Chattanooga (Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge) Tennessee - November 23-25, 1863

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Chattanooga Scientist Page   The Armstrong rifle is actually a cannon. It was invented by an English man named Sir William George Armstrong in 1854. The Armstrong rifle's most noticeable trait is its barrel. Its series of graduated coils over a lengthwise tube that make it look like a giant collapsible telescope. Exploding guns were much of a problem back then so when the Armstrong rifle came out it was very successful. These guns shot out twelve pound grooved projectiles 2,200 yards, but the smaller three inch breech-loading rifle sends a projectile of the same size only 2,100 yards.

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