12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer (Small) in Pembroke, New Hampshire
A 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer (Small) and a 12-Pounder Field Howitzer, Pattern 1841, are displayed in Pembroke, New Hampshire. Photo by Larry Emm
A 12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer (Small) and a 12-Pounder Field Howitzer, Pattern 1841, are displayed in Pembroke, New Hampshire. These photos are by Larry Emm who originally posted them to the Facebook group Civil War Artillery. They are reposted here with his permission.
The boat howitzer is 12-Pounder (Small) Number 8. It is indeed the eighth of the small (300 pound tube weight) 12-Pounders to be produced - which only totaled 23 in number. BuOrd records show that Number 8 served aboard USS Vanderbilt. In 1869 it was taken aboard USS Saginaw - and was aboard Saginaw when she wrecked on Kure Atoll in October 1870. According to the same BuOrd record, Number 8 was recovered from the wreck of Saginaw in 1872.
The other gun is a 12-Pounder Field Howitzer, Pattern 1841, manufactured by Tredegar Foundry in 1862. Tredegar manufactured 12-Pounder Howitzers through mid 1862 when production of bronze guns shifted to 12-Pounder Napoleon Light Guns. It is foundry number 1604.
