Listing Of Stolen Artillery
Fall 2000 - Vol. 22 No. 2

EDITOR’S NOTE: At our request, artillery historian Wayne Stark provided this list of stolen artillery. The initials stand for the inspector. The entries preceded by an asterisk represent data that Stark inferred from records based on information provided.

California: Newcastle: Two 12-pdr bronze mountain howitzers, M1835, unknown markings, stolen from cemetery April 1994; San Andreas, 12-pdr. bronze howitzer, M1841, Ames, registry #78, JWR, Foundry #47, 790 lbs., stolen from People's Cemetery, September 1998; San Francisco, 12-pdr, mountain howitzer, M1835, Alger, TJR, Registry #409, foundry #59, stolen from Presidio about 1969

Delaware: Wilmington, 6-pdr. bronze field gun, M1835, Alger, registry #14, GT, foundry #37, 744 lbs., stolen from Riverview Cemetery in 1990.

Georgia: Atlanta, 12-pdr. bronze howitzer, M1841, Alger, registry #9, RLB, foundry #51, 780 lbs., eagle-on-globe, Arkansas Military Institute, stolen 1993; three bronze M 1835 12-pdr. mountain howitzers stolen Jan. 31, 1975, from Brotherton Field, Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP: Alger, registry #83, foundry #32, 1850; Alger, foundry #101, LABW, registry #502, 1853 53, 222 lbs.; and Alger, foundry #294, TJR, foundry #1331, 1863, 223 lbs.

Illinois: Lincoln, 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle, wrought iron, M1861, 7 right hand grooves, Phoenix, registry #363, TTSL, foundry *#394, 1862, 816 lbs., stolen from cemetery.

Massachusetts: Fitchburg, 12-pdr. Dahlgren boat howitzer, heavy, bronze, Ames, registry #421, JAD, foundry #65, 767 lbs., stolen from Forest Hills Cemetery July 1992; Methuen, 12-pdr. bronze Napoleon, M1857, stolen January 1991.   

  

Maine: Kennebunk, 6-pdr. bronze 3.67-in rifle, M1835, 10 right hand grooves, Ames, registry #23, GT, foundry #38, 747 lbs., stolen in 1981.

Michigan: Port Huron, 12-pdr. bronze mountain howitzer, M1835,  Ames, registry #27, ABD, foundry #25, 1863, 220 lbs., stolen from cemetery circa 1976; Port Huron, 12-pdr. bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, Ames, registry #51, ABD, foundry #13, 1863, 220 lbs., stolen from cemetery circa 1976

Minnesota: (Two 12 pdr. mountain howitzers stolen circa 1985 were recovered.)

Nebraska: Ft. Robinson, 24-pdr. Coehorn mortar, M1838, bronze, Alger, registry #21, TJR, foundry #1054, 1862, 165 lbs., stolen in 1979; Ft. Robinson, 24-pdr. Coehorn mortar, M1838, bronze, Ames, registry #61, ABD, foundry #122, 1863, 163 lbs., stolen in 1979; Ft. Robinson, 24-pdr. Coehorn mortar, M1838, bronze, Ames, registry #100, RMH, foundry #167, 1864, 164 lbs., stolen in 1979.

New Hampshire: Jefferson, 12-pdr. bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, Ames, 1860, 224 lbs., engraved: "Col. G.W.B.Tompkins."

Ohio: Blanchester, 12-pdr. bronze Napoleon, M1857, Greenwood, registry #40, JRE, foundry *#40, 1862, 1224 lbs., stolen from IOOF Cemetery in 1988; Findlay, 2.9 inch Confederate Parrott Rifle I,  3 right hand grooves, Tredegar, foundry #2211, 1864, 1180 lbs.,  unbeveled, stolen from Maple Grove Cemetery, 1990; Portsmouth, 12-pdr. bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, Ames, GTB, 1861, 223 lbs., stolen from Greenwood Cemetery

Pennsylvania: Freedom, 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle, wrought iron, M1861, 7 right hand grooves, Phoenix, registry #740, SCL, foundry *#798, 1864, 816 lbs., stolen from Oak Grove Cemetery, May 1, 1994; Homestead, 12-pdr. bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, Alger, registry #293, TJR, foundry #1356, 1863, 218 lbs., stolen from park in 1996.

Rhode Island: Cranston, two 6-pdr bronze field guns, M1838, Alger, WM.

South Carolina: Rivers Bridge State Park, 3.5-inch wrought iron Blakely rifle, Type 2, 7 right hand grooves, Fawcett, registry #30, foundry #31. 1861, "15" on muzzle, stolen Feb. 2, 1995.

Virginia: Manassas NBP, 3.80-inch bronze James rifle, T2/S4, 10 right hand grooves, Ames, registry #55, GTB, foundry *#101, 1862, 917 lbs., stolen April 1966.

Wisconsin: Sheboygan County, 12-pdr bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, stolen from Rhine Center Cemetery.