chickamauga
home button
about us button
Forum button
blog
store
contact us button
facebook button
links
separator

Fort Pulaski button

Maps of Fort Pulaski

The Battle
    Strategic Situation
    Isolating the Fort
    The Build-Up
    Bombardment
    The Aftermath

Then and Now

Order of Battle

Conclusions

Bibliography

Battery Lyon

Captain Louis H. Pelouze, 15th U. S. Infantry
Company B, 3rd Rhode Island Light Artillery in two shifts


April 10th
April 11th
Total
10 inch Columbiad, 1861 #1 shots fired
40
60
100
10 inch Columbiad, 1861 #2 shots fired
97
60
157
10 inch Columbiad, 1861 #3 shots fired
3
61
64
Type of Projectile
Shell
Shell
Charge of Powder for Cannon
17 lbs.
17 lbs.
Charge of Powder Inside Shell
3 lbs.
3 lbs.
Elevation
16°
16°
Length of Fuse
23 sec.
23 sec.
Distance From Fort
3,100 yds.
3,100 yds.
Wind
Slight W-E
Strong W-E
Recoil of Carriages
5 feet
5 feet
Type of Powder
No. 5
No. 5
Friction Tube Failurers
10
8
Commenced Firing
8:20 AM
7:00 PM
Ceased Firing
6:15 AM
2:00 PM
Total
Total Shots Fired From Battery
140
181
321

Remarks: No. 1 being fired with a charge of 19 lbs. of powder at an elevation of 20°, two bolts broke in the diagonal brace of the front transom of the chassis.  It continued firing for five hours, when two other of the above bolts broke, and it ceased for the day.  Bolts were replaced.  Second day it fired uninterruptedly.  No. 2 two bolts broke in transom of chassis, and were replaced without seriously interrupting the firing.  No. 3 first broke four bolts in transom and diagonal braces of chassis.  Charge 19 lbs.; elevation 20°; third fire dismounted gun, carriage and chassis.  They were mounted and repaired by next morning, and the piece fired uninterruptedly.  Improper pintles and crosses were furnished.  Rails of chassis kept sanded.


Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski pgs. 58, 76
All images, text, and video © Historic Imagination
Optimized for viewing at 1024 x 768 or better