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The foreground weapon is a 10-inch Model 1844 columbiad, banded and rifled, recently captured by the Union at Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor. The carriage has been cut through by the Confederates to deny the weapon's use to the Union.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mathew_Brady" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mathew Brady"><span title="American photographer (circa 1823–1896)">Mathew Benjamin Brady</span></a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" class="extiw" title="en:U.S. National Archives and Records Administration">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration</a>