Civil War Era Mortars | Arms & Artillery - American Civil War Forums
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 effective ranges were much shorter.
The Dictator, a 13-inch Seacoast Mortar - American Civil War Forums
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.
13in Mortar - "Dictator" at Petersburg - American Civil War Forums
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...
Union Mortar rafts | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways
2018年3月16日 · "Union Major General John C. Frémont, commander of the Western Department, ordered the first Civil War mortar boats on 24 August 1861. Thirty-eight in number, they specifically were designed to engage Confederate river batteries.
Why were Civil War mortars small, yet so massive? - American Civil …
2012年8月25日 · A member of this forum, Duffy Neubauer (Starkville Civil War Arsenal) has made a replica of one of these "treetrunk" mortars and has successfully fired it. Last edited: Sep 25, 2019 Reactions: Mike Serpa , WJC , James N. and 1 other person
The 13 Inch Seacoast Mortar. - American Civil War Forums
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...
Wooden Mortars | Cannons / Artillery & Crew Served Weapons
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.
The Coehorn Mortar; were they effective weapons? - American …
2012年8月25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.
Mortar boats. | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways
2019年8月2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 ...
Coehorn mortar? - American Civil War Forums
2023年3月10日 · The Ketchum grenade & the Coehorn mortar together are often cited as the genesis of the modern mortar that both sides are using to such effect in Ukraine today. The Ketchum grenade used a contact fuse. This is a link to how Civil War artillery fuses worked: