US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 108 and 336 at Vicksburg
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US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 108 and 336 at Vicksburg

Two US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles are displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park along with two 12-Pounder Howitzers near a sign describing the service of Yost’s Independent Ohio Battery. According to the sign, two 3-Inch Rifles and two 12-Pounders which had been captured at the Battle of Champion’s Hill were turned over to Company F, 32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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12-Pounder Confederate Napoleon at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond
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12-Pounder Confederate Napoleon at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond

A 12-Pounder Confederate Napoleon is displayed in front of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The “Confederate Napoleon”, a bronze smoothbore gun-howitzer, is designed to fire the same shot, shell, canister, and case as the US Army 12-Pounder Napoleon (Pattern 1857). However, given the pressures on Southern industry, most Confederate Napoleons lack the the visual refinements of the US Army model. The Confederate Napoleon typically does not have any muzzle swell. The tube likely was turned on a lathe only enough to function, so it will have a rough appearance. This particular example was cast at Tredegar Foundry - the site of the museum where it is presently displayed.

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12-Pounder Confederate “Iron Napoleon” at Petersburg
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12-Pounder Confederate “Iron Napoleon” at Petersburg

12-Pounder Banded Smoothbore "Confederate Iron Napoleon" at Petersburg National Battlefield, Battery 5. Tredegar's foundry number 2243 is visible on the left trunnion. This piece was cast in January of 1865. As bronze became scare, the Confederacy turned to manufacturing the "Napoleon" in iron. Weight of the tube, 1,249 pounds, is similar to earlier bronze examples.

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The Bronze Smoothbores of Charleston
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The Bronze Smoothbores of Charleston

Four bronze smoothbore cannons - A 6-Pounder Field Gun of the American Revolution, a Model 1841 12-Pounder Howitzer engraved S.C., a 12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer at Fort Sumter, and a 12-Pounder Napoleon at Fort Moultrie - are displayed in and around Charleston, South Carolina.

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