On the subject of Parrott rifled guns exploding as mentioned a couple posts ago.
Captain James Alden of the USS Brooklyn moved his two 100-pounder Parrotts to the side of his ship not firing at Fort Fisher after finding out other ones on the fleet had blown up.
The two three-day bombardments of Fort Fisher were the largest naval bombardments of the war.
The December 1864 bombardments caused several 100-pounder Parrott rifles to explode, killing and wounding 45 Union sailors and officers. Confederate fire from the fort claimed just 11 casualties in December.
--Old Secesh
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