National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery


ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SITE


Listings are in bore size order. Within a given bore size, the sequence is guns, howitzers, and rifles. With each of these, the order is field, then siege.


Surviving Cannon at Antietam National Battlefield Site
(Copyright 1998 Wayne Stark)

Abbreviations and Symbols
* Datum following inferred from contemporary documents
 
REG#Army or Navy Registry Number
INSPInitials of inspecting ordnance officer or other inspector
FDY#Foundry number (founder's own internal control number)
GRVSNumber of rifling grooves, Right or Left hand twist
YRYear cannon was completed and/or inspected
 
AlgerCyrus Alger & Co., Boston MA
AmesN.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Manufacturing Co., MA
BellonaBellona Foundry, Midlothoan VA
ClarkJohn Clark & Co., New Orleans LA
GreenwoodMiles Greenwood & Co., Cincinnati OH
HooperHenry N. Hooper and Co., Boston MA
PhoenixPhoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville PA
RevereRevere Copper Co., Boston MA
unknownfoundry is either unmarked or unreadable
WPF West Point Foundry, Cold Spring NY

FOUNDRYREG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
3-inch (10-pounder) Army Parrott rifles, Model of 1863
WPF 1 RMH   64 890 3RH near Visitors' Center
WPF 2 RMH   64 898 3RH near Visitors' Center
WPF 3 RMH   64 898 3RH Hagerstown Pike
WPF 5 RMH   64 895 3RH Visitors' Center
WPF 7 RMH   64 889 3RH near Visitors' Center
WPF 9 RMH   64 885 3RH Visitors' Center
WPF 10 RMH   64 890 3RH Visitors' Center
WPF 11 RMH   64 896 3RH near Visitors' Center
3-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
Phoenix   JMW   62 816 7RH West Woods, damaged muzzle face
Phoenix 462 JMW *496 62 816 7RH Sunken Road
Phoenix 867 SCL *927 65 816 7RH Harpers Ferry Road
Phoenix 876 SCL *936 65 816 7RH Harpers Ferry Road
Phoenix 879 SCL *939 65 816 7RH NatCem
Phoenix 884 SCL *946 65 816 7RH Visitors' Center
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1838
Alger 53 WM   41 701   muzzle face stamped "N.J."
Alger 57 WM   41 709   muzzle face stamped "N.J."
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1841
Alger 183 TJR 718 61 887   tower, altered to false Napoleon
Ames 276 JWR   46 878   Sunken Rd., false Napoleon
6-pounder Confederate bronze field gun
Clark             altered to false Napoleon
3.67-inch (20-pounder) Army Parrott rifle
WPF 18 RPP 466 61 *1678 5RH upright in NatCem
3.80-inch bronze James rifles, Type 1
Ames OH LBD   61 872 15RH stamped "OHIO" & "L.B.DAVIES"
Ames       61 867 15RH near NatCem, to false Napoleon
Greenwood 69 JB   61 874 15RH Visitors' Center
Greenwood 105 SB   62 868 15RH NatCem
Greenwood 111 SB   62 866 15RH Sunken Road
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger 26 TJR 932 62 1218   Cornfield Ave.
Alger *36 *JPF 978 *62 *1221   muzzle down as Gen. Richardson mon't
Alger 39 JPF 982 62 1222   Visitors' Center
Alger 78 TJR 1099 62 1227   Sunken Road
Alger *81 *TJR 1109 *62 *1227   muzzle down as Gen. Mansfield mon't
Alger *82 *TJR 1097 *62 *1222   muzzle down as Gen. Branch mon't
Alger 87 TJR 1115 62 1218   Sunken Road
Alger 91 TJR 1119 62 1224   Sunken Road
Hooper 213 TJR 233 63 1223   Miller farm
Hooper *232 *TJR 252 *63     muzzle down as Gen. Anderson mon't
Revere *23 *TJR 6 *62 *1208   muzzle down as Gen. Starke mon't
Revere 33 TJR 39 62 1224   Miller farm
Revere *39 *TJR 34 *62 *1225   muzzle down as Gen. Rodman mon't
Revere 41 TJR 38 62 1227   near Burnside bridge
Revere 47 TJR 58 62 1220   Cornfield Ave.
Revere 53 TJR 52 62 1213   Cornfield Ave.
Revere 79 TJR 74 62 1210   Cornfield Ave.
Revere 161 TJR 167 62 1234   near Burnside bridge
Revere 254 TJR 276 63 1238   near Visitors' Center
12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1835
Ames 7 GT 37   714   Burnside bridge
12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1841
Ames 188   53 785     near Burnside bridge, worn muzzle face
12-pounder Confederate iron field howitzer
unknown             unmarked, larger than M1841
24-pounder Navy medium cannon for Sloop of War
Bellona 33 *ASW *26 32 1 8     NatCem, upright, served on FAIRFIELD
Total cannon at Antietam National Military Park: 48


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