USS Keokuk’s Dahlgren and the Rodman Carriage
The 11-Inch Dahlgren at White Point Garden near Charleston, South Carolina is mounted upon a carriage for a 10-Inch Rodman. One of the two Rodmans now on the ground at Fort Moultrie may have “donated” the carriage. Looking at the cannon and the carriage, one can see how they were used together.
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle at Fort Monroe
A US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle is displayed at Fort Monroe in Virginia.
The Lincoln Gun - Prototype 15-Inch Rodman at Fort Monroe
The “Lincoln Gun”, the prototype 15-Inch Rodman gun is preserved at Fort Monroe in Virginia.
12-Pounder Dahlgren Rifled Howitzer and 6-Pounder Model 1841 at Portsmouth, Virginia
Outside the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, Virginia are a Dahlgren Rifled 12-Pounder Boat Howitzer and a US Army 6-Pounder Field Gun, Model 1841.
10-Inch Model 1844 Columbiad, Banded and Rifled, at Fort Sumter
A 10-Inch Columbiad Model 1844 which was banded and rifled by the Confederates is displayed at Fort Sumter.
8-Inch Parrott Rifles of Forts Moultrie and Sumter
Two 8-Inch Parrott Rifles are preserved near Charleston, South Carolina. One may be found at Fort Moultrie and the other at Fort Sumter. Both were brought (along with several others of the type) in 1872 as part of modernizations to the forts. Both were buried around 1900 after they had become obsolete and it was easier to bury them than remove them.
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.
Aiming a Dahlgren: The Gunnery Artifacts of USS Monitor and USS Cumberland
Gunnery Artifacts related to the use of Dahlgren cannon are on display at the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. This post looks at a historic photo to explain the artifacts.
Edenton Bell Battery and Revolutionary Cannon
Preserved in Edenton, North Carolina are two cannon cast during the Civil War from bells from Edenton. Also, several Revolutionary War cannon are displayed which may have played a small part in the defense of Edenton during the Civil War.
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shellgun of 6,500 pounds near Yorktown, Virginia
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shellgun of 6,500 pounds is displayed near Yorktown, Virginia
10-Inch Confederate Columbiads at Fort Moultrie
Four 10-Inch Confederate Columbiads are on display at Fort Moultrie near Chareston, South Carolina. US Army 10-Inch Rodman guns are also present allowing the visitor to compare the two types.
8-Inch Columbiad, Model 1857, at Fort Moultrie
An 8-Inch Columbiad, Model of 1857, which was banded and rifled by the Confederates is displayed at Fort Moultrie near Charleston, South Carolina. This rare cannon is one of only two or three of the type still in existence.
10-Inch Columbiad, Model 1844, in Willoughby, Ohio
A 10-Inch Columbiad, Model 1844, preserved in a park in Willoughby, Ohio.
10-Inch Columbiad, Model 1844, Banded and Rifled at Fort Moultrie
A 10-Inch Columbiad, Model 1844, which was rifled, banded, and equipped with a bronze trunnion band is preserved at Fort Moultrie near Charleston, South Carolina.
The 10-Inch Parrott of Fort Moultrie
Preserved at Fort Moultrie near Charleston, South Carolina is at 10-Inch Parrott Rifle.
Cannons of Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultre, on Sullivan’s Island near Charleson, South Carolina, displays two Model 1829 32-Pounders and a Model 1819 24-Pounder. Fort Moultrie, the site of a 1776 victory and much fighting during the Civil War, shows the entire history of American seacoast defense from 1776 to 1945.
The 15-Inch Rodmans of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
Four 15-Inch Rodman Columbiads (Pattern 1861) are preserved in the Charleston area at Forts Moultrie and Sumter
32-Pounders of 57 hundredweight in Defiance, Ohio
Two 32-Pounders of 57 hundredweight are preserved at Old Fort Defiance in Defiance, Ohio. The two cannons are said to have been captured with Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina. (Photos in this post are courtesy of William Bechmann.)
BuOrd 32-Pounders in Townsend, Massachusetts
Preserved in Townsend, Massachusetts are a pair of Bureau of Ordnance 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds. One of these Dahlgren-style guns still has it’s firing lock installed upon its breech.
24-Pounder Flank Howitzers, Pattern 1844 in Wilmington, NC
Two 24-Pounder Flank Howitzers, Pattern 1844, are displayed in Wilmington, NC outside the old Wilmington Light Infantry Armory. The Howitzers were cast at the West Point Foundry in 1858 and are marked with the initials of Robert Parker Parrott.