National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

CIVIL WAR CANNON AT FREDERICKSBURG and SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
(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
 
Alger Cyrus Alger & Co., Boston MA
Ames N.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Manufacturing Co. in MA
Bellona Bellona Foundry, Midlothian VA
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
Greenwood Miles Greenwood & Co., Cincinnati OH
Hooper Henry N. Hooper and Co., Boston MA
Leeds Leeds and Co., New Orleans LA
Macon Macon Arsenal, Macon GA
Phoenix Phoenix Iron Co., Phoenixville PA
Revere Revere Copper Co., Boston MA
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry or Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA
unknown foundry unmarked or unreadable
WPF West Point Foundry, Cold Spring NY

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.

FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Confederate Army Parrott rifles
Macon           3RH Fredericksburg storage, presumed Macon
Tredegar     1654 62 1132 3RH Anderson Drive at Spotsylvania
3-inch (10-pounder) Army Parrott rifles, Model of 1863
WPF 86 RMH 803 64 900 3RH Anderson Drive at Spotsylvania
WPF 99 RMH 86 64 892 3RH Chancellorsville Tavern
3-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
Phoenix 36 TTSL 39 61 815 7RH Prospect Hill
Phoenix 195 JMW 206 62 817 7RH Chancellorsville Tavern
3-inch Confederate iron field Rifles
Tredegar       61   12LH storage
Tredegar       61   12LH storage
Tredegar           12LH storage, no visible marks
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1841
Alger 92 LABW 468 53 874 15RH Prospect Hill, L.B.DAVIES, James Type 1
Ames 43 *JWR   42 878   Hazel Grove, altered to false Napoleon
Ames   LBD   46 87   Wilderness, altered to false Napoleon
3.80-inch bronze James rifles, Type 1
Greenwood 63 JB   61 870 15RH NatCem, altered to false Napoleon
Greenwood 77 JB   61 873 15RH Hazel Grove, altered to false Napoleon
Greenwood 88 JB   61 871 15RH Prospect Hill
3.80-inch bronze James rifle, Type 2 Series 3
Ames 12 GTB   61 918 10RH Prospect Hill
4.2-inch (30-pounder) Army Parrott rifles
WPF 323 RMH   64 4190 5RH Howison Hill
WPF 341 RMH 42 64 4205 5RH Lee Hill
4.5-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
FPF 81 CPK 1672 63 3616 9RH Chatham
FPF     1825*63   9RH Chatham
12-pounder Confederate bronze field gun, heavy
Tredegar     1152 61     storage, marked "MISS"
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger 6 JPF 881 61 1203   formerly at Ft. Moultrie
Alger 129 TJR 1203 63 1220   Hazel Grove
Ames 75 ABD 85 62 1225   Fairview
Hooper 113 TJR 123 63 1233   Fairview
Revere 49 TJR 54 62 1224   Fairview
Revere 151 TJR *169 62 1241   Fairview
Revere 345 TJR 354 63 1239   Hazel Grove
12-pounder Confederate bronze Napoleons
Macon 1 RMC   63 1238   Lee Hill, "111" arsenal # on base ring
Tredegar       63 1230   Howison Hill
12-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Ames 92 JWR   48 790   Hazel Grove
Ames 118 JWR 200 53 786   Hazel Grove
12-pounder Confederate bronze field howitzers
Clark             unmarked, storage
Leeds     23 61     storage
unknown             Hazel Grove, unmarked
12-pounder Confederate iron field howitzers
Tredegar       61     storage
Tredegar       61     storage
Tredegar     1481 62 834   storage, has trunnion band
24-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1841
Alger 3 BH 634 58 1301   storage, foundry no. on left rimbase
24-pounder bronze Coehorn mortar, Model of 1838
Alger 26 TJR 1391 63 168   storage
Ames 48 ABD 94 62 161   storage
Ames 53 ABD 104 62 163   storage
Ames 115 RMH 168 64 165   storage
Ames 140 RMH 197 64 163   Chancellorsville Visitors Center
Ames 146 RMH 207 64 156   storage
32-pounder seacoast guns, Model of 1829
Bellona 127 JB   30 *7468   upright in NatCem
Bellona 143 JB   30 *7470   upright in NatCem
Bellona 149 JB   30 *7496   upright in NatCem
Bellona 216 JB   32 *7516   upright in NatCem
42-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1845, banded
WPF 131 BH 153 59     upright at Hays Wilderness mon't
Total cannon at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park: 50
A 6-pounder iron field gun named "Old Sam Tilden" is on display at the Fredericksburg Fire Hall. While its envelope is close to the bronze Model of 1841, its origin is unknown.

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