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Appendix

Batteries (except Howitzers) of Vessels at New Orleans, April, 1862.

Names.XI-in. sm.-bore.X-in. sm.-bore.IX-in. sm.-bore.VIII-in. sm.-bore.32-pdr. sm.-bore.100-pdr. rifled.80-pdr. rifled.50-pdr. rifled.30-pdr. rifled.20-pdr. rifled.
Hartford222
Brooklyn2011
Richmond2211
Pensacola12011
Mississippi1151
Oneida243
Iroquois241
Varuna82
Cayuga4011
Clifton241
Jackson41114
Westfield141
Harriet Lane3
Miami2111

Batteries (except Howitzers) of Vessels42 at Port Hudson, March, 1863.

Names.XI-in. smooth-bore.X-in. smooth-bore.IX-in. smooth-bore.32-pdr. smooth-bore.150-pdr. rifled.100-pdr. rifled.30-pdr. rifled.
Monongahela251
Genesee142
Albatross41

Batteries (except Howitzers) of Vessels at Mobile, August, 1864.

Names.XV-in. sm.-bore.XI-in. sm.-bore.X-in. sm.-bore.IX-in. sm.-bore.32-pdr. sm.-bore.150-pdr. rifled.100-pdr. rifled.60-pdr. rifled.50-pdr. rifled.30-pdr. rifled.20-pdr. rifled.
Tecumseh2
Manhattan2
Winnebago4
Chickasaw4
Hartford1821
Brooklyn2022
Richmond1811
Lackawanna2411
Monongahela251
Ossipee1613
Oneida243
Galena811
Seminole161
Port Royal1212
Metacomet42
Octorara321
Itasca122
Kennebec122

Batteries (except Howitzers) of Mississippi Squadron, August43, 1862.

Names.X-in. smooth-bore.IX-in. smooth-bore.VIII-in. smooth-bore.32-pdr. smooth-bore.Army 42’s 70-pdr. rifled.50-pdr. rifled.30-pdr. rifled.
Benton2842
Cairo3631
Carondelet46111
Cincinnati3622
Louisville3622
Mound City36211
Pittsburg3622
St. Louis3622
Essex*1312
Conestoga4
Lexington412
Tyler63
Eastport*422
Gen. Bragg*11
Sumter*2
Price*
Little Rebel1
* Rams.

Batteries (except Howitzers) of Mississippi Squadron, January, 1863.

Names.XI-in. sm.-bore.IX-in. sm.-bore.VIII-in. sm.-bore.42-pdr. rifled.32-pdr. sm.-bore.100-pdr. rifled.80-pdr. rifled.50-pdr. rifled.30-pdr. rifled.20-pdr. rifled.
Benton8422
Cairo3161
Carondelet341111
Cincinnati3262
De Kalb444122
Louisville2262
Mound City33323
Pittsburg2362
Tuscumbia32
Indianola22
Choctaw312
Lafayette242
Chillicothe2
Black Hawk42

Returns of the Armament of Fort Morgan, Mobile Harbor.

January, 1863.January, 1864.Confederate return, January, 1864.Report of U.S. Ordnance Officer, October, 1864.
X-inch Columbiad5757
VIII-inch Columbiad511345
32-pounder smooth-bore30181611
24-pounder smooth-bore44
VIII-inch rifle222
VII-inch rifle12
6.5-inch rifle3477
5.82-inch rifle43
30-pounder rifle, R.P.P.11
24-pounder rifle (Dahlgren)1
Whitworth (calibre 2.71)11
— Rifles (calibre not given)2
Water Battery
X-inch4 {Not given.Not separately given.Not mentioned.
VIII-inch1 {
6.5-inch rifle2 {

The return for January, 1863, is taken from a captured Confederate plan showing position of the guns at that date, concerning which Captain M.D. McAlester, U.S. Engineers, says that he found some changes, but not material, when he inspected the works within a week after the surrender, and while nothing had yet been disturbed. January, 1864, is from reports of deserters to officers of United States fleets 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 defences 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.


Footnotes

40 Batteries of Katahdin, Kennebec, Kineo, Owasco, Pinola, Sciota, Winona, and Wissahickon were the same as of Cayuga. The Itasca had a X-inch instead of XI-inch.

41 The Jackson carried also one VI-inch Sawyer rifle.

42 The other vessels not having been North are assumed to have had the same batteries as in the preceding April.

43 The batteries in January, 1862, are given in the text, pp. 16-17.

44 The De Kalb’s battery was changed before the end of the month. See p. 122.

45 Two of these are inventoried as “smooth-bore Brooke, double-banded,” which seems unlikely.

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