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The Model 1841 6-pounder field cannon was the smallest caliber cannon used in the War Between the States. Several were used as secondary armament in Fort Macon during 1834-1861 to defend vulnerable areas against assaults. Its bronze barrel weighed 887 pounds, the gun carriage weighed 900 pounds, the shot weighed 6 pounds, the gunpowder charge was 1 ¼ pounds, its range at 5° was 1523 yards, and its normal gun crew was 7 men.
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