National Register of Surviving
Civil War Artillery

Vicksburg National Military Park

CIVIL WAR CANNON AT VICKSBURG 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/Ames Mfg Co., Chicopee & Springfield MA
Bellona Bellona Foundry, Midlothian VA
Brennan Thomas M. Brennan, Nashville TN
Columbia Columbia Foundry, Georgetown DC
FPF Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh PA
Greenwood Miles Greenwood, Cincinnati OH
Hooper Henry N. Hooper and Co., Boston MA
Leeds Leeds and Co., New Orleans LA
Low Moor Low Moor Iron Co., England
Macon Macon Arsenal, Macon GA
Marshall William D. Marshall & Co., St. Louis MO
Noble Noble Brothers & Co., Rome GA
ODonnell presumed New York City foundry of Norman Wiard
Phoenix Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville PA
Q & R Quinby & Robinson, Memphis TN
Revere Revere Copper Company, Boston MA
Tredegar Tredegar Foundry or Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond VA
USNYW U.S. Navy Yard, Washington DC
WPF or WPFA 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
2.6-inch Wiard puddled wrought-iron rifle
ODonnell           8LH right trunnion marks readable
3-inch Ordnance Rifles, Model of 1861
Phoenix 46 TTSL *51 61 823 7RH  
Phoenix 52 TTSL *58 61 821 7RH  
Phoenix 108 TTSL 119 61 819 7RH near Michigan mon't
Phoenix 253 TTSL *264 62 816 7RH south of Minnesota mon't
Phoenix 254 TTSL *265 62 816 7RH NYNG Armory
Phoenix 336 TTSL *361 62 816 7RH near Michigan mon't
Phoenix 391 TTSL   62 816 7RH Co.C 1st MS LtArty
Phoenix 392 JMW *426 62 816 7RH Great redoubt
Phoenix 395 JMW *429 62 816 7RH in woods behind maintenance area
Phoenix 408 JMW *442 62 816 7RH  
Phoenix 415 JMW *449 62 816 7RH north of Minnesota mon't
Phoenix 416 JMW *450 62 816 7RH tiny "15" with Registry No.
Phoenix 423 JMW *457 62 816 7RH  
Phoenix 424 JMW *458 62 816 7RH opposite McClernand's statue
Phoenix 426 JMW *460 62 816 7RH  
Phoenix 480 CCC *514 62 816 7RH  
Phoenix 515 CCC *549 62 816 7RH  
Phoenix 567 TTSL *603 63 *816 7RH old courthouse
Phoenix 648 TTSL *700 63 816 7RH old courthouse
3-inch Confederate Bronze Field Rifles
Reading     3 62   6LH CS Bty 5
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1835
Ames 12 GT   37 737   "GEORGIA" on tube, "5" on basering
6-pounder bronze field guns, Model of 1841
Alger 103 LABW 481 53 884   Logan's approach
Alger 153 BH 616 57 870   West Virginia mon't
Ames 31 JWR   42 882    
Ames 57 JWR   42 881    
Ames 84 JWR   43 875    
Ames 87 *JWR   43 885    
Ames 147 JWR   44 885   Union Ave south of Pemberton Ave
Ames 474 BH   54 881    
Ames 491 BH 54 55 873   east of Illinois mon't
Ames 548 GTB   61 893   Union Ave & US80
Greenwood 46 JWS   61 880   Bty DeGolyer
Marshall       61 887   "7" is reversed in weight
6-pounder Confederate bronze field guns
Tredegar     1541 62 882   partially Edenton Bells
Tredegar     1620 62     cast from "State Metall"
Tredegar     1629 62 812   cast from "State Metall"
6-pounder Confederate iron field gun
Brennan   MHW   61     Visitor Center, from Chalmette
3.80-inch bronze James rifles, Type 1
Ames 535     61 872 15RH Bty DeGolyer
Greenwood 85 JB   61 878 15RH Bty DeGolyer
3.80-inch bronze James rifle, Type 2, Series 4
Ames 20 GTB *25 61 923 10RH Visitors' Center
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
4.2-inch Army Parrott rifles
WPF 10 RPP 429 61 4202 5RH "CAV," Missouri memorial
WPF 29 RPP 677 61 4135 5RH "PATENTED/1861," unaltered knob
WPF 37 RPP 798 61 4245 5RH knob altered to navy clevis
WPF 38 RPP *689 61 4238 5RH Graveyard Road, unaltered knob
WPF 39 RPP 736 61 4230 5RH Battery Selfridge, unaltered knob
WPF 135 AM 478 62 4215 5RH Assault on 3rd Louisiana redan
WPF 246 DWF 333 64 4190 5RH Battery Hickenlooper
WPF 262 DWF 387 64 4164 5RH Battery Hickenlooper
WPF 264 DWF 435 64 4200 5RH Battery Selfridge
WPF 266 DWF   64 4175 5RH Visitors' Center
WPF 347 RMH 191 64 4170 5RH "south loop" behind IN mon't
WPF 349 RMH 218 64 4175 5RH off Graveyard Rd.
WPF 353 RMH 229 64 4150 5RH near West Virginia mon't
4.2-inch Navy Parrott rifle
WPF 61     62 3460 5RH stern port side on CAIRO
12-pounder bronze Napoleons, Model of 1857
Alger 35 JPF 976 62 1215    
Alger 119 TJR 1168 62 1230    
Alger 141 TJR 1494 63 1200   Bty DeGolyer
Ames 32 GTB *36 62 1220   Bty DeGolyer
Ames 43 GTB 49 62 1222   Bty DeGolyer
Ames 70 ABD 62 62 1240   Bty DeGolyer
Ames 84 ABD *92 62 1230    
Ames 94 ABD 105 62 1212   Bty DeGolyer
Hooper 15 TJR 18 62 1239    
Hooper 28 TJR 34 62 1231   Bty DeGolyer
Hooper 114 TJR *124 63 1234    
Hooper 116 TJR *126 63 1237    
Hooper 118 TJR 128 63 1231    
Hooper 119 TJR 129 63 1242    
Hooper 122 TJR 132 63 1243   Bty DeGolyer
Hooper 152 TJR 162 63 1220   near West Virginia mon't
Hooper 198 TJR 218 63 1242   Bty DeGolyer
Hooper 200 TJR *220 63 1229    
Hooper 202 TJR *222 63 1241    
Hooper 230 TJR 250 63 1236    
Hooper 313 TJR 336 64 1235    
Revere 25 TJR 4 62 1222   Bty DeGolyer
Revere 43 TJR 71 62 1211    
Revere 44 TJR *65 62 1217    
Revere 81 TJR 100 62 1239   Bty DeGolyer
Revere 120 TJR 142 62 1251    
Revere 145 TJR 146 62 1233    
Revere 180 TJR 211 63 1230   Bty DeGolyer
Revere 216 TJR 228 63 1242   Ransome's Gun Path
Revere 336 TJR 345 63 1236    
12-pounder iron siege guns, Model of 1845
WPF 18 RLB 936 46 3536   Clay Street
WPF 21 RLB 111 46 3592   water battery
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
12-pounder bronze field howitzer, Model of 1835
Ames 4 GT   37 724   near Michigan mon't
12-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1838
Alger 1 GT   39 697    
Alger 7 JWR   39 671    
12-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Alger 184 TJR 807 61 793    
Alger 983 JPF 983 62 783   perhaps not a Gov't purchase
Ames 65 JWR   47 787    
Ames 105 JWR *97 51 783    
Ames 108 *JWR   51     South Fort, Washington St.
Ames 109 JWR 180 53 791   Bty DeGolyer
Ames 119 JWR 201 53 788    
Ames 122 JWR   53 788    
Ames       60 773    
Ames   BH   60 773    
Ames 147 GTB   61 791   "7" in Registry No. reversed
Ames 150 GTB   61 791    
Ames CT     62 795   "W.A.B." & "STATE OF CONN."
Ames CT GTB 54 62 791   "W.A.B." & "STATE OF CONN."
Greenwood 65 none   61 786   no "U.S." or O.O.
12-pounder Dahlgren bronze boat howitzer, heavy
USNYW 96 JAD HM 62 759   "HM" in diamond on lower muzzle face
24-pounder iron siege guns, Model of 1819
WPF 90 JB   27 *5598   NatCem
WPF 6 WJW   37 5480 18RH Ft. Hill, rifled, "2" on knob
24-pounder iron siege gun, Model of 1845
WPF 27 LABW 549 53 5736   Visitors' Center
24-pounder bronze field howitzers, Model of 1841
Alger 7 BH 638 58 1302   foundry no. on left rimbase
Alger 20 TJR 1195 62 1328   Confederate Ave.
Alger 33 TJR 1380 63 1318   Logan's approach
Alger 34 TJR 1381 63 1303   Confederate Ave. across from 1st MS
Alger 35 TJR 1382 63 1305   Confederate Ave "south loop"
Ames 2 WM   41 1312   Logan's approach
Ames 5 JWR   47 1305    
Ames 9 JWR   47 1313   Visitors' Center
Ames 8 GTB   61 1272    
Ames CT     62 1319   "W.A.B."& "STATE OF CONN."
FOUNDRY REG#INSP FDY#YR WEIGHT GRVS COMMENTS
32-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1829
WPF 243 WJW 3 33 7527   Navy Circle
32-pounder chambered Navy cannon, 42 hundredweight
FPF 226 ASW   45 42-2-10   #4 starboard broadside on CAIRO
FPF 230 ASW   45 42-1-18   #4 port broadside on CAIRO
FPF *244 ASW   45 42-2-20   Visitors' Center
WPFA 276 SB 777 45 42-2-21   #3 starboard broadside on CAIRO
WPFA 280 SB 796 45 42-2-07   starboard stern gun on CAIRO
WPFA 283 SB   45 42-1-11   port broadside on CAIRO
WPFA 284 SB 790 45 42-2-07   port broadside on CAIRO
32-pounder Navy gun, 57 hundredweight
Bellona 647 JSC 28 49 58-1-20 7RH shortened, rifled & banded
42-pounder seacoast guns, Model of 1831
Columbia 26 *JWR   37 8620 9RH rifled, #1 broadside on CAIRO
WPF 13 JWR   36 8582   Water Battery
42-pounder seacoast gun, Model of 1840
WPF 3 RLB 364 42 8468   Water Battery
42-pounder seacoast guns, Model of 1845
FPF 8 BH 312 56 8359 9RH rifled, port bow gun on CAIRO
FPF 20 BH 324 56 8397 9RH rifled, starboard bow gun on CAIRO
42-pounder Navy gun, 70 hundredweight, Gradual Increase
Bellona 81     21 70-0-10   upright, from Ft. Moultrie
7.5-inch Blakely navy rifle
Low Moor       61   12RH Louisiana Circle, "The Widow Blakely"
8-inch chambered Navy cannon, 63 hundredweight
FPF 348 GAM   45 64-0-08   #2 starboard broadside on CAIRO
FPF 368 GAM   45 64-0-26   center bow gun on CAIRO
WPFA 358 SB   45 63-0-18   #2 port broadside on CAIRO
8-inch Columbiad, Model of 1844
FPF 59 EH   46 9140   Navy Memorial
IX-inch Dahlgren shell guns
FPF *553 JMB 1129 62 *9142   upright in NatCem
FPF *558 *JMB 1140 *62 *9145   square
FPF 700 JMB 1469 63 9190   1st U.S. on Jackson Road
FPF 703 JMB 1448 63 9265   Visitors' Center
9-inch Confederate Dahlgren shell gun
Bellona       62 9480   Co. C 1st TN Hvy Arty near MS mon't
10-inch Confederate Columbiads
Bellona 4     62     Visitors Center
Bellona 13 RMC   63 13800   South Fort, marked "CS"
Bellona       63     upright in NatCem
Bellona 46 RMC   64 13848   Water Battery, "28" on breech
10-inch siege mortars, Model of 1840
FPF 30 DWF 534 61 1851   Visitors' Center
WPF 16 BH 114 59 1812   Visitors' Center
Total Civil War cannon at Vicksburg National Military Park: 150

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