32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Teaser - Then and Now
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32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Teaser - Then and Now

A 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight which was banded and rifled by the Confederates is preserved as a trophy at the Washington Navy Yard. This cannon was captured aboard the converted tug boat CSS Teaser. The cannon was photographed after CSS Teaser's capture - allowing a "then and now" look at the cannon as well as the cannon's carriage, sights, and other accessories.

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32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Georgia
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32-Pounder Rifle of CSS Georgia

A 32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight, banded and rifled by the Confederates, is displayed at Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia. This cannon was raised from the wreck of CSS Georgia in 1984.

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The Citadel’s Cannons
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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.

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9-Inch Dahlgrens of the Mariners’ Museum
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9-Inch Dahlgrens of the Mariners’ Museum

Two 9-Inch Dahlgren guns are on display at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. One was aboard CSS Virginia in her battle with USS Cumberland. The other served aboard USS Richmond.

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The Guns of CSS Peedee
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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.

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The Mystery Brooke at The Citadel
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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.

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Brookes at the National Civil War Naval Museum
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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.

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