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powder boy

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Also known as powder monkey

manned naval artillery guns as a member of a warship's crew

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Image: Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C. LOC cwpb.03515 (cropped).tif

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American Civil War

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Spanish–American War

United States Navy

ship of the line

naval artillery

artillery magazine

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Children in the military Combat occupations Combat occupations of the late modern period Gunpowder Marine occupations Military ranks of the Royal Navy Nautical terminology Naval ranks Obsolete occupations