannon. Do they ever shoot live rounds with it? It would be interesting to see what damage a real civil war shell can do.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I don’t believe they do. I would imagine after so many years under water that it may not be strong enough for a live round, and why they use a light charge. But also it’s pointing across the river into Alabama so that’s another reason.

@autry33 5 жыл бұрын

Don't you just love Civil War History?! Wow!

@waterwarriors911 5 жыл бұрын

AWESOME MUSEUM. ONE OF THE ABSOLUTELY BEST IN THE NATION !!

@alanfan8941 5 жыл бұрын

Especially cool. Too bad that they could only use a relatively weak blank charge due to the age and fragility of the barrel. Some Civil War re-enactments use reproduction cannon that they load up with a battle load of powder, but still blank of course, and they will leave your ears ringing even with double ear protection.

@eugenemartiny6615 5 жыл бұрын

Got a link to one of those videos? :-D!!

@VoltageHQ 5 жыл бұрын

*AYE! SEA CADETS!* *FORMER SEA CADET / HONOR GUARDSMAN HERE!*

@CancerSurvivor2023 5 жыл бұрын

Voltage Gaming Greetings from the Police Cadets!

@cvcoco 5 жыл бұрын

excellent...would love to see this being made, especially the rifling.

@tylermcneil5239 3 жыл бұрын

Sea Cadets get too see and do some badass stuff. My brother back in the day threw a football around with the blue angels before a air show.

@jeffersonnazareno2033 5 жыл бұрын

Firing Starts at 7:23

@jppanda4634 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@UnlicensedOkie 3 жыл бұрын

The irony of men dressed as Union Soldiers firing a historic Confederate cannon

@slapoutindixie7537 3 жыл бұрын

@aoe memes... Ain’t no scum in the South it’s all good folks😉

@happydisaster6703 3 жыл бұрын

@@aoememes5708 that’s not nice

@frederickchopin3894 3 жыл бұрын

This is the cannon that Tchaikovsky used during the opening of his 1812 Overture.

@radiofriendly 4 жыл бұрын

Oddly found this making me emotional!

@tfranken1561 5 жыл бұрын

Is that one of those fully semi-automatic cannons the Dems are always talking about? It fired three times and once in slow motion without reloading.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@j.cannon2021 5 жыл бұрын

Fired three times with one trigger pull definitely illegal.😉

@Pynaegan 5 жыл бұрын

@cannon m Well, it's not full auto. (just three round burst)

@tfranken1561 5 жыл бұрын

James Miller I normally don't reply to people without a sense of humor but if your definition of snowflake is to be over-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions, I guess we would both be guilty, except I was making a joke. I think most people figured that out. Next time I would add LOL just for you.

@jspee1965 5 жыл бұрын

Easy lads.. no harm no foul. Relax... terrific video. Peace.

@SaltyDawg-wu5kr 5 жыл бұрын

A GUN WAS ON SHIPS. CANNON WAS A LAND WEAPON.

@juanvillalobos7349 5 жыл бұрын

SALTY DOG both ya idiot

@jimr931 4 жыл бұрын

So it's a misnomer , "Loose cannon on a gun deck"

@bbd468 5 жыл бұрын

They had a decent charge as it had a bit of Recoil. Nice simulation.

@crispinjulius5032 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. The gun is a beauty and a real "blast" from the past! One thing that drove me crazy though was the curator's button was unbuttoned. I wanted to reach through the screen and fix it for him.

@airdefender1 5 жыл бұрын

Need one of these for the backyard!

@doombringer3498 4 жыл бұрын

"firing" with а small charge аnd without a projectile is not firing a gun. It's like you tense your bow at 1/4 without an arrow, released and said "i did some shooting"

@randomvintagefilm273 4 жыл бұрын

What the hell did you expect, a fully loaded charge in the middle of town?

@doombringer3498 4 жыл бұрын

@@randomvintagefilm273 a title 'blank firing' maybe?

@jonscott2666 2 жыл бұрын

That was amazing thanks, I love your videos

@brianlockyer7399 5 жыл бұрын

ARTILLERY! Would of loved to see it in action back then. 2-11 FA 2006-2009

@docpossum2460 5 жыл бұрын

I sit on a howitzer made in 1862 during my bikeride.

@ariesmight4141 5 жыл бұрын

Like many people here. I noticed that the blast level was not the tier we expected. I also remember the story that the canon was found under water. Where it was resting for many a years. Being all iron I am shure the level of rust has a lot to do with. The amount of black powder the canon can safly handle.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having the understanding and realization that it is a miracle this cannon is still being fired at all. Alternatively it could be rusting away in the bottom of the river.

@ariesmight4141 5 жыл бұрын

Sidestep Adventures. Is the water that the canon was found resting in. Fresh or salt?

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Fresh water.

@ariesmight4141 5 жыл бұрын

Sidestep Adventures. Thank you. I needed this info so I could. Weigh the type of water against. The early grade of iron. At least perspectively anyway. Maybe the iron that was used. Had an amount of oil added to it? The steel company's draw their steel in oil. So do the company's which harden metals. I would say the paint helped out a lot. But the inside of gun and canon barrels are not painted. Speaking of the paint. Was the paint a oil paint or not? Or did the canon manufacturers oil coat the outside of the barrels. As a type of waterproofing.

@AdventuresIntoHistory 5 жыл бұрын

I am unfortunately not knowledgeable enough on that to know. But I’m going to take a trip down to the museum soon, so maybe I’ll be able to find out the answers.

@ronaldrobertson2332 5 жыл бұрын

I used to do artillery when I was in "the hobby", but we had us a repro 12-pound smoothbore mountain howitzer we had cast at Magnus Metal of Fremont, Nebraska. We could load and fire in about a minute on a good day. It sure looks pretty time consuming with this big boy, but man-an actual gun! That would be neat!