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Rearming the Fort
The fort wall before you, called the right face, sustained the least damage of any of Fort Sumter's walls (scarps) during the Union bombardment of 1863-65.
After the Civil War, the fort's first-tier casemates including those before you, were rearmed ...
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Arming the Fort
The row of cannon in front of you dates from the Civil War, when radical advances in technology increased power, range, and accuracy.
Some large, old smoothbore cannon were "rifled and banded" to enhance firepower. Banding (heating and tightening bands ...
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