Model 1845 42-Pounders at Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter displays two Model 1845 42-Pounder guns on casemate carriages on either side of the sallyport which visitors enter.
8-inch Rodman in Newton, NC
An 8-inch Rodman cast in 1865 for the United States Army is preserved in Newton, NC.
8-inch Dahlgren Rifles at Patriot’s Point
Four Dahlgren 8-Inch Muzzle Loading Rifles are on display outside of Patriots Point Soccer Stadium. These cannon were converted to rifles in 1879-1880 from 11-Inch Dahlgren Smoothbores which had been cast at Builders Foundry in Providence, Rhode Island in 1863.
10-Inch Confederate Columbiads at White Point Garden
Two 10-Inch Confederate Columbiads have formed part of “The Battery” at White Point Gardens since 1900.
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 Columbiads of Magnolia Cemetery
Two 10-Inch Confederate Columbiads are displayed in the Confederate Section of Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.
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 32-Pounders of Fort Fisher
Three United States Navy 32-Pounders are on display at Fort Fisher. These guns illustrate the kind of ordinance in naval use prior to the Civil War and the ways in which these guns were used by North and South during the war.
The Columbiads of Charleston
At Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, White Point Garden, and Magnolia Cemetery, the visitor to the Charleston area can see eighteen Columbiads used for the seacoast defense of Charleston before, during, and after the American Civil War.
XI-Inch Dahlgren at Lake Bluff Park in St. Joseph, Michigan
A beautifully preserved 11-Inch Dahlgren is on display at Lake Bluff Park in St. Joseph, Michigan. (Photos in this post are the work of Chris Light as uploaded to Wikimedia and are used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike International License 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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.
The 11-Inch Dahlgren of USS Keokuk
The surviving 11-Inch Dahlgren from USS Keokuk is on display at White Point Gardens in Charleston, SC
12-Pounder Napoleons in Augusta, Georgia
Three 12-Pounder Napoleons are preserved in Augusta, Georgia: two at Augusta University and one in the Augusta Museum
USS Santee - A Frigate of the United States Navy
USS Santee - designed after the War of 1812, built slowly in the 1820s-1850s, seeing active service at the beginning of the American Civil War, and serving many years as a school ship for the United States Naval Academy, was a beautiful frigate whose history reflects the changing technology of naval ordnance. This website is named in her honor.
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.
Cannon Row at Vicksburg
Placeholder post for Cannon Row at Vicksburg. Photos taken by the author in the mid-1990s.
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.
6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle in Richmond, Virginia
A 6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle is displayed at The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia