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855 Series III Volume II- Serial 123 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

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Numbers 2.- CANNON, BALLS, SHELLS, AND PROJECTILES FOR RIFLED GUNS.

Field guns. Siege guns. Sea-coast

guns.

For smooth-bore 343,885 54,272 297,130

guns

Parrott 199,096 36,421 5,028

projectiles

James projectiles 28,000 ... 34,910

Hotchkiss 66,962 ... ...

projectiles

Schenkl 66,370 ... ...

projectiles

Other model 108,959 45,036 24,680

projectiles

Total 813,272 135,729 361,748

Total. Total weight. Cost.

Pounds.

For smooth-bore 695,287 29,593,074 $1,029,377.72

guns

Parrott 240,545 3,664,999 358,248.54

projectiles

James projectiles 62,910 2,651,045 278,214.42

Hotchkiss 66,962 694,047 92,737.68

projectiles

Schenkl 66,370 611,840 152,207.61

projectiles

Other model 178,675 3,569,199 272,870.60

projectiles

Total 1,130,749 40,784,204 2,

183,656.57


Numbers 3.- ARTILLERY CARRIAGES.

Field-gun carriages.............................. 1,311

Siege-gun carriages.............................. 56

Sea-coast gun carriages.......................... 35

Mortar beds...................................... 92

Caissons......................................... 1,691

Traveling forges................................. 269

Battery wagons................................... 148

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Total carriages of all kinds..................... 3,602

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Total cost.......................................$1,328,260.62

TOTAL OF CANNON, PROJECTILES, AND CARRIAGES PURCHASED.

Number. Weight. Cost.

Pounds.

Cannon 2,121 5,625,491 $ 972,100.59

Projectiles 1,310,749 40,784,204 2, 185,656.59

Artillery 3,602 ... 1,328,260.62

carriages

Total ... 46,436,695 4,484,017.78


Numbers 4.- MUSKETS AND RIFLES.

Foreign manufacture:

English Tower muskets............................. 8,999

Enfield rifles.................................... 116,740

Prussian rifles................................... 6,409

Prussian muskets.................................. 105,140

Austrian rifles................................... 135,755

Austrian muskets.................................. 34,500

Belgian rifles.................................... 23,994

Belgian muskets................................... 33,200

French rifles..................................... 48,108

French muskets.................................... 4,850

Minie rifles...................................... 5,179

Other foreign rifles.............................. 203,831

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Total foreign..................................... 726,705

Manufactured in the United States:

Common sportsman's rifle.......................... 2,707

Army rifles with bayonet.......................... 14,267

Colt revolving rifles............................. 2,890

Sharps rifles..................................... 3,213

Merrill rifles.................................... 120

Smooth-bore muskets............................... 5,423

Hall rifles....................................... 2,168

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Total American.................................... 30,788

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Total purchased................................... 775,493

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Total cost of rifles and muskets..................$10,229,677.99


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