Confederate cannons

[Bob Smith]

I wondered if this was of any interest to you all
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/pee_dee/article/usc_archaeologists_to_raise_confederate_cannons_from_pee_dee_river/38071/

Bob Smith

[cannonmn]

Thanks Bob, very interesting.  There are only a few large Brooke guns surviving so this will be a welcome addition.  Since this is fresh water and mud, the guns and their markings should be in very good condition and we can take the Brooke numbers, look in the Tredegar foundry book (assuming they were made at Tredegar) and see when they were shipped etc.  The Dahlgren was probably one of many captured at the Gosport VA Navy Yard in 1861, but we'll be able to use the numbers to track where that gun was pre-war.

I think the same river already gave up a new-condition US bronze 24-pounder field howitzer.  A fisherman found it in shallow water sometime back in the 1950's or so.  I could have my Pee Dee rivers mixed up, there are a couple with similar names.  The story of that recovery is in Warren Ripley's excellent book.  Anyone who has any interest in CW artillery needs that book in their library, it should be very inexpensive online now as it has been in print for a very long time.

[Max Caliber]

Thanks Bob, good stuff.

[Cannoneer]

Bob,

 There are more than a few members (me amongst them) here that are always going to be interested in reading about any new discoveries/recoveries of American Civil War artillery. Thanks for posting this article.

[KABAR2]

This is not the only site giving up cannon...... here's one in N.C.


http://www.fortbranchcivilwarsite.com/restoration/cannon_restoration.htm

[Cannoneer]

This is not the only site giving up cannon...... here's one in N.C.

http://www.fortbranchcivilwarsite.com/restoration/cannon_restoration.htm

Thanks for posting this article, Allen; there are some discrepencies in the text as to what types of cannons were salvaged, but there are definitely at least four cannons that were found and raised from the river.



Yours and Bob's posts made me curious about just how many recently discovered Civil War cannons have been added to the "National Registry of Known Surviving Civil War Artillery" in the last three years. Wayne Stark, the man who started and maintained the Registry, passed away around three years ago, and the Registry sat dormant for about a year until Jim Bender took over the responsibility of keeping it. Just for the sake of knowing I'm going to send an email and ask if he knows the number offhand.

[cannonmn]

Calling Bob Smith:  Bob pls check this discussion where your name has been used, and visit it to defend your honour.

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,167475.new.html#new

We thought you might know the meaning of the mysterious sort of "AP" monogram that shows up on some Spanish mortars and perhaps other bronze weapons.  I'm thinking it might be some kind of re-proof mark, but basically have no idea.