Parrott gun and its crew at Fort Totten, on
Parrott gun and its crew at Fort Totten, on the north line of the US Civil War defenses of Washington, DC, 1861-65. The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon, invented and used extensively in the American Civil War. It was named for its inventor, Captain Robert Parker Parrott
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13123178
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
