From Civil War Artillery.com Federal and Confederate Manufacturers.
LEEDS & CO.
New Orleans firm which apparently made a single 8-inch Columbiad, which burst, and from then on produced bronze field calibers until the fall of that city in April 1862.
Charles J. and Thomas L. Leeds, proprietors.
Several 3.3-inch caliber bronze cannon were manufactured.
One example is located at in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.
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QUESTION: Were any heavy guns made at Leeds & Co's establishment or were any rifled or banded?
ANSSWER: "We made a few heavy guns for the Navy and one for the Army. We rifled quite a number of old 32 and 42 pounders for the Army, and we banded one 7-inch gun. I do not recollect whether any more were banded...."
--Old Secesh
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