✅ SOLVED Can this cannon be identified from this photo?

[creskol]

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[taz42o]

12 pounder napoleon would be my guess.

 

[BosnMate]

12 pounder napoleon would be my guess.

Me to, but I'm not much of a cannon guy. It's kind of like calling all breeds of draft horses "Clydesdale's," or all brands of soft drinks "Coke." CannonBallGuy will straighten us all out.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Sluething an accurate ID for antique cannons in "period" photos is primarily based on defining characteristics such as:
the presence or absence of a muzzle-swell
bands or rings encircling the barrel
trunnion-shape
cascabel-shape
and (very importantly) the apparent length of the barrel.

In the case of Creskol's very-old photo, due to the lack of a person standing alongside the barrel, its length can only be crudely estimated, by comparing it with the diameter of the wheels. Doing that, I can say it is definitely not a 12-pounder Napoleon cannon ...whose barrel was a bit over 6 feet long. In the photo, the cannon's barrel does not seem to project past the wheels, so it is shorter than a Napoleon.

Going by the presence of a muzzle-swell, and what looks like a 1.5"-to-2"-wide raised band around this cannon's breech end, but no other bands/rings which are large enough to be detectable in the photo... it appears to be a 6-pounder Smoothbore cannon. It could be either a Model-1835, Model-1836, or Model-1841.

And, since I'm sure somebody will ask... no, there's not enough evidence visible in the photo to determine whether it is a yankee or Confederate 6-pounder cannon.

 

[Dixiegal]

It looks like it could be a 6 pound Georgia Mountain Howitzer. Check out COPPER MOONSHINE STILLS Colonel Wilson builds replica 6 lb mountain howitzers.

 

[creskol]

Sluething an ccurate ID of antique cannons in "period" photos is primarily based on defining characteristics such as:
the presence or absence of a muzzle-swell
bands or rings encircling the barrel
trunnion-shape
cascabel-shape
and (very importantly) the apparent length of the barrel.

In the case of Creskol's very-old photo, due to the lack of a person standing alongside the barrel, its length can only be crudely estimated, by compaing it with the diameter of the wheels. Doing that, I can say it is definitely not a 12-pounder Napoleon cannon ...whose barrel was a bit over 6 feet long. In the photo, the cannon's barrel does not seem to project past the wheels, so it is shorter than a Napoleon.

Going by the presence of a muzzle-swell, and what looks like a 1.5"-to-2"-wide raised band around this cannon's breech end, but no other bands/rings which are large enough to be detectable in the photo... it appears to be a 6-pounder Smoothbore cannon. It could be either a Model-1835, Model-1836, or Model-1841.

And, since I'm sure somebody will ask... no, there's not enough evidence visible in the photo to determine whether it is a yankee or Confederate 6-pounder cannon.

Thank you Pete .. Much appreciated!

 

[creskol]

It looks like it could be a 6 pound Georgia Mountain Howitzer. Check out COPPER MOONSHINE STILLS Colonel Wilson builds replica 6 lb mountain howitzers.

Thanks! I appreciate the reply!

 

[creskol]

12 pounder napoleon would be my guess.

Thanks for the reply, Taz!

 

[adaminnh]

That cannonball guy knows his s**t!!!