US Navy 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight in Kenduskeag, Maine
US Navy 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight Number 502 is displayed in a cemetery in Kenduskeag, Maine. Number 52 has sharper markings and a better coating than I have seen on most preserved naval guns of its era. (Many thanks to whoever is taking care of it!) Number 502 was cast by Cyrus Alger & Company in 1848. As manufactured it weighed 57-0-14 hundredweight (6,398 pounds). Bureau of Ordnance records show that Number 502 was sent to the navy yard at Boston. It remained in storage there until loaned to the Grand Army of the Republic post in Kenduskeag in 1905.
Many thanks to friend of the page Lee James Thieman for taking and sharing these photos!
US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displayed in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. They are displayed around a monument to Meshech Weare, the first governor of New Hampshire. Many thanks to friend-of-the-page Nick Patrick for sharing these photos!
US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight in Needham, Massachusetts
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight are displayed as a unique monument in Nehoiden Cemetery in Needham, Massachusetts. A plaque on the display states that they were placed in 1902 by Post 181, Grand Army of the Republic. Bureau of Ordnance Records indicate that these four 32-Pounders were sent to the Boston Navy Yard after their 1848-1849 manufacture by Cyrus Alger & Company. There they remained in storage until loaned to Galen Orr Post 181 in Needham.
Many thanks to friend-of-the-page James Murray for sharing these photos!
US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Two US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displayed flanking a monument in front of the Wyoming County Courthouse in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Many thanks to James Murray for these photos!
US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Two US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displayed flanking a monument in Lawton Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Many thanks to friend of the page Louis Robert Bob Dispenza for sharing these photos.
The two 32-Pounders are:
32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds Number 17 manufactured by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1865. Weight as manufactured was 4,620 pounds.
32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds Number 89 manufactured by Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1865. Weight as manufactured was 4,520 pounds.
US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds in Worcester, Massachusetts
Three US Navy 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displaced together in a tripod at Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts. As a nearby interpretive sign notes, the display is near a section of graves of Civil War soldiers and sailors. The sign also points out that of a pre-war population of around 25,000, 4,227 men enlisted for service in Worcester.
Many thanks to friend-of-the-page James Murray for these photos!
The Fragment of a US Navy 32-Pounder of 46 Hundredweight at Fort Branch
Part of the remarkable collection of artillery at Fort Branch on the Roanoke River is a fragment of a 32-Pounder. Olmstead et al. identifies it as the only surviving portion of the sixty-six 32-Pounders of 47 Hundredweight cast for the US Navy by Cyrus Alger in 1846. It served aboard the Frigate USS United States.
The 32-Pounders of 51 Hundredweight of Lowell, Massachusetts
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 51 Hundredweight surround a flagpole and a section of veteran’s graves in Lowell, Massachusetts. Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for venturing out into the snow taking and sharing these photos!
US Navy 32-Pounders of 42 Hundredweight Numbers 276, 226, and 280 of USS Cairo
US Navy 32-Pounders of 42 Hundredweight Numbers 276 and 226 are the number 3 and 4 guns on the starboard broadside of USS Cairo. Number 280 is the starboard gun on the stern.
The 32-Pounder of USS St. Lawrence
US Navy 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight, Number 384, is displayed at Trophy Park at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Number 384 was manufactured at Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, Virginia in 1848. According to the research of Wayne Stark, Number 384 was carried aboard the sailing frigate USS St. Lawrence.
US Navy 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight of USS Congress
US Navy 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight, Number 125, was carried aboard USS Congress - when she was sunk after surrendering to the ironclad CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862.
US Navy 32-Pounder of 42 Hundredweight Number 283
A US Navy 32-Pounder of 42 Hundredweight, Number 283, is displayed aboard USS Cairo at Vicksburg National Military Park. This cannon was cast in 1845 at the West Point Foundry. It is marked as weighing 42-1-11 Hundredweight (4,743 pounds). It was recovered in 1963 as preparatory work to recover the sunken USS Cairo in 1964.
The Guns of USS Peterhoff at Fort Fisher
Four US Navy cannons recovered from the wreck of the Civil War ship USS Peterhoff are currently in storage awaiting future display at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The four cannons include three types of 32-Pounder and a 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle.
US Navy 32-Pounder of 41 Hundredweight in Washington, North Carolina
A US Navy 32-Pounder of 41 Hundredweight which may have served on USS Cyane or USS Levant is displayed in Oakdale Cemetery in Washington, North Carolina
US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight in Quincy, Massachusetts
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight surround a monument to those lost in the American Civil War in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts.
US Army 32-Pounder, Pattern 1829, at Columbus-Belmont State Park
US Army 32-Pounder, Pattern 1829, Number 209 cast by Fort Pitt Foundry in 1839 is displayed at Columbus-Belmont State Park in Columbus, Kentucky. As manufactured it weighed 7,545 pounds. The State Park is the site of the Confederate Fort De Russey which was commanded by General Leonidas Polk who called the works the “Gibraltar of the West.”
US Navy 32-Pounder of 32 Hundredweight of USS Pennsylvania
A US Navy 32-Pounder of 32 Hundredweight which was recovered from the wreck of USS Pennsylvania is displayed in Trophy Park in Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
The 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight of Stoneham, Massachusetts
The monument to Civil War soldiers and sailors in Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts is surrounded by four US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight.
The 32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds of San Luis Obispo
A US Navy Bureau of Ordnance 32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds is displayed in the San Luis Cemetery in San Luis Obispo, California. This 32-Pounder was manufactured at Builders Foundry (Providence, Rhode Island) in 1866. According to the data in a 2000 edition of the registry, it weighed 4,530 pounds as manufactured in 1866. It is US Navy registry number 333. The 32-Pounder is mounted on an original iron Marsilly carriage.
The 32-Pounders of Old North Cemetery, Weymouth
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 51 Hundredweight surround a Monument dedicated to the Soldiers and Sailors of Weymouth, Massachusetts who died during the American Civil War. The monument was dedicated in 1868 and lists each man by his unit and the circumstances of his death. The fearsome toll taken by disease during the war can clearly be seen etched in stone. The cannons were likely placed later in the 19th century.