"12 pdr Whitworth " Topic
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| panzerjager | 18 Jan 2015 6:50 a.m. PST |
I was thinning out my painted 15mm ACW figures this weekend and came across several Whitworth rifled guns. As I do mainly western battles I thought I could sell off all the castings. My only reference I could find for the north using them was that McCellan had them (but did not use them). My only reference for the south was that Lee used a battery in the eastern theater. Does anyone have any knowledge of the use of this field piece in the western theater during the war? Thanks PzJ |
Dn Jackson  | 18 Jan 2015 10:37 a.m. PST |
Not that I know of. I believe their was a section of two at fort fisher that would run out on the beach and fire at blockaders as blockade runners came in. But that's the only other use I can think of off the top of my head. |
| d effinger | 18 Jan 2015 11:04 a.m. PST |
At the battle of Raymond, Bledsoe's battery had one. Don |
 ColCampbell | 18 Jan 2015 1:48 p.m. PST |
Yes, Bledsoe's 5th Missouri Battery (CSA) did have one Whitworth gun which exploded during Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, May 12, 1863. link Jim |
| John the Greater | 20 Jan 2015 9:05 a.m. PST |
There were several Whitworth's in the Washington Louisiana Artillery in the ANV. I would have to look up which company they were with. I didn't know about Bledso's battery, thanks ColCampbell. |
| Westmarcher | 23 Jan 2015 7:03 a.m. PST |
Was it a pair of Whitworths that signalled the start of the Confederate bombardment prior to Picket's Charge? |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.