National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery


Petersburg National Battlefield Park


SURVIVING CANNON AT PETERSBURG 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
 
Alger Cyrus Alger & Company
Ames N.P. Ames, J.T. Ames or Ames Manufacturing Company
FPF or Port Pitt Fort Pitt Foundry
Hooper Henry N. Hooper and Company
Leeds Leeds and Company
Macon Macon Arsenal
Noble Noble Brothers & Company
Phoenix Phoenix Iron Company
Q & R Quinby & Robinson
Revere Revere Copper Company
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry or Tredegar Iron Works
WPF or West Point West Point Foundry

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
2.6-inch Wiard puddled wrought-iron field rifle
ODonnell 53     62 837 8LH  
2.75-inch Whitworth breechloading rifle
Manchestr 214     64 1200 6RH Visitors' Center
2.75-inch Whitworth muzzleloading rifle
Manchestr 202     64 1036 6RH Visitors' Center
2.9-inch (10-pounder) Army Parrott rifle, Model of 1861
WPF 214 RPP *979 62 *905 3RH Visitors' Center
3-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
Phoenix 33 TTSL *36 61 815 7RH Visitors' Center, from Fredericksburg
Phoenix 220 JMW *231 62 817 7RH US Bty XII, from Gettysburg
Phoenix 348 TTSL *375 62 816 7RH US Bty XIII, from Gettysburg
Phoenix 910 SCL *975 65 816 7RH US Bty XIII, from Gettysburg
3-inch Confederate bronze field rifles
Q & R     33 62   12LH Visitors' Center, hit by shell
Q & R     34 62   12LH behind Ft. Stedman
Reading     24 62   6LH outside Ft. Stedman
Reading           6LH CS Bty 6, presumed Reading
3-inch Confederate iron field rifles
Noble           12RH Visitors' Center
3-inch iron unknown rifle
unknown           7RH US Bty XII, pitted
3.4-inch Dahlgren bronze boat rifle
USNYW 121 JAD LP 62 887 12RH "LP" inside diamond
6-pounder bronze field gun, Model of 1838
Alger 33 JWR   39 689   Ft. Lee
6-pounder bronze field gun, Model of 1841
Ames 47 JWR   42 882    
6-pounder bronze cadet gun
Alger 91 RLB   51 572   Cadet Gun for Arkansas Military Inst.
6-pounder Confederate bronze field guns
Brierfield       63 982   CS Bty 5, ordnance shape, stamped "CS"
Noble none LJS   62 920   Visitors' Center, marked "MAY/1862"
6-pounder Confederate iron field gun
Tredegar     1511 62 900   Registry No. questionable
6-pounder (3.74-inch) Austrian bronze field gun
Vienna 281     57 730   Visitors' Center
3.67-inch Wiard puddled wrought-iron field rifle
ODonnell       61   12LH Visitors' Center
3.80-inch bronze James rifle, Type 1
Greenwood 104 SB   62 870 15RH US Bty XIV
3.80-inch bronze James rifle, Type 2 Series 3
Ames       61   10RH US Bty XIII, front sight missing
3.80-inch bronze James rifle, Type 2 Series 4
Ames 42 GTB 79 62 916 10RH Visitors' Center
4.2-inch Army Parrott rifle
WPF 227 TE *128 63 4155 5RH Visitors' Center
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger 42 JPF 1006 62 1214   Spring Garden
Alger 131 TJR 1205 63 1231   Ft. Stedman
Ames 1 BH 116 57 1187   w/handles, Visitors' Center
Ames 12 GTB   61 1230   w/handles, Visitors' Center
Ames NJ none none 64 1206   "N.J." on muzzle face
Greenwood 8 JRE 8 62 1215   Ft. Haskell
Hooper 63 TJR 72 62 1233   Ft. Stedman
Hooper 286 TJR 308 63 1238   Ft. Stedman
Hooper 317 TJR 340 64 1239   Ft. Haskell
Revere 253 TJR 269 63 1238   captured from Bty B RI Arty at Reams's Sta
Revere 295 TJR 295 63 1234   Ft. Stedman
Revere 350 TJR 341 63 1240   Spring Garden
12-pounder Confederate bronze Napoleons
Augusta 22AF *GWR   63 1203   CS Bty 5
Augusta 96AF GWR   64 1251   CS Bty 9
Leeds     19 61     CS Bty 5
12-pounder Confederate iron Napoleon
Tredegar 102 JWB 2243 65 1249   CS Bty 5, foundry no. on left trunnion
12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1835
Alger 7 GT   37 702   US Bty XIV
12-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Ames       60 776   US Bty XIII, "569" arsenal # on knob
Ames 140 GTB   61      
Ames 146 GTB   61 794   "535" arsenal # on knob
12-pounder Confederate bronze field howitzers
Clark             CS Bty 6, unmarked
Noble       62     CS Bty 9, "MARCH 1862," "GA" on tube
12-pounder Confederate iron field howitzers
Tredegar     1431 62 837   Visitors' Center
Tredegar     1512 62 952    
Tredegar     1513 62 854   park exit
Tredegar     1562 62 851   park exit
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
12-pounder bronze mountain howitzer, Model of 1835
Alger 170 TJR   59 217   Visitors' Center
24-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Alger 8 BH   58 1325   Visitors' Center
Ames CT   2 62 1320   "W.A.B." & "STATE OF CONN."
24-pounder Dahlgren bronze boat howitzer
Ames 388 JAD   63 1314   Visitors' Center
24-pounder iron mortar, dated 1827
USArsenal 13     27     marked "U.S. Arsenal, Washington"
24-pounder bronze Coehorn mortars, Model of 1838
Alger 3 TJR 1016 62 160    
Alger 4 TJR 1062 62 164    
Alger 5 TJR 1014 62 161    
Alger 15 TJR 1046 62 167    
Alger 17 TJR 1055 62 162    
Alger 27 TJR 1392 63 167    
Alger 32 TJR 1397 63 166    
Alger 33 TJR 1398 63 168   Visitors' Center
Ames 32 GTB 105 62 163    
Ames 37 GTB 106 62 165    
Ames 41 GTB 112 62 165    
Ames 49 ABD 97 62 163   Visitors' Center
Ames 60 ABD 121 63 162    
Ames 62 ABD 131 63 163    
Ames 69 ABD 137 63 161    
Ames 70 ABD 136 63 162   "3" in foundry no. inverted
Ames 97 RMH 155 64 166    
Ames 105 RMH 176 64 163    
Ames 151 RMH 233 64 161    
Ames 192 WAM 269 65 163    
24-pounder Confederate iron Coehorn mortar
Tredegar             Visitors' Center
32-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1845
Tredegar 37 AM   46 *7199   upright in Poplar Grove NatCem
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon, 33 hundredweight
unknown             Visitors' Center, pitted
32-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1844
Ames 12 LABW   53 1925   Ft. Lee
8-inch iron siege howitzer, Model of 1861
FPF 6 JRE 1066*62 2638   Visitors' Center
FPF 7 JRE 1086*62 *2597   Visitors' Center
13-inch seacoast mortar, Model of 1861
FPF     XXX       pitted, cast-on 3-digit fdy# unreadable
Total cannon at Petersburg National Battlefield Park: 85


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