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[lorrierivette]

First Louisiana National Guard
Lorrie

 

[captain_trent]

The famed 73rd U. S. C. T. was first organized in the Confederate service by Governor Moore of Louisiana as the 1st Louisiana Native Guards in May of 1861. After the surrender of New Orleans they offered themselves to the Union. General Butler accepted them and mustered the regiment into the service on September 27, 1862. The 73rd became the first Colored regiment to be mustered into the Union Army.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Yesterday's Question: What was the first regiment of black troops mustered in the Civil War back in September of 1862? 1st Louisiana Native
Guards, I have to check but this unit may also be known as the 73rd USCT, but I don't have that info on hand.

Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:

What was the largest cannon (not mortar) of any type used during the Civil War?

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[skirmish]

In spite of the Legend of "Long Tom"
There were many 20" Rodman guns built and used. One of which is 117,000 pounds and shot a 1000 pound projectile. But on february 11,1864 there was a 20" Rodman cast that weighed 100,000 pounds and shot a 1080 pound projectile. It's range 4 1/2 miles. It was placed in the New York Harbor at Ft. Hamilton

 

[aggie80]

Well, talk about a contrevoersial subject! There is a lot of hype associated with this. The first one gets my bid, because it provides specifics.

The largest cannon of the Civil War was a 20-inch smoothbore gun designed by Thomas J. Rodman. The massive gun weighed 117,000 pounds and used 125 pounds of powder to fire a projectile weighing 1,080 pounds. Cast at Fort Pitt in Pittsburgh and mounted at Fort Hamilton in New York, the gun was fired in practice only four times during the war.

No specifics are provided, but there is also the claim for "Long Tom." Located in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park it is said that the largest cannon ever used during the Civil War, called Long Tom, was strategically placed on the Pinnacle aimed into Claiborne County. During a retreat the cannon was thrown thousands of feet to the valley below to render it useless.

Savannah claims that Old Fort Jackson houses the largest cannon ever fired in the U.S. and saw action in the Civil War and War of 1812.

 

[ivan]

The largest cannon of the Civil War was a 20-inch smoothbore gun designed by Thomas J. Rodman. The massive gun weighed 117,000 pounds and used 125 pounds of powder to fire a projectile weighing 1,080 pounds. Cast at Fort Pitt in Pittsburgh and mounted at Fort Hamilton in New York, the gun was fired in practice only four times during the war.

 

[snoopy]

The largest cannon was stationary. It was the Rodman and it weighed 117,000 pounds and fired a 1000 lb. projectile up to 4.5 miles.

 

[belletraveler]

The war's largest cannon was a 20-inch smoothbore gun designed by Thomas J. Rodman and cast at Fort Pitt in Pittsburg, PA. It weighed 117,000 pounds and used 125 pounds of powder to fire a projectile weighing 1,080 pounds. It was mounted at Fort Hamilton, NY and was fired in practice only 4 times during the war.

Belle

 

[rebrick]

The largest stationary cannon was a Rodman weighing 117,000 pounds that shot a 1,000 pound projectile 4 1/2 miles.

 

[chamberlain20me]

It says here that the largest cannon was the stationary gun usually found at fortifications along the seacoast.The largest stationary cannon was a Rodman weighing 117,000 pounds that shot a 1,000 pound projectile 4 1/2 miles.

 

[raggedrebel]

20" Rodman Smoothbore.

RR

 

[lorrierivette]

20-inch Rodman gun, Model of 1861

Rodman felt, or at least claimed (he seems to have limited his ambitions rather reluctantly), that a 20-inch gun firing a half-ton shot would be quite big enough. Anything larger would require massive machinery for loading, and "it is not deemed probable that any naval structure, proof against that caliber, will soon if ever be built...." Rodman's newest monster, one of the largest iron castings (to say nothing of the largest cannon) ever attempted, was three years in the making. Expected to weigh over 100,000 pounds finished, the gun was much heavier than the 40-ton capacity of Knap, Rudd's largest furnace
Lorrie
from http://www.cwartillery.org/ve/tjrodman.html

 

[learn_history]

20-inch Rodman gun made in 1861
Amanda R

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Well, looks like I'm having email problems now. My email address at CivilWarTalk is on occasion kicking back emails, and it's kind of weird. I'll be doing site maintenance to get things fixed this weekend, CivilWarTalk will likely be down all Saturday morning, and possibly into the afternoon. That's the whole web site, not just the message boards. If you need to contact me, you are better off posting a message on the boards than emailing me.

Aggie80, I got your message, and I'm going to check it out.

Yesterday's Question: What was the largest cannon (not mortar) of any type used during the Civil War? The 20 inch Rodman Gun.

On a personal note: Somewhere around here my wife has a picture of me when I was about 10 or so, standing in front of one of these Rodmans with the rest of my family, and my 5 year old brother inside the muzzle of the cannon! If I can find it, I'll post it for you

Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:

Why was it said of Wilmer McLean that the Civil War began in his front yard and ended in his parlor?

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[skirmish]

Because for WIlmer, the civil War began in the Kitchen of his first home when an artillery shell went down his chimney and ended in the Parlor of his second home where the opposing Generals met to sign surrender in Appomattux.

 

[skirmishgirl]

He owned a house on Bull Run, and during the (first) battle, an artillery shell fell through his chimney. Looking for a quieter place to live, he bought a house in Appomatox county. Luckly for him, it was later chosen as the location for Lee's surrender...

 

[belletraveler]

The answer is because he originally lived on the battlefield of First Bull Run (his house was struck by artillery fire)-as a result he moved to Appomattox Court House (to supposedly get away from the fighting) where of course it was his parlor in which Lee surrendered to Grant.

Belle

 

[aggie80]

Prior to the Civil War, McLean owned a house on the Bull Run in Northern Virginia. In 1861, during action at Manassas, an artillery shell fell down McLean's chimney and into a stew being prepared for CSA Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.

Seeking a more tranquil place to live, McLean bought a farmhouse in — of all places — Appomattox County. McLean's house was chosen for the surrender meeting between Grant and Lee. The two military leaders met in McLean's parlor, after which Union officers stripped the room for souvenirs. As for Wilmer McLean, the Civil War began in the kitchen — and ended in the parlor of his second home.

 

[crowbar]

He owned a farm at Bull Run at the start of the war.And he owned the house at Appomattox where Lee surrendered.

 

[raggedrebel]

Wilmer McLean lived on what became the battlefield at 1st Manassas and was used as Gen. Beauregard's HQ. He then moved to Appomattox, Va. where his house was eventually chosen to be the site of the surrender of Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant. Thus the legend..........
RR