National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery


Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington, DC


CIVIL WAR CANNON AT FORT LESLIE J. McNAIR, WASHINGTON, DC
(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 & Company, Boston MA
Ames N.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Manufacturing Company
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
Phoenix Phoenix Iron Co., Phoenixville PA
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry, Richmond VA
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
3-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
Phoenix 25 TTSL 27 61 821 7RH USNYW Trophy No.30
24-pounder iron siege guns, Model of 1845
unknown             upright at main gate, marks obscured
unknown             upright at main gate, marks obscured
unknown             upright at main gate, marks obscured
unknown             upright at main gate, marks obscured
32-pounder seacoast guns, Model of 1845
Tredegar       50     upright at main gate, muzzle masked
Tredegar       50     upright at main gate, muzzle masked
32-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1844
Alger 11 BH   56 1940    
Ames 10 LABW 165 52      
42-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1845
WPF   BH 885 56 848-   5 bands, not rifled, on golf course
10-inch siege mortars, Model of 1861
FPF 18 CPK 1479 63 1940   on original bed
FPF 28 CPK 1580 63 1910   on original bed
FPF 30 CPK 1591 63 1900   on original bed
FPF 31 CPK 1592 63 1895   on original bed
13-inch seacoast mortars, Model of 1861
FPF *77 *LSB 879*62 *17178   muzzle down on ground
FPF *90 *LSB 896*62 *17186   muzzle down on ground
FPF *92 *JRE 897*62 *17192   muzzle down on ground
Total Civil War cannon at Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington DC: 17


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