French gunners adjusting large cannon mounted on railway track, France

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, May 3d, 1871 .

The German gun boat "Meteor" Taken while in the harbor of New York, May 3d, 1871 .

Swamp Angel, Morris Island, S.C. This rifled gun throws shell into Charleston night and day.

A 300 pounder (parrot gun [Parrott rifle]) on Morris Island, S.C., firing on Fort Sumter.