US Army 8-Inch Siege Mortars at the Tioga County Memorial
Four US Army 8-Inch Siege Mortars, Pattern 1861, are displayed surrounding the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Owego in Tioga County, New York. The four mortars are:
8-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1861, cast by Cyrus Alger, registry Number 28, weight 1,026 pounds
8-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1861, cast by Cyrus Alger, registry Number 34, weight 1,036 pounds
8-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1861, cast by Cyrus Alger, registry Number 41, weight 1,033 pounds
8-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1861, cast by Seyfert McManus & Co., registry number 45, weight 1,036 pounds
US Army 8-Inch Siege Mortars in Oregon, Ohio
Two US Army 8-Inch Siege Mortars, Pattern 1861, are displayed at Willow Cemetery in Oregon, Ohio. Many thanks to friend-of-the-page Phil Spaugy for sharing the photos!
The two mortars were both cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1864. They bear the consecutive registry numbers 46 and 47. They are both marked as weighing 1,020 pounds, and they also both appear to be on original carriages. They flank a monument dedicated in 1882.
The Dahlgren Boat Howitzers of the National Civil War Naval Museum
Two US Navy Dahlgren Boat Howitzers, a 12-Pounder Smoothbore and as 12-Pounder Rifle, are displayed near the entrance of the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. The display allows visitors to note the differences between these two types.
US Navy 8-Inch Chambered Shell Gun Number 348 on USS Cairo
US Navy 8-Inch Chambered Shell Gun of 63 Hundredweight Number 348 is displayed aboard USS Cairo at Vicksburg National Military Park. Number 348 is one of three of the 8-Inch shell guns aboard. Number 348 was cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry in 1845. It is marked as weighed in hundredweight "64-0-8" (7,176 pounds).
The 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle of Jackson, Alabama
A 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle cast at Selma in 1864 is displayed at Jackson, Alabama. It was cast on August 9th, 1864 and delivered to Mobile on December 21st, 1864 (see Daniel & Gunter, pg. 83). According to the historical marker placed next to the cannon, S96 was mounted at Oven Bluff on the Tombigbee River.
10-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1840, at Vicksburg
US Army 10-Inch Siege Mortar, Pattern 1840, displayed on "Cannon Row" at Vicksburg National Military Park - this mortar was cast in 1859 at West Point Foundry. As manufactured it weighed 1,812 pounds.
US Army 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle of Fort Morgan
A US Army 100-Pounder (6.4-Inch) Parrott Rifle, Number 90, is displayed near the entrance to Fort Morgan in Alabama. It was cast by West Point Foundry in 1863. As manufactured it weighed 9,827 pounds. It represents the cannons brought to the fort by the US Army in the 1870s.
11-Inch Brooke Smoothbore at the National Civil War Naval Museum
The largest and heaviest surviving cannon produced by the Confederacy is an 11-Inch Double Banded Smoothbore S97 displayed at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. S97 was cast at Selma, Alabama in 1864. As manufactured it weighed 23,593 pounds. It was cast on August 10th, 1864. It was intended to be sent to Charleston.
The 7-Inch Brooke Rifle of Fort Morgan
7-Inch Double Banded Brooke Rifle "S89" is displayed at Fort Morgan, Alabama. Cast at Selma, Alabama in July of 1864, it was delivered to Mobile in January of 1865. A nearby interpretive sign explains that it was mounted in a fortification north of Mobile. It is stamped with its "as manufactured" weight of 14,800 pounds.
US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren in Downtown Vicksburg
A US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgren is displayed in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi. I was not able to read the registry number or the weight on the breech of the cannon. I have been told by a friend of the Facebook page that it is one of the two in Vicksburg which was originally carried aboard USS Tuscumbia and later used by the US Army’s 17th Corps.
US Army 8-Inch Rifle in Zanesville, Ohio
US Army 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifle Number 12 in Zanesville, Ohio. This 8-Inch MLR is from the first series of 10-Inch Rodman smoothbores converted in 1876. This Rodman was Cyrus Alger 10-Inch Number 21 cast in 1865. As originally manufactured, it weighed 15,080 pounds. In 1876 it was taken to the West Point Foundry where the original 10-Inch bore was reamed out to 13.5-inches. Then the rifled sleeve was inserted into the enlarged bore. The finished 8-Inch Rifle had a total weight of 16,050 pounds.
The 6.4-Inch Brooke of CSS Albemarle at Norfolk
A 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle carried aboard CSS Albemarle is displayed at Naval Station Norfolk flanking a flagpole with another 6.4-Inch Brooke which was carried aboard CSS Tennessee. This Brooke likely was carried by CSS Albemarle during the Battle of Plymouth and Battle of Albemarle Sound in 1864.
US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles of Buffalo, New York
Two US Navy 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles, Numbers 346 and 352, are displayed in Front Park in Buffalo, New York. Both are marked "Water Core" on the muzzle signifying that they were cast according to Rodman's technique. The Parrotts are mounted on a ornamental iron pedestal which is in the shape of a stylized carriage.
US Army 10-Inch Rodmans at Fort Moultrie
US Army 10-Inch Rodmans Number 156 and 182 which are displayed at Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, South Carolina were both manufactured at Fort Pitt Foundry in 1863. As manufactured they weighed 14,965 and 14,980 pounds respectively. They were both shipped from the Augusta Arsenal in 1872 as part of the US Army's efforts to rebuild Fort Moultrie in the 1870s.
10-Inch Confederate Columbiad, Bellona Number 4, at Vicksburg
A 10-Inch Confederate Columbiad, Bellona Foundry Number 4, is displayed at “Cannon Row” near the Visitor’s Center at Vicksburg National Military Park. This Columbiad was cast by Bellona Foundry near Richmond, Virginia in 1862. It’s original weight was 13,800 pounds.
USN BuOrd 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Two US Navy Bureau of Ordnance 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displayed in front of the courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. They are:
32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds Number 10 cast by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1865. As manufactured it weighed 4,601 pounds.
32-Pounder of 4,500 Pounds Number 13 cast by Seyfert, McManus, and Co. in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1865. As manufactured it weighed 4,564 pounds.
USS Seneca’s 11-Inch Dahlgren in Holgate, Ohio
US Navy 11-Inch Dahlgren Number 313 was cast by Hinkley, Williams, and Company in 1863. In 1864 it was mounted aboard the "90 Day Gunboat" USS Seneca after that ship's 1864 refit. This Dahlgren would fire over 300 shells at Fort Fisher during the First and Second Battles in December 1864 and January 1865. It is displayed in Holgate, Ohio in front of the historic firehouse.
8-Inch Brooke Smoothbore, S-26, at Gainesville, Alabama
An 8-Inch Double Banded Brooke Smoothbore, S26, manufactured at the Selma Naval Gun Foundry in 1863-1864 may be found beside the Old Cemetery in Gainesville, Alabama. S26 was cast as a 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle. According to Messers Olmstead, Stark, and Tucker, S26 was one of three blocks (raw castings) intended to be produced as 6.4-inch rifles which encountered difficulties during machining but were successfully salvaged as 8-inch smoothbores. S26 is the only survivor of the three Selma produced 8-Inch Brooke Smoothbores.
US Army 12-Pounder Napoleon, Ames 32 at Vicksburg
US Army Bronze 12-Pounder, Light, Pattern of 1857, Ames Number 32, is displayed at Vicksburg (near "Tour Stop 1 - Battery De Golyer") Ames Manufacturing Company cast Number 32 in 1862. As manufactured it weighed 1,220 pounds. It is a well preserved example of a 12-Pounder Napoleon.
9-Inch “Confederate Dahlgren” at Vicksburg
A 9-Inch Naval Shell Gun cast at Bellona Foundry in 1862 is displayed behind the Mississippi Monument at Vicksburg. This shell gun generally follows the shape of US Navy 9-Inch Dahlgrens and may be called a “Confederate Dahlgren.”