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Brooke Rifling, bore of a 6.4-inch Brooke. Brooke rifling is often
erroneously called "hook slant" rifling. Instead it is a set of lands with
triangular grooves set into the bore. This style of rifling is also one of
the traits distinguishing the Confederate gun from the Federal Parrott
rifles. Brooke's design may have borrowed some ideas from the Parrotts, but
had as many differences as similarities
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Of course the smoothbore has no rifling
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The "Stockton Gun." Not a Civil War piece, but rather famous in its own
right. The 12-inch Wrought Iron Gun was named after naval officer Robert
Stockton, who championed the use of advanced technologies in the 1840s. This
gun is actually a replacement for a weapon that burst, killing several
cabinet officials in Tyler administration.
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Secretary of the War, Edwin Stanton who
basically ran the war and one of the most powerful men of the time. Was at
Lincoln's death bed and used the phrase "now he belongs to the ages." Was
also in charge of the hunt for Lincoln's assassin
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