I would agree with FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS as above but it requires some imagination to be satisfied. Are there any pix of known Augusta production that would show these markings more clearly so we could compare the eroded version with something more clearly marked?
Augusta must have produced other barrels and likely marked them with the same marking device or procedure. Do we have any examples of any Augusta production or is this their only product?
Regarding machines, there must have been lathes to drill the bore and something to machine the trunnions so it seems unreasonable to think there were no machines present. Unless that work was subcontracted out to some other factory.
I misunderstood your first post, I thought you were asking if there was any photo documentation of marked trunnions on any other 'Confederate iron Napoleons' that might have been made in a production run by the 'Augusta Foundry' (I doubt if they made many of these iron cannon). If there were a number of these cannon made there, then I'd say the chances would be
likely that the trunnions would be marked the same way, but concerning the marks on other artillery this foundry manufactured, I think it might be more reasonable to change that 'likely' to 'possibly'.
I bookmarked this from the late lamented "cwartillery.org" website which contained a lot of good stuff, and had some worthy contributors like Wayne Stark, Warren Ripley, Chuck Ten Brink, etc.
Confederate Cannon
"No known Confederate army or navy regulation specified the marking of cannon. Therefore, Confederate foundry marking practices were inconsistent. Registry numbers were not always assigned or required. Bronze Napoleons cast by Augusta, Columbus, and Macon Arsenals have nearly all markings on muzzle faces, including Registry numbers, much like the U.S. Army during and after the Civil War. Cannon made by Leeds, Reading, Tredegar, and some others generally reflect pre-Civil War Army marking practice. Other than the three arsenals mentioned, however, none consistently assigned Registry numbers differing from its own internal foundry numbers. With the exception of some Brooke rifles bearing their own series of Registry numbers, a four digit foundry number on the upper muzzle face served as the identification number of cannon cast by Tredegar. Many surviving cannon tubes, considered to be authentic and of Confederate origin, bear no markings."
"Field artillery weapons of the Civil War" By James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, M. Hume Parks
See p. 107, Table 7.1, the first foundry listed.
http://books.google.com/books?id=twcQGSi1F7QC&pg=PA107&dq=production+of+confederate+napoleons+1861-1865&hl=en&ei=_qzUTdjdHIqCtge4y_CBCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=production%20of%20confederate%20napoleons%201861-1865&f=falseNow mind you, these are numbers on 'Confederate bronze Napoleons' which this foundry manufactured; in fact other than the one iron Napoleon, these are the only other artillery pieces that I can find that they did make during the war. Evidently a few more of these cannon have been discovered since the writing of this book, because the "Registry" now lists 49 known examples. The majority of these 49 pieces are marked (somewhere) with a CSA registry number followed by AF for Augusta Foundry.
Well George, the question now is: How big is your curiosity for wanting to know if any of these bronze cannon have the same markings on a trunnion face as the iron Napoleon? Because the only thing I can think of is a
road trip (with camera of course).
Let me know if you decide to go, and I'll provide you with their locations; there's a bunch at Gettysburg NMP, sounds like it could be a great adventure.
