Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Fort Scott” in chapter 10 of The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery.:
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If desired for the destruction of earthworks or magazines, it had to be exploded after the penetration.
In the former case the time-fuse, and in the latter the percussion-fuse was used.
At Fort Scott , near Washington, in October, 1863, an experiment was tried to test the value of spherical case-shot when fired from mortars.
The 10-inch shell was filled with 12-pound canister-shot, and the burst...
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| † | Fort Scott (Kansas, United States) | 345 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| Fort Scott (Ohio, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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