A photo of one of the rounds accompanied the article. This is its caption.
The repeating swivel gun's rounds were tightly packed in the barrels.
A tiny hole running through the projectile was filled with a slow-burning powder which allowed the explosion of the first charge to set off the one behind it.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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