The Brooke Rifles of CSS Tennessee
Four Brooke Rifles carried aboard CSS Tennessee at the Battle of Mobile Bay are displayed as trophies at the Washington Navy Yard.
The Single Banded Brooke Rifles of CSS Atlanta
Four Brooke Rifles captured from CSS Atlanta are displayed as trophies at the US Navy's Washington Navy Yard.
The Citadel’s Cannons
Displayed on the campus of The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina are two 2.9-Inch Parrott Rifles, two Model 1841 6-Pounders, a 3.3-Inch Parrott Rifle, and a 7-Inch Brooke Rifle.
“The Battery” at White Point Gardens - Then and Now
Explore early 20th Century (1900-1910) and present day views of the American Civil War Cannons at White Point Gardens in Charleston.
7-Inch Triple Banded Brooke Rifle
Part of the extraordinary collection of seacoast artillery preserved at Fort Moultrie is a Triple-Banded Brooke Rifle.
The Guns of CSS Peedee
Three cannon recovered from the wreck of CSS Peedee (including a Dahlgren which saw service on USS Southfield) are on display at the Florence County Veterans Center in Florence, SC.
The 7-Inch Brooke at White Point Garden
A 7-Inch Brooke Rifle, S-76, cast at Selma, Alabama in 1864 is on display at White Point Garden in Charleston, SC.
The Mystery Brooke at The Citadel
This Brooke Rifle sits tucked between bushes on the campus of The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Though it is unlabeled and often is passed unnoticed, it has an interesting history.
7-Inch Brooke Rifle at Fort Morgan
This is a placeholder page. A 7-Inch Double Banded Brooke Rifle is displayed at Fort Morgan near Mobile, Alabama.
Brookes at the National Civil War Naval Museum
Placeholder page showing the two Brooke smoothbores and two 7-Inch Brooke Rifles preserved at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia. Photographs were taken by the author in the late 1990s.