The Coehorn mortar

[Barrycdog]

http://www.civilwar-online.com/2015/01/january-21-1865-coehorn-mortar.html

 

[unionblue]

For those of you who would like to own your own Coehorn Mortar, I offer the following website:

http://www.brasswithclass.net/mortars.html

http://www.cannonsuperstore.com/mortars.htm

Shop around! You never know what you might find!

And enjoy this website I found while searching for information on the Coehorn Mortar!

How to Hunt Feral Cats in Wisconsin With a 12 pound Coehorn Mortar Cannon!

http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm

With a Bang!
Unionblue

 

[Poor Private]

Or go to Dixie and buy the barrel and hardware kit and build your own for less than a grand. You can also go to ebay and bid on a couple for sale there.

 

[TinCan]

Exactly how big are the cats in Wisconsin?

 

[Specster]

I was searching craigs list and came upon someone who said they had CW signal cannon. When I saw it I thought it silly. It looked like the 1st pic. in miniture - maybe 1 foot lengthwise. He had this item for sale - no maker markers - nothing, for at least 6 months at a price of $800. in my head a firecracker would have made a louder signal.

A month ago, the same "cannon" was present at a local auction, and it commanded less than $100. "Beleive only half...." so true....

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

And enjoy this website I found while searching for information on the Coehorn Mortar!

How to Hunt Feral Cats in Wisconsin With a 12 pound Coehorn Mortar Cannon!

http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm

With a Bang!
Unionblue

Lord have mercy. I hope Hannah doesn't see that.

But I would love to own one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featu...CDh4M2vHY&x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534

 

[John Hartwell]

Does anyone know of any documented accounts of these actually being used in the ACW? I don't doubt that they were, there are pictures of them "lying about," but I've never seen any direct reference to them. Who used them? Under what organization? How were they deployed? In what manuals is their deployment described?

jno

 

[BillO]

Does anyone know of any documented accounts of these actually being used in the ACW? I don't doubt that they were, there are pictures of them "lying about," but I've never seen any direct reference to them. Who used them? Under what organization? How were they deployed? In what manuals is their deployment described?

jno

Coehorn mortar?

 

[John Hartwell]

Coehorn mortar?

Yep. That's the thread's subject.

 

[BillO]

Does anyone know of any documented accounts of these actually being used in the ACW? I don't doubt that they were, there are pictures of them "lying about," but I've never seen any direct reference to them. Who used them? Under what organization? How were they deployed? In what manuals is their deployment described?

jno

1. Yes, The Rockbridge artillery used them during the Petersburg campaign by special request. They also had one brought up from Richmond to use at Cold Harbor. I say special request cause they had to ask for it as they weren't carried in the field normally by the ANV. But they were fairly common once the settled into the trenches around Richmond and Petersburg and were normally issued to infantry units which I found a little surprising.
2. The AoP carried mortars in wagons during the Overland Campaign but I don't know if they had used them in the field before that.

 

[kevikens]

We had and used one in our Rev. War reenactment group. I was told by the guys who used it that the British used essentially the same weapon in WWI and thought it a good arm for trench warfare. As a matter of fact I think they called it a trench mortar.

 

[BillO]

Y'all should check out the N_SSA Spring or Fall nationals up at Winchester,VA. if you want to see some mortars. We have usually more than 60 lined up and firing solid shot. Mostly Coehorns with a few of the larger types. It's my favorite play competition.