The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, April 18, 2022

Leeds Cannons

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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