Family business delayed the start, but we are now underway.
SEACOAST ARTILLERY COMPANY’S EIGHTH
“WHAT IS IT? WHERE IS IT? CONTEST" This Contest is dedicated to all those people Mike and I have met over the years all around this great country of ours who have asked us all sorts of interesting questions about cannons, artillery and fort construction.
All members entering this contest will be asked to provide the type of cannon and it’s location for each of the cannon photos provided.
First, your answer should include a general description of the cannon as to it’s TYPE: Naval, Seacoast, Field Gun or Siege. If you know a more specific type description such as 24 Pdr. Flank Howitzer M1844, please include this information. The BORE SIZE is NOT necessary. A guess here is O.K.
Second, your answer should include the location of the cannon. The nearest city or town and state is the minimum location. The name of the Fort, Park, Cemetery, Courthouse, Beach, Road, etc. is really nice to include, but not required.
All those participating will be vying for the Title:
Cannon Hunter, Extraordinaire. However, please remember these things: One, nobody really takes these Contests seriously and the purpose of all this is simply to have some fun. Two days are allowed for each of these contests. The member with the highest number of correct answers wins. The winner receives our respect, applause, admiration and accolades. Sorry, no free cannons! We traveled all over the United States to take these photos and searched several historical photo archives to find the others.
Have Fun ! Mike and Tracy Seacoast Artillery Company
1) Admiral Farragut, lashed to the Hartford’s rigging, passed in front of this large gun during a forced passage here. Nearby, in ’64, the Tennessee was a threat no more. One of these guns was also located near the Pulpit at Fort Fisher during the battles in 1864 and 1865. Today one of these is located on Trophy Point at the U.S.M.A. at West Point, New York. What is it and where was it mounted during The War of Secession?
2) Taken shortly after the War for Southern Independence, this photo features some huge projectiles used by two famous, imported seacoast rifles. Where was it taken and for what guns are these heavy bolts designed?
3) You are looking North at the Barbette Level of a uniquely located, Third System
fort. What is that gun in the Western Bastion? Where is this fort located?
4) What type of cannon is this? What type of mount is it on?
5) The artillerymen didn’t care for these too much during the War of the Rebellion. They were heavy and harder to move than the 30 Pdr. Parrott rifles used in the same role and they had an odd sized ammunition. What and Where is it?
6) This is not a Dahlgren gun and was a thoroughly obsolete 32 Pdr. Smoothbore, before it was mounted on a wooden warship in 1868 at the Washington Navy Yard. We found it in an I.O.O.F. Cemetery. What is the correct name of this naval artillery and where is it located?
7) Can you name these two cannon which are in front of a well known museum? Where are they located?
This photo shows an early form of Garrison Gin being used for mounting a new tube upon a four-truck carriage in a bastion of one of the most unique forts in the United States. What general type of gun is it and where is it located? To locate this one take Horace Greeley’s famous advice to young men.
9) Can you name these two and the cemetery or city where they now reside. The Heavy Artillery Regiment, mustered in this city for the Civil War, lost more men than any other Union regiment in the war.
