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Definition of Cannoneers
1. cannoneer [n] - See also: cannoneer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannoneers
Literary usage of Cannoneers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Soldier's Recollections: Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate by Randolph Harrison McKim (1910)
"But for the heroism of those Maryland cannoneers serving the gun on the bridge
and the other near by, Milroy's infantry must have broken through and escaped ..."
2. Instructions for Mountain Artillery by United States War Dept, United States, War Dept (1851)
"POSTS OF THE cannoneers AND DRIVERS. 269. During the manoeuvres, the cannoneers
and drivers are at their posts about the piece and ammunition chests, ..."
3. The Cabinet History of England, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical: From the by Charles MacFarlane (1851)
"Henriot, who had been consulting within, and assuring the outlaws that their
triumph was secure, that the cannoneers were steady, ..."
4. National Service Library edited by Charles Evans Kilbourne (1917)
"On the march in the field the cannoneers are usually mounted on the chests, ...
In horse batteries everyone is mounted; the cannoneers, except the horse ..."
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