"Island No. 10 Battery Strength - Mar 1862" Topic

I recall someone asking about this. Following from Geo Nafziger -

CONFEDERATE BATTERIES ON ISLAND NO. 10
24 March, 1862

Battery No. 1 (Redan Fort)
3 x naval iron carriages – 8in Columbiads
3 x barbette carriages – smoothbore 32lbrs

Battery No. 2
3 x high barbette carriages – rifled 32lbrs
1 x high barbette carriage – smoothbore 32lbr

Battery No. 3
3 x high barbette carriages – rifled 32lbrs

Battery No. 4
3 x high barbette carriages – rifled 32lbrs
1 x high barbette carriage – 8in Columbiad

Battery No. 5
1 x high barbette carriage – 8in Columbiad
1 x high barbette carriage – rifled 32lbr
1 medium barbette carriage – 8in Columbiad
3 x medium barbette carriage – smoothbore 32lbrs
1 x medium barbette carriage – gun unspecified

CONFEDERATE BATTERIES ON THE MAINLAND

Battery No. 1 "Belmont Battery"
2 x medium barbette carriages – 8in Columbiads
1 x medium barbette carriage – Rifled 32lbr
3 x medium barbette carriages – smoothbore 32lbrs

Battery No. 2
3 x smoothbore 32lbrs
1 x rifled 24lbr

Battery No. 3
2 x rifled 24lbrs
1 x 8in Columbiad
2 x smoothbore 32lbrs

Battery No. 4
2 x siege carriages – 8in howitzers

Battery No. 5
2 x siege carriages – 8in howitzers

Floating Battery "New Orleans"
8 x naval iron carriages – 8in Columbiads
1 x naval iron carriage – rifled 32lbr

That is a LOT of artillery, and all of it is heavy duty.

Actually, not that heavy duty by naval standards. Lots of 32ldrs. Old guns from the Norfolk navy yard?