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The first breech loading cannon was made in 1863 at the Confederate States Naval Iron Works in Columbus, Georgia, from the wheel shaft of the river steamer John C. Calhoun. It was designed by Captain Wm. J. McAlister, a steamboat captain and civil engineer, and its machine work was done by Freeman C. Stewart. A trunnion was broken off by General Wilson's raiders to prevent its further use. The Columbus Iron Works Company, established in 1853, served as the Confederate States Naval Iron Works during the Civil War.
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