The "Quaker guns" used in the American War of Independence were made of this:
- Logs
- Iron
- Clay
- Brass
- Corn stalks
Daily Quiz for December 28, 2007
The "Quaker guns" used in the American War of Independence were made of this:
The "Quaker guns" used in the American War of Independence were made of this:
The "Quaker guns? used in the American War of Independence were fashioned out of logs to resemble cannon. At the December 4, 1780, Battle of Rugeley?s Mill, South Carolina, Colonel William Washington attacked a fortified log barn with 107 Loyalists inside. When the Patriot?s small arms proved ineffective, Washington cut a log to resemble a cannon and demanded the surrender of the Loyalists. Fooled by the fake cannon, the promptly gave up. Quaker guns were also decisive at the May 1780 Battle of Hunt?s Bluff, also in South Carolina.