Hampton's Battery

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Soldier's Lot, Right-Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville

Location:Soldier's Lot, Right-Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: U.S. Civil War

Identifying Marks:

On Left Trunnion:

1861

On Right Trunnion:
C.A. & CO.
BOSTON

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Left Side

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Left Trunnion

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Muzzle

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Rear

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Right Side

Soldier's Lot, Right, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Right Trunnion

Soldier's Lot, Left-Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville

Location:Soldier's Lot, Left-Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: U.S. Civil War

Identifying Marks:

On Left Trunnion:

1844

On Right Trunnion:
N.P. AMES
FOUNDER
SPRINGFIELD
MASS.

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Left Side

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Left Trunnion

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Muzzle

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Overview

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Rear

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Right Front

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Right Rear

Soldier's Lot, Left, Allegheny Cemetery, Laurenceville-Right Trunnion

Arsenal Memorial, Right Side-Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville

Location:Arsenal Memorial, Right Side-Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: U.S. Civil War

Identifying Marks:

On Barrel:

U.S.

On Muzzle:
C.C.C. No 519 PIC 1862

Arsenal Memorial, Right, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Barrel

Arsenal Memorial, Right, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Breech Sight

Arsenal Memorial, Right, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Left Side

Arsenal Memorial, Right, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Muzzle

Arsenal Memorial, Right, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Right Side

Arsenal Memorial, Left Side-Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville

Location:Arsenal Memorial, Left Side-Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: U.S. Civil War

Identifying Marks:

On Barrel:

U.S.

On Muzzle:
C.C.C. No 537 PIC 1862

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Barrel

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Breech Sight

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Left Side

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Muzzle Markings

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Muzzle

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Overview

Arsenal Memorial, Left, Arsenal Middle School, Laurenceville-Right Side

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

U.S.S. Maine Memorial-West Park, North Side

Location:U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side

Type: Torpedo Tube

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: Spanish-American War

Identifying Marks:

On Breech:

E.W. BLISS CO.,
BROOKLYN N.Y.
1893

On Right Trunnion:
819 LBS
LEET

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side- Right Side

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Breech Markings

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Breech

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Left Side

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Muzzle

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Port

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Rear

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Right Trunnion

U.S.S. Maine Memorial, West Park, North Side-Valve

U.S.S. Maine Memorial,West Park, North Side-Overview

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot-Squirrel Hill

Location: Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: U.S.

Time Period: U.S. Civil War

Identifying Marks:

On Barrel:

POST 117.
G.A.R.
1887.

*Note: This site consists of 10 identical tubes, and are noted from the geographic center of the cemetery plot.

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-East

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-NE Corner

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-NE

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-NW Corner

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-NW

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-Plot Overview

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-SE Corner

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-SE

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-SW Corner

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-SW

Homewood Cemetery Veteran's Plot, Squirrel Hill-West

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Hampton's Battery Memorial- East Park, North Side

Location:Hampton's Battery Memorial, East Park, North Side

Type: Field

Country of Manufacture: Spain

Time Period: Spanish-American War

Identifying Marks:

On Barrel:

GRAL ALVAREZ
1809

Spanish Coat of Arms

On Breech Band:
NO 8388 SEVILLA 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1845

On Right Trunnion:
Po 1275L.

On Left Trunnion:
BRONCES
REFUNDIDOS

On Muzzle:
C.24 A

*The Memorial inscription explains the history of the piece.

Left Side:
THE INSCRIPTION ON GERAL ALVAREZ 1809 STANDS FOR THE MAN IN WHOSE HONOR THE CANNON WAS NAMED. THIS WAS GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ DE CASTRO. A SPANISH OFFICER BORN AT GRENADA AND DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS RESOLUTE DEFENSE OF GERONA AGAINST THE FRENCH IN 1809 HE DIED IN PRISON THE SAME YEAR THE MONOGRAMME ON THE BREECH OF THE GUN RESTS ON THE SPANISH COAT OF ARMS AND STANDS FOR ISABELLA II. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGN AT THE TIME THE GUN WAS CAST THIS WAS AUG 13th 1845 AND THE PLACE SEVILLE, SPAIN

Right Side:
THIS CANNON PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ALLEGHENY JUNE 29th 1899. CAPTURED FROM THE SPANISH AT SANTIAGO CUBA BY THE AMERICANS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. Wm SHAFTER, JULY 17, 1898.