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This Union field piece, a bronze smoothbore commonly called a Napoleon, was made by Revere Copper Co. of Boston. Its bore measured 4.62 inches in diameter, its overall length was 72.15 inches, its weight was 1228 pounds, and its range was 1680 yards, or 0.95 miles.
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