Trivia 7-17-18

[HarlechMan]

1. Connecticut
2. Charles Knapp
3. The Dictator

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) Connecticut

2) Charles Knapp

3) The Dictator

From source CivilWarWiki about the Dictator:

• Type: 13-inch Seacoast Mortar
• Tube Composition: Iron
• Bore Diameter: 13 inches
• Standard Powder Charge: 20 lbs.
• Projectiles: 220 lb. Mortar Shell
• Tube Length: 53 inches
• Tube Weight: 17,120 lbs
• Effective Range (at 45°): 4,325 yards
• US Casting Foundry: Fort Pitt, Pittsburg, Pa. 1862
• Current Disposition: Unknown
• Special Notes: Cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry in 1862 by Mr. Charles Knapp, the Dictator was used for a short time in the summer and fall of 1864 during the siege operations in front of Petersburg, VA.

The men of Company G of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, served the Dictator. A curve in the tracks allowed the Dictator's gunners to stay mobile and adjust the plane of fire.

 

[Mint Julep]

1. Connecticut
2. Mr. Charles Knapp
3. Dictator

 

[JOHN42768]

"The Dictator" was served by Company G of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment built at Fort Pitt Foundry by Captain John Ericsson
Sources:https://books.google.com/books?id=YGxVDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT51&lpg=PT51&dq=who+at+Fort+Pitt+Foundry+in+Pittsburgh,+Pennsylvania+created++"the+dictator"&source=bl&ots=1DQYgke1sh&sig=9N4jq_0WDbCM_v4eV6DkluopANs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq6ezJtafcAhUnmeAKHdFDAgUQ6AEIRjAE#v=onepage&q=who at Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania created "the dictator"&f=false

Edit - The source you cited indicates that John Ericsson was, indeed, involved in the construction of something called the "Dictator," but Ericsson's Dictator was a vessel, not the big gun described in the question.

hoosier

 

[Zella]

1. Connecticut
2. Charles Knapp
3. The Dictator

http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/The_Dictator_Mortar

 

[Mike Serpa]

Connecticut
Charles Knapp
The "Dictator"

 

[hoosier]

The heavy artillery unit was from Connecticut. The Pittsburg(h)er who cast it was Charles Knapp. The nickname was the "Dictator."

 

[Sultana65]

1.) Connecticut
2.) Mr. Charles Knapp
3.) "Dictator"

Edit - Correct, Sultana65. Welcome to CivilWarTalk and to the trivia game.

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hoosier

 

[ami]

Answer
1. Connecticut
2. Mr. Charles Knapp
3. The "Dictator"

Sources
1. http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/The_Dictator_Mortar
2. https://ironbrigader.com/2011/12/13/seacoast-mortar-called-the-dictator-siege-petersburg-1864/