6.4-Inch Parrott Rifle in Bristol, Vermont
A 6.4-Inch (or 100-Pounder) Parrott Rifle is displayed on the town square in Bristol, Vermont.
8-Inch US Navy Bureau of Ordnance Shell gun of 6,500 pounds in Burlington, Vermont
A US Navy Bureau of Ordnance 8-Inch Shell Gun of 6,500 Pounds is displayed at Battery Park in Burlington, Vermont overlooking Lake Champlain.
The 9-Inch Dahlgrens of the American Swedish Historical Museum
Two 9-Inch Dahlgren cannons are displayed in front of the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Rodmans of Fort McHenry
Displayed at Fort McHenry near Baltimore, Maryland are three types of Rodman guns: 8-Inch Smoothbores, 8-Inch Rifles converted in the 1870s from 10-Inch Smoothbores, and 15-Inch Smoothbores. Taken together this is an impressive display of the Rodman type gun of the US Army during and after the American Civil War.
The Naval Guns of Old Fort Jackson
Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia displays several cannon which were manufactured for and used by the US Navy in the years before the American Civil War.
6.4-Inch Brooke Rifle at Fort Pulaski
A 6.4-Inch Double Banded Brooke Rifle is displayed at Fort Pulaski near Savannah, Georgia.
The Cannons of Trophy Park
Norfolk Navy Yard Trophy Park in Portsmouth, Virginia displays a number of Dahlgrens and Parrott Rifles from the mid 19th Century US Navy. Some are displayed as they were manufactured. Others received modifications and conversions in the 1870s. Many thanks to Flickr user Jimmy for the permission to use these photos.
The 11-Inch Dahlgren of Eldon, Iowa
An 11-Inch Dahlgren, “W. P. No 29”, is preserved in a cemetery in Eldon, Iowa. This cannon immediately follows in sequence the two 11-Inch Dahlgrens of USS Monitor (W. P. Nos 27 & 28) now being conserved in Virginia.
The 11-Inch Dahlgrens of USS Monitor
Two 11-Inch Dahlgrens carried by USS Monitor are undergoing preservation in the Monitor Center at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Visitors can see the original cannon from a viewing gallery overlooking the conservation lab, and they may see recreations of the turret in the gallery.
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.
9-Inch Dahlgren at Old Fort Jackson
A 9-Inch Dahlgren is displayed at Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia. This cannon served aboard USS Brooklyn during the Civil War.
Early US Navy 24-Pounder in Georgetown, South Carolina
An early US Navy 24-Pounder is displayed in Joseph Rainey Park in Georgetown, South Carolina. This cannon may have been authorized by the same act of Congress which authorized USS Constitution and the other “Six Frigates”.
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 3.5-Inch Blakely at Marion Square
A cannon that might be a 3.5-Inch Blakely is displayed at the “Horn Work” in Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina.
3.56-Inch Cameron Rifle at the Museum at Market Hall
A 3.56-Inch Cameron Rifle, which may have been used against gunboats of the US Navy operating along the South Carolina coast, is displayed in the Museum at Market Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.
10-Inch Rodman and 8-Inch Rodman Rifle Conversions at Fort Monroe
Three 10-Inch Rodmans (two of which were converted to 8-Inch Rifles after the Civil War) are displayed at Fort Monroe in Virginia.
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.