Hughes breech-loading cannon

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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.{{Cite book |last=Cunningham |first=Sumner Archibald |url=https://archive.org/details/confederateveter17conf/page/234/mode/2up |title=Confederate Veteran Vol. XVII |publisher=Duke University Libraries |year=1893 |edition=v.17(1909) |pages=Page 234 Col. 1 |language=English}} 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.