THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR
Published
1883, 1885
------------------------
VOLUME III.
THE
GULF
AND
INLAND WATERS.
BY
A. T. MAHAN
COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY
APPENDIX.
BATTERIES
(EXCEPT HOWITZERS) OF VESSELS AT NEW ORLEANS, APRIL, 1862.
Names |
XI-inch
smoothbore |
X-inch
smoothbore |
IX-inch
smoothbore |
VIII-in.
smoothbore |
32-pdr
smoothbore |
100-pounder,
rifled |
80-pounder,
rifled |
50-pounder,
rifled |
30-pounder,
rifled |
20-pounder,
rifled |
Hartford |
--- |
--- |
22 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
Brooklyn |
--- |
--- |
20 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Richmond |
--- |
--- |
22 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Pensacola |
1 |
--- |
20 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
1 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Mississippi |
--- |
1 |
--- |
15 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
Oneida |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
3 |
--- |
Iroquois |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Varuna |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Cayuga[1] |
1 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Clifton |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Jackson[2] |
--- |
1 |
1 |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Westfield |
--- |
--- |
1 |
4 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Harriet
Lane |
--- |
--- |
3 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Miami |
-- |
-- |
2 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
BATTERIES
(EXCEPT HOWITZERS)
OF VESSELS[3]
AT
PORT
HUDSON,
MARCH,
1863.
Names |
XI-inch
smoothbore |
X-inch
smoothbore |
IX-inch
smoothbore |
32-pdr
smoothbore |
150-pounder,
rifled |
100-pounder,
rifled |
30-pounder,
rifled |
Monongahela |
2 |
--- |
--- |
5 |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Genesee |
--- |
1 |
4 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Albatross |
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
BATTERIES
(EXCEPT HOWITZERS)
OF VESSELS
AT MOBILE,
AUGUST,
1864.
Names |
XV-inch
smoothbore |
XI-inch
smoothbore |
X-inch
smoothbore |
IX-inch
smoothbore |
32-pdr
smoothbore |
150-pounder,
rifled |
100-pounder,
rifled |
60-pounder,
rifled |
50-pounder,
rifled |
30-pounder,
rifled |
20-pounder,
rifled |
Tecumseh |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Manhattan |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Winnebago |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Chickasaw |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Hartford |
--- |
--- |
--- |
18 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Brooklyn |
--- |
--- |
--- |
20 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Richmond |
--- |
--- |
--- |
18 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Lackawanna |
--- |
2 |
--- |
4 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
Monongahela |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
5 |
1 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Ossipee |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
6 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
3 |
--- |
Oneida |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
3 |
--- |
Galena |
--- |
--- |
--- |
8 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Seminole |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Port
Royal |
--- |
--- |
1 |
2 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Metacomet |
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Octorara |
--- |
--- |
--- |
3 |
2 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Itasca |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
Kennebec |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
BATTERIES
(EXCEPT HOWITZERS)
OF MISSISSIPPI
SQUADRON,
AUGUST,[4]
1862.
Names |
X-inch
smoothbore |
IX-inch
smoothbore |
VIII-in.
smoothbore |
32-pdr
smoothbore |
Army
42s, 70-pounder, rifled |
50-pounder,
rifled |
30-pounder,
rifled |
Benton |
--- |
2 |
--- |
8 |
4 |
2 |
--- |
Cairo |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
3 |
--- |
1 |
Carondelet |
--- |
--- |
4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Cincinnati |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
2 |
--- |
2 |
Louisville |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
2 |
--- |
2 |
Mound
city |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Pittsburg |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
2 |
--- |
2 |
St.
Louis |
--- |
--- |
3 |
6 |
2 |
--- |
2 |
Essex[5] |
1 |
3 |
--- |
1 |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Conestoga |
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Lexington |
--- |
--- |
4 |
1 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
Tyler |
--- |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
3 |
Eastport5
|
--- |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
2 |
2 |
General
Bragg5
|
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
Sumter5
|
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Price5
|
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Little
Rebel |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
BATTERIES
(EXCEPT HOWITZERS)
OF MISSISSIPPI
SQUADRON,
JANUARY,
1863.
Names |
XI-inch
smoothbore |
IX-inch
smoothbore |
VIII-in.
smoothbore |
42-pounder,
rifled |
32-pdr
smoothbore |
100-pounder,
rifled |
80-pounder,
rifled |
50-pounder,
rifled |
30-pounder,
rifled |
20-pounder,
rifled |
Benton |
--- |
8 |
--- |
1 |
4 |
2 |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
Cairo |
--- |
--- |
3 |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
Carondelet |
--- |
3 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
1 |
--- |
Cincinnati |
--- |
3 |
2 |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
DeKalb[6] |
--- |
--- |
4 |
--- |
12 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
Louisville |
--- |
2 |
2 |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Mound
City |
--- |
3 |
3 |
--- |
3 |
--- |
2 |
--- |
3 |
--- |
Pittsburg |
--- |
2 |
3 |
--- |
6 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Tuscumbia |
3 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Indianola |
2 |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Choctaw |
--- |
3 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
Lafayette |
2 |
4 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Chillicothe |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Black
Hawk |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
-- |
RETURNS
OF THE
ARMAMENT
OF
FORT
MORGAN,
MOBILE
HARBOR.
|
January
1863 |
January
1864 |
Confederate
return, January 1864 |
Report
of US Ordnance Officer, October 1864 |
X-inch
Columbiad |
5 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
VIII-inch
Columbiad |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3[7] |
32-pounder
smoothbore |
30 |
18 |
16 |
11 |
24-pounder
smoothbore |
4 |
--- |
4 |
--- |
VIII-inch
rifle |
--- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
VII-inch
rifle |
1 |
--- |
--- |
2 |
6.5-inch
rifle |
3 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
5.82-inch
rifle |
--- |
4 |
3 |
--- |
30-pounder
rifle, R.P.P. |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
24-pounder
rifle (Dahlgren) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
1 |
Whitworth
(caliber 2.71) |
1 |
--- |
--- |
1 |
Rifles
(caliber not given) |
2 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
Water
Battery |
||||
X-inch |
4 |
Not
given |
Not
separately given |
Not
mentioned |
VIII-inch |
1 |
|||
6.5-inch
rifle |
2 |
The
return for January. 1863, is taken from a captured Confederate plan
showing position of the, Tins at that date, concerning which Captain
M. D. McAlester, U. S. Engineers, says that he found some changes,
but not material, when be inspected the works within a week after
the surrender, and while nothing had yet been disturbed. January,
1864, is from reports of deserters to officer of United States
fleet, verified by reconnoissances from tugs on clear days and by
reports of spies. The indications seem to be that the lighter guns
were partially withdrawn, perhaps for the landward defenses of
Mobile, and their place supplied by heavier and rifled guns. The
estimate in the text gives for all the forts one hundred cannon,
including flank howitzers. General Grant's report as
Commander-in-Chief, December,1864, says one hundred and four pieces
of artillery were taken, there were a few field pieces. |
[1] Batteries of Katahdin, Kennebec, Kineo, Owasco, Pinola, Sciota, Winona, and Wisahickon were the same as of Cayuga. The Itasca had a X-inch instead of XI-inch.
[2] The Jackson carried also one VI-inch Sawyer rifle.
[3] The other vessels not having been North are assumed toi have had the same batteries as in the preceding April.
[4] The batteries in January, 1862 are given in the text.
[5] Rams.
[6] The DeKalb’s battery was changed before the end of the month. See text.
[7] Two of these are inventoried as “smoothbore Brooke, double-banded,” which seems unlikely.
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