Conversations with a Curator: Ordnance with Chief Curator Grahame Long


Conversations with a Curator: Ordnance with Chief Curator Grahame Long

Beginning in the 1850s, technological progressions of military ordnance had transformed traditional artillery. By the time of the Civil War, mere cannonballs were all but obsolete. Thanks to rifled artillery, massive exploding shells were capable of traveling several miles through the air. Each armed with impact and timed fuses, these shells proved to be, as one Union officer stated simply, “devastatingly effective” along the Charleston front. Confederate forces, in defense, employed cleverly designed river torpedoes and even an armor-piercing “Quinlivan” bolt capable of sinking enemy ironclads.

Join chief curator Grahame Long for the March installment of The Charleston Museum’s Conversations with a Curator to explore the dramatic (and devastating) changes that heavy artillery underwent in the mid-nineteenth century, and how many of these same patterns are still in use today. This program is free for members and free with admission, no registration necessary.

Date/Time

03/08/2019, 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Location

The Charleston Museum
360 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29403

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