12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer, Heavy, of USS Monongahela in New Haven, Connecticut
A US Navy 12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer, Heavy, Number 128 is one of four of the type displayed around a monument in New Haven, Connecticut.
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12-Pounder Boat Howitzer, Heavy, Number 128 was manufactured at the Washington Navy Yard in 1862. As manufactured it weighed 750 pounds.
US Navy 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer Number 134 in New Haven, Connecticut
US Navy 12-Pounder Dahlgren Boat Howitzer (Heavy) Number 134 was carried aboard USS Lehigh. It is possible that Number 134 is the boat howitzer depicted in two photos taken aboard the monitor during the American Civil War.
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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.