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Bookmark or Share- Confederate Whitworth Rifled Cannon at Gettysburg NMPWhitworths are associated with Confederate usage in the Civil War, although there was only one battery equipped with them here at Gettysburg. Attached to the Second Corps of Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell the battery was placed here on Oak Hill with other guns of Carter's Battalion where its fire could reach most parts of the battlefield.
- Whitworth Riflemen at Fort Wagner | South & Western TheatersEighteen imported whitworth rifles, most with telescopic sights, arrived from the C.S. Arsenal, Augusta, Georgia, at Fort Wagner during mid-July, 1863. Possibly another six whitworths were imported direct from England and received around the time for use by the defenders too.
- Whitworths in Use by the Confederacy | Small Arms & AmmunitionOne correspondent collated results for 1862 and some of the most popular small-bore rifles used and determined that the average score between Henry, Kerr and Whitworth was comparable. There were however 3.5 times more Whitworths than Kerr rifles used so the Whitworth featured more often in prize lists.
- Discussion - Union Generals killed by Whitworth Sharpshooters | Small ...Of these assorted target rifles, the costly whitworths were tested and considered to be the most accurate of them for the purpose of long range sharpshooting at the time. If these different rifles were known to be present in an area, the chances of a long-range sniper hit were more likely to be made by the highly skilled handler of the more ...
- Whitworths at Gettysburg | Gettysburg - American Civil War ForumsThe only Whitworths at Gettysburg were assigned to Hardaway's Alabama Battery and they were located then (as now) about where the Peace Monument is. As a side note to this picture, the bolts and shells shown stacked up were original and these days they command over $1000.00 each on the collectors market.
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