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Ammunition for the new millennium means politically correct ammunition that will not fire, and is intended for the use of historians and collectors for exhibition. There is no live ammunition manufactured. All rounds are fixed this includes the projectile strapped to the sabot and tied to the powder bag, and ready to load with one exception, they are inert. There is no powder in the powder bag, in the shell, or in the case shot. All rounds are reproduced as accurately as possible to the original government specifications. Please remember that the sabot and powder bag were handmade and they would vary from manufacturer to manufacture in style, material, and method of attachment. Both US and CS governments used the same fixed round for smooth bore cannon. Rifled cannons did not normally use a fixed round some exceptions do exist at this time, only smooth bore ammo is being offered. The workhorse of the civil war was the 12 pdr Napoleon style cannon, while a 12 pdr field howitzer, a 12 pdr mountain howitzer, and a 12 pdr mortar all fired the same size projectile. The mountain howitzer came into its own in the west during the Indian Wars but it did see some use in the western theater during the Civil War. The field howitzer lost favor due to its lobbing effect, instead of direct fire while the 6 pdr was simply too light to be effective. Early in the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee suggested the 6 pdr be replaced with 12 pdrs. By July, 1863 at Gettysburg, only one 6 pdr was fielded, and that was by a South Carolina unit. The South carried several 12 pdr Field Howitzers to Gettysburg, while the North disposed of theirs due to superior manufacturing capabilities by the time of Gettysburg.

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