National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

Fort McHenry, Maryland

CIVIL WAR CANNON AT FORT McHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT, MARYLAND
(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
 
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
SBF South Boston Foundry (later name for Cyrus Alger & Co.)
SBIW South Boston Iron Works (later name for Cyrus Alger & Co.)
unknown foundry name is not marked on gun
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
6-pounder bronze field gun, model unknown
unknown 39       5-3-26   raised classic eagle, has rimbases
8-inch Rodman guns, prototype
FPF 50 SC 432 61 8555   elevating ratchets
FPF 59 SC 435 61 8565   elevating ratchets
8-inch Rodman guns, Model of 1861
FPF 57 SCL 2620 65 8480    
FPF 64 SCL 2656 65 8440    
10-inch Rodman gun, sleeved to 8-inch rifle via breech insert
SBIW 66 DAL 988 84 15925 24RH originally: WPF#179/RMH/1867/14807#
10-inch Rodman guns, sleeved to 8-inch rifle via muzzle insert
SBF 16 CB 2257 76 16095 15RH originally Alger No.164/JGB/1866/15140#
WPF 7 CSS 2138 76 16050 15RH originally Alger No.119/JGB/1866/15150#
WPF 9 CSS*1871 76 16050 15RH originally Alger No. 31/ MS/1865/15080#
WPF 53 CWW   77 16100 15RH foundry no. covered
15-inch Rodman guns, Model of 1861
FPF 36 RHKW 1878 63 49980    
FPF 37 RHKW 1860 63 50140    
FPF 40 RHKW 1937 64 49700   
FPF 42 JWR 1972 64 50060    
FPF 62 SCL 2805 65 49589    
Total Civil War cannon at Fort McHenry National Monument, MD: 15

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