2022年6月29日 · Larger siege and seacoast mortars are sometimes incorrectly referred to as Coehorns. At the time of the Civil War, three sizes of siege and seacoast mortars were common and considered standard: the 8-inch, the 10-inch, and the 13-inch mortar. 8-inch and 10-inch siege mortars had a maximum ranges of 2,225 and 2,064 yards, respectively, but their …

2020年2月11日 · The unusual mortar on a flatcar arrangement also was a favorite subject of photographers covering the war at Petersburg, making it one of the more famous individual weapons of the conflict. The "Dictator" and Crew, at a fixed platform at Petersburg, Va. (Alexander Gardner, 1864) NARA Collection.

2012年7月24日 · The Pattern 1861, 13 inch Seacoast Mortar at the Washington Arsenal. Photographs by Andrew J. Russell. Developed in an age of massive innovation in ordnance technology, the 13-inch seacoast mortar became one of the most formidable weapons used during the Civil War. Emplaced on fixed wooden...

2013年10月14日 · The massive Model 1861 13 inch Siege-Sea Coast Mortar. The gun tube itself weighs over 17,000 pounds and could fire a 13 inch, near 200 pound shell nearly 2.5 miles. This image reportedly taken in the summer of 1864 near Petersburg Va. The only such artillery piece of this size and type used...

2016年11月25日 · The 16 inch mortar was a stone mortar that was omitted from the Ordnance Manual in 1861 an probably never seen action during the Civil War. This weapon was a stone mortar which fired stones. The concept being that once a breach was made in a wall, this weapon would fire 120 pound of stones placed in a bucket into the breach to clear the breach ...

2023年1月18日 · These are still on the mortar, but owing to the shrinking of the wood, are now considerably too large. The mortar was suitably mounted, but the carriage was destroyed in a fire in the old capital, March 1, 1881…. The mortar shown was presented to the Historical society by Rev. E.E. Edwards, chaplain of the regiment.

2024年11月7日 · "Historically accurate" for the 18th century perhaps, but not particularly relevant to the study of mid-19th century usage. For anyone interested in loading and firing Civil War mortars please refer to "Instruction for Heavy Artillery" as adopted by the War Department in 1851, revised in 1862, and reprinted in both the north and south. Even a ...

2022年2月28日 · Mortar's plunging shells are useful for entrenchments. Mortars have no elevating and traversing mechanism. Some mortars were huge almost immobile monsters, however, the small Coehorn mortar weighted but 296 pounds and could be carried by four men. During the Civil War it took some time for the full potential of mortars to be realized.

2016年3月16日 · The seacoast mortar is a 10-ton piece of naval history that's now missing (Photo: Jim Bender) Missing history: Relics of America's military past have vanished without a trace by MARK HYMAN and ANDREA NEJMAN Inside Your World Investigates Monday, November 8th 2021 DAYTON, Ohio (SBG) — This...

2019年8月3日 · Below New Orleans, when Porter's mortar boats were bombarding the forts (principally Fort Jackson), they were initially fairly accurate, when they had a clear sight-line to the fort. However, once Confederate gunners from the fort found the range to them, the mortar boats were pulled back and mostly fired blind. Farragut eventually tired of ...