US 13-Inch Mortar in Hartford, Connecticut
A US 13-Inch Mortar is displayed on the grounds of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. It is placed upon a pedestal dedicated to the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery which was originally formed as the 4th Connecticut Infantry in 1861 and which was mustered out of service as a heavy artillery regiment in 1865. Many thanks to friend-of-the-page James Murray for these photos!
The plaque on the front of the pedestal claims that the very mortar displayed was in used by the regiment in front of Petersburg in 1864-1865 and was given the nickname “The Petersburg Express”.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott in Worcester, New York
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle Number 381 is displayed beside a monument to the “Boys in Blue” at Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester, New York. It was manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1865. It’s weight as manufactured was 4210 pounds. Many thanks to friend of the page James Murray for these photographs!
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles of Plaistow, New Hampshire
Two US Army Ordnance Rifles are displayed in Plaistow, New Hampshire. Many thanks to friend-of-the-page Nick Patrick for sending these photos! The two rifles are:
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Number 69 manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company in 1861. The weight as manufactured was 819 pounds.
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Number 683 manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company in 1864. The weight as manufactured was 816 pounds.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Two US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles flank a flagpole in New Rosemont Cemetery in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. They are displayed upside down on their stone pedestals. Many thanks to friend-of the page James Murray for taking the photos of the Parrotts in Bloomsburg.
Markings on the muzzle are obscured by layers of old paint, but the two Parrotts are:
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Number 210 manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1863. It’s weight as originally manufactured was 4,195 pounds.
US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Number 211 manufactured at West Point Foundry in 1863. It’s weight as originally manufactured was 4,210 pounds.
8-Inch Rifle Number 8 of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
A US Army 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle, Registry Number 8, is displayed on an original carriage in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts beside a Civil War monument in front of the library.
Many thanks to friend of the page Scott R. Barrow for taking and sharing these photos!
This cannon was originally cast as a 10-Inch Rodman smoothbore (No. 149) in 1866 by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1879 it was converted to an 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle by the breech insertion method.
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle in Beaufort, North Carolina
A US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle, Number 787, which was originally manufactured as a standard muzzle loader in 1864 at the Phoenix Iron Company, is displayed outside the Carteret County Courthouse in Beaufort, North Carolina
Number 787 was one of about 200 of the type converted around 1903 into saluting guns.
US Army 10-Inch Rodmans of Lowell, Massachusetts
Two US Army 10-Inch Rodmans are displayed at Edson Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts. They are displayed near a monument to veterans. Unfortunately, they are in a rather poor state at the moment.
Many thanks to friend-of-the-page James Murray for taking and sharing these photos!
Their information (from the registry as the markings are covered by paint) is:
10-Inch Rodman manufactured at Seyfert, McManus, and Co. (Registry Number 79) in 1866. Weight as manufactured: 15,148 pounds.
10-Inch Rodman manufactured by Fort Pitt Foundry (Registry Number 632) in 1866. Weight as manufactured: 14,965 pounds.
US Army 10-Inch Rodmans in Hartford, Connecticut
Two US Army 10-Inch Rodmans are displayed outside the Governor William A. O'Neill State Armory in Hartford Connecticut. They are mounted on the upper portion of original wrought-iron carriages.
Many thanks to friend-of-the-page James Murray for taking these photos and sharing them!
The two are:
10-Inch Rodman, Pattern 1861, manufactured by Fort Pitt Foundry in 1862. Fort Pitt Registry Number 35. Weight as manufactured 14,850 pounds.
10-Inch Rodman, Pattern 1861, manufactured by Fort Pitt Foundry in 1862. Fort Pitt Registry Number 37. Weight as manufactured 14,920 pounds.
US Army 24-Pounder, Pattern 1819, Rifled at Vicksburg
A US Army 24-Pounder, Pattern 1819, is displayed at Fort Hill in Vicksburg. It was cast at West Point Foundry in 1837. At some point it was rifled with 18 grooves, likely for service during the American Civil War. As originally manufactured it weighed 5,480 pounds.
US Army 8-Inch Rodman in Bath, Maine
Displayed beside a monument outside the Sagadahoc County Superior Courthouse in Bath, Maine is an 8-inch Rodman (Model 1861 Columbiad) cast in 1865 by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania for the United States Army. Many thanks to Friend of the Page James Murray for taking and sharing these photos!
US Army 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle in Cairo, Illinois
A US Army 8-Inch Rifle, Registry Number 34, is displayed in Cairo, Illinois. The cannon was originally cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1862 as a 10-Inch Rodman smoothbore, Registry Number 45. In 1884 it was converted into an 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle using the breech insertion conversion. Its new registry number is 34. As converted it weighed 15,915 pounds.
US Army 10-Inch Rodmans in Sullivan, Ohio
Two US Army 10-Inch Rodmans, Pattern 1861 are displayed in Sullivan, Ohio. Both were cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1865. They were placed as a monument to the "Dead Heroes of Sullivan Township” in 1906.
US Army 24-Pounder, Pattern 1845, in Vicksburg
A US Army 24-Pounder, Pattern 1845, is displayed on “Cannon Row” at Vicksburg National Military Park. This 24-Pounder was cast in 1853 at West Point Foundry. As manufactured it weighed 5,736 pounds. Like the earlier 24-Pounder, Pattern 1819, this type could be found in use both as a siege gun but also as a garrison gun and seacoast gun.
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 Army 4.5-Inch Siege Rifle in Oswego, New York
A US Army 4.5-Inch Siege Rifle, Pattern 1861, is displayed in Oswego, New York. It was cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1861 and is registry number 10. As manufactured, it weighs 3,561 pounds. It is displayed upon the remnants of its carriage.
US Army 8-Inch Rodman in Rochelle, Illinois
A US Army 8-Inch Rodman Gun, Pattern 1861, is displayed outside the old city hall and current Flagg Township Museum in Rochelle, Illinois. It was cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1863 and is registry number 25. As manufactured it weighed 8,445 pounds.
US Army 24-Pounder Siege Guns at Shiloh
Two US Army 24-Pounders, Pattern 1819, are among the many artillery pieces which may be seen at Shiloh National Military Park.
The 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles of Fort Mill, South Carolina
Two US Army 100-Pounder (or 6.4-Inch) Parrott Rifles are displayed in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The two Parrotts were brought to the town around 1901. Since 1973 they have been fired every year as part of the Fourth of July celebrations.
US Army 32-Pounder Seacoast Guns, Pattern 1845, in St. Augustine
Two US Army 32-Pounder Seacoast Guns, Pattern 1845, are displayed in Plaza de la Constitución in Saint Augustine, Florida. These cannon was cast at Tredegar in Richmond in 1846. They are registry numbers Number 5 on and 27 on their muzzles. Both of these cannons have been rifled. As manufactured they weighed 7, 215 pounds and 7,256 pounds.
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 415 and 416 at Vicksburg
Two US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles flank a plaque noting the service of the 12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery. I believe these to be registry numbers 415 and 416, though none of the photos I took of the muzzles are great. Both rifles were manufactured in 1862 and both are marked as weighing 816 pounds as manufactured.