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The National Park Service has been making some trades designed at least in part to place some cannon where they have some historical nexus. The following relocations have been reflected in the National Register of Surviving Civil War Artillery:My thanks to Wayne Stark for providing this information. - 10/31/00
- Revere Napoleon No.253, formerly at Ft. Washington, has been moved to Petersburg National Battlefield Park. This gun was captured at Ream's Station.
- Alger 6-pdr bronze gun M1841 No.163, formerly at Vicksburg, is now at Fort Washington Park, Maryland.
- Reading 3-in bronze rifle No.3 formerly at Petersburg, is now at Vicksburg National Military Park. This gun was cast at Vicksburg, and is in a sense returning home.
The Index by Bore Diameter, on The Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery, has been brought up to date. On this first anniversary of the debut of the Encyclopedia, we have illustrated or described 147 types of ordnance, about two-thirds of the total, and we have had over 18,000 visitors. My heartiest thanks to Wayne Stark for his generosity in sharing this with an enthusiastic readership. - 1/31/00Indefatigable cannon expert Wayne Stark has submitted an update, with photographs, of the Germantown howitzer; see Civil War Artillery in the News. - 12/17/99
The Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery has been enriched by a page on the array of cannon designed by British Captain Theophilus Alexander Blakely. - 12/14/99
A page on the work of Admiral Dahlgren has been added to The Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery. - 10/26/99
Wayne Stark's article on a newly-recovered howitzer has been added to Civil War Artillery in the News. - 8/31/99
Students of Confederate artillery will be pleased to see that a page on the designs of John Mercer Brooke have been added to The Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery. - 8/2/99
Two new pages in The Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery have been added to show the extraordinary variety of 6-pounder field guns. - 6/16/99
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