Civil War Photographs:
Weapons and Ships of War

Weapons of War

Two Wiard guns at the arsenal in Washington, D.C. with General Daniel Sickles
12-pounder Howitzer captured by the Union in 1862The 'Dictator' - Petersburg, Virginia
Railroad gun and crew - Petersburg, Virginia

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Battery of manned Parrott guns - Fort Brady, Virginia
100-pounder Parrott gun in iron carriage with 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery - Fort Totten, District of Columbia
'Lincoln Gun', a 15 inch Rodman Columbiad - Fort Monroe, Virginia
Federal army engineers removing an 8 inch Columbiad gun from Fort McAllister, Savannah
Quaker Guns - Centreville, Virginia
Dahlgren gun with Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Guns and crews at Fort Richardson, Arlington
Blakely guns and ammunition - Charleston, South Carolina
Confederate torpedoes, shot, and shells - Charleston, South Carolina
Solid and canister shot at the arsenal - Richmond, Virginia

Ships of War

Sailors relaxing on the U.S.S. Monitor
Steam frigate Pensacola
Federal squadron dressed with flags as seen from Fort Sumter
Schooners sunk to obstruct passage on the James River
Wreck of blockade-runner - Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Sunken Federal dredge-boat on James River
Beached blocaked runner Ruby - Folly Island, South Carolina
Ex-Confederate iron-clad Stonewall with US Capitol in the background
Supply vessels

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