Origin: | Confederate States of America |
Type: | Field gun |
Is Artillery: | yes |
Service: | 1862 - 1865 |
Used By: | Confederate States of America |
Wars: | American Civil War |
Design Date: | 1861 |
Manufacturer: | Street & Hungerford Company |
Production Date: | 1861 |
Part Length: | 120.65 cm |
Caliber: | 38.1 mm |
Breech: | Strikerless turning bolt |
Carriage: | Box trail |
The Hughes breech-loading cannon 38.1mm gun was designed in 1861 and used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It was manufactured by the Street & Hungerford Company. It was a breech-loading cannon; the breech of the cannon is uniquely like a bolt-action but has no firing pin in its bolt.