Swamp Angel

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One of the most famous Parrott rifles is the Swamp Angel, an 8-inch (200 mm) gun used by federal Brigadier General Quincy Adams Gillmore to bombard Charleston, South Carolina.

Keywords

South Carolina, gun, battery, Charleston, Swamp Angel

Galleries

Military Artillery

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 8) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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