"Quaker guns" were really logs that the South painted to look like these big mounted weapons
..... "Quaker Guns": Large logs painted to look like cannons; used to fool the 
enemy into... [DOC] [TLE] Hoodwinked During America's Civl War: Union Military Deception ... [PAR] Technology may change, but human nature does not  and war is a very human 
... before finally veering south toward Chattanooga, capturing a considerable 
number .... Once the logs were painted black and mounted onto wheels, it was 
virtually ... 'Quaker guns'  i.e., anything that could be made to look like artillery 
from... [DOC] [TLE] Confederate "Quaker" guns used to fool the Union into thinking a ... [PAR] J.B. Shadle Co C 87 PA Wounded at Petersburg, April 2, 1865 Gun shot ....