• Thumbnail for M1841 12-pounder howitzer
    The M1841 12-pounder field howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and employed...
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    The M1841 24-pounder howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and employed from the Mexican–American...
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    spherical case shot. The 12-pounder Napoleon outclassed and soon replaced the M1841 6-pounder field gun and the M1841 12-pounder howitzer in the U.S. Army, while...
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  • obusier de 12, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon" M1841 12-pounder howitzer, American howitzer having the...
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    The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American...
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    from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, the rifled gun's 2.9-inch or 3-inch bore was narrower than the 12-pounder's 4.62 in...
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    fired from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, the rifled gun's 3.67-inch bore was narrower than the 12-pounder's 4.62 in (117 mm)...
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  • Thumbnail for M1841 mountain howitzer
    The M1841 mountain howitzer was a mountain gun used by the United States Army during the mid-nineteenth century, from 1837 to about 1870. It saw service...
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    Battery was armed with what is described as four 12-pounder James rifles and two M1841 12-pounder howitzers. In the first day's fighting at Leetown, the Ohio...
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    US military in 1837 and known as the M1841. During the Mexican War Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant placed a howitzer in the belfry of a church and used it...
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    canister fired from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, its 3-inch bore was narrower than the 12-pounder's bore and could fire...
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    Confederate manufacture. Coupled to the 6-pounder field gun in allocations of the pre-war Army, the M1841 12-pounder howitzer was represented by Models of 1835...
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  • 10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle 12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon 24-pdr...
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    12-pounder howitzers. Battery D was rearmed with three M1841 6-pounder field guns, two M1841 12-pounder howitzers, one M1841 24-pounder howitzer, and two...
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    action. The battery's armament consisted of four 12-pounder James rifles and two M1841 12-pounder howitzers. During the assault on Burnside's Bridge, the...
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  • = captured 10pdr PR = 10-pounder Parrott rifle 12pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon 12pdr how = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 3.8" JR = 3.8-inch James rifle...
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    rifled gun 20-pdr PR = 20-pounder Parrott rifled gun 24-pdr how = M1841 24-pounder howitzer 12-pdr how = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 11-inch = 11-inch smoothbore...
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    10-pounder Parrott rifle 12lb How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 14lb JR = 14-pounder James rifle 3-in OR = 3-inch Ordnance rifle 6lb Gun = M1841 6-pounder...
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    Department established the Ordnance Rocket and Howitzer Battery to service the then new M1841 12-pound howitzers and Hale war rockets, which had not yet entered...
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    various calibers: two M1841 6-pounder field guns, 12-pounder, M1841 mountain howitzer, 12 pound Napoleon, and M1841 24-pounder howitzer. From 1857 to 1861...
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  • Field artillery BL 12-pounder 6 cwt gun (Decommissioned) QF 25 pounder howitzer - (Ceremonial Gun Battery) 122 mm Type 60 howitzer 130 mm Type 59 field...
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  • Mason was armed with one 12-pounder Napoleon, one 3-inch Ordnance rifle, one M1841 12-pounder howitzer, and one M1841 12-pounder (heavy) field gun. The...
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    In 1841 an artillery system emerged where the M1841 6-pounder field gun and the M1841 12-pounder howitzer were adopted as light artillery. At the start...
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    howitzers. A 6‑pound battery contained four M1841 6-pounder field guns and two M1841 12-pounder howitzers, while a 12-pound battery had four 12-pound...
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  • for Washington via New York City where it remained encamped until December 12. The Battery then moved to Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia and was assigned to...
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    50-pounder Parrott rifle (spiked), six M1841 24-pounder howitzers, four 20-pounder Parrott rifles, eight M1841 12-pounder field guns (2 spiked), four 12-pounder...
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  • March 7–8, 1862. The battery was armed with two 12-pounder rifled guns and two M1841 12-pounder howitzers. The battery participated in the retreat to camp...
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  • Nashville and was mustered out in June 1865. Organized at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division...
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    official report stated that his troops seized two M1841 12-pounder howitzers, two M1841 6-pounder field guns, and four caissons. It claimed that the...
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  • , February 2-6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.. February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., February 19-March 6. Moved to Pittsburg...
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