National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK

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 Manassas National Battlefield 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
 
AlgerCyrus Alger & Co., Boston MA
AmesN.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Manufacturing Co., MA
ClarkJohn Clark & Co., New Orleans LA
GreenwoodMiles Greenwood & Co., Cincinnati OH
HooperHenry N. Hooper and Co., Boston MA
Marshall Willaim D. Marshal & Co., St. Louis MO
Noble Noble Brothers & Co., Rome GA
RevereRevere Copper Co., Boston MA
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry or Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA
WPF West Point Foundry, Cold Spring NY

FOUNDRYREG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Parrott rifle, Model of 1861
WPF 66 RPP *469 61 906 3RH Henry House Hill
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Confederate Parrott rifle
Tredegar     1590 62 1138 3RH beveled band, Henry House Hill
3-inch (10-pounder) Parrott rifle, Model of 1863
WPF 236 JGB 409 65 *880 3RH Henry House Hill
3-inch (10-pounder) Confederate Parrott rifles
Tredegar     1701     12LH Henry House Hill, beveled band
Tredegar           12LH Chinn Ridge, beveled band, knob off
3-inch (10-pounder) Confederate iron field rifle
Noble           6LH no muzzle swell, unmarked, Noble knob
6-pounder bronze field gun, Model of 1835
Ames 11 GT   37 743   Henry House Hill
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1841
Alger 111 BH 572 54 875   Henry House Hill
Alger 191 TJR 735 61 879 15RH Henry House Hill, James Type 1
Ames 176 JWR   45 883 15RH Henry House Hill, James Type 1
Ames       45 885   Douglas Heights, false Napoleon
Greenwood 11 JB   61 867   Henry House Hill
6-pounder bronze James field gun, Model of 1861
Ames   CT 13 62 862   also marked "W.A.B." & "STATE OF CONN."
6-pounder Confederate iron field guns
Tredegar     1450 62 900   Douglas Heights
Tredegar     1466 62 900   Douglas Heights
Tredegar             Douglas Heights, no readable marks
3.8-inch bronze James rifles, Type 1
Ames 530     61 870 15RH Henry House Hill
Greenwood 47 JWS   61 861 15RH Henry House Hill, "J.W.S." under knob
Greenwood 106 SB   62 863 15RH Douglas Heights, false Napoleon
3.8-inch bronze James rifles, Type 2 Series 3
Ames 17 GTB   61 914 10RH Matthews Hill
Ames CT69   112 62 922 10RH "W.A.B." &"STATE OF CONN."
Ames CT   116 62 920 10RH "W.A.B." &"STATE OF CONN."
3.8-inch bronze James rifles, Type 2 Series 4
Ames 53 GTB 99 62 917 10RH Matthews Hill
Ames 55 GTB *101 62 917 10RH stolen Apr 1966
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger *112 *TJR 1169 *62 *1233   Henry House Hill
Hooper *93 *TJR 102 *63 *1230   Battery Heights
Hooper 95 TJR 104 63 1241   captured from Bty B RI at Reams's Sta
Hooper 258 TJR 280 63 1238   New York Avenue
Revere 18 JPF 15 62 1227   Battery Heights
Revere 99 TJR 105 62 1250   Battery Heights
Revere 344 TJR 363 63 1237   Battery Heights
Revere 401 CC 388 64 1226   Henry House Hill
12-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Alger 6 WM 11 41 780   Henry House Hill
Alger 17 JWR 549 53 778   Henry House Hill
Alger 178 TJR 732 61 797   Henry House Hill
Alger 180 TE 773 61 785   Henry House Hill
Marshall 23 none   61 786   Henry House Hill
12-pounder Confederate bronze field howitzers
Clark             unmarked except 883 arsenal no.
Clark             unmarked except 872 arsenal no.
Total cannon at Manassas National Battlefield: 39
The following are on display at the old courthouse in Manassas:
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger 109 TJR 1149 62 1226    
Greenwood 46 JRE *46 62 1221    

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