12-pounder Whitworth rifle

yes yes File:Whitworth-Gun-GNMP-03.jpg 12-pounder Whitworth rifle Field gun United Kingdom Confederate StatesUnited StatesEmpire of Brazil American Civil War, War Of The Triple Alliance 7ft 9in 896 lbs Joseph Whitworth Joseph Whitworth The 12-pounder Whitworth rifle was a medium caliber field gun deployed during the mid-19th century. Designed by Joseph Whitworth, the gun was most notably used during the American Civil War. The gun was also used by the Imperial Brazilian Army in the War of the Triple Alliance. Description The 12-pdr rifle was designed in the early 1850s by British manufacturer Joseph Whitworth, who had recently been contracted to improve the Pattern 1853 Enfield. During his experiments with the Enfield, Whitworth was inspired to begin experimenting with a hexagonally-rifled barrel; Whitworth would later apply these principles to his field guns. Along with Whitworth's smaller 3-pdr gun, the artillery piece was considered for adoption by the British government's Board of Ordnance. However, Whitworth's guns eventually lost out to the Armstrong gun.2008-02-13 Whitworth Rifled Ordnance http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/gun/rifled2.htm 2020-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080213152724/http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/gun/rifled2.htm 2008-02-13 During the American Civil War the weapon was exported and saw service in the Union and Confederate armies, though it was considered a rarity.Weller Jac The Confederate Use Of British Cannon Civil War History 1957 3 2 135–152h 415017 10.1353/cwh.1957.0019 From a design standpoint, the weapon was unique. Like all of Whitworth's designs, the weapon had a distinctive hexagonally-rifled barrel and was a breechloader (though it could be loaded via the muzzle with modifications). The cannon was forged using a method in which iron plates would be overlapped and forced together using hydraulic presses. The 12-pounder Whitworth saw service with the Army of Northern Virginia. One Whitworth was used in the Confederate defense of Charleston.Beauregard G. T. Defense of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, 1863 and 1864. II The North American Review 1886 142 355 564–571 25118633 Brig. Gen. John Gregg's brigade used a Whitworth at the Battle of Raymond on May 12, 1863.Bearss Edwin C. The campaign for Vicksburg 2021 Savas Beatie LLC 978-1-61121-549-6 El Dorado Hills 487 The weapon also saw some service in the Union army (notably with the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula campaign),Broughton Lee https://books.google.com/books?id=egvODwAAQBAJ&q=12+pounder+whitworth+rifle&pg=PT41 Reframing Cult Westerns: From The Magnificent Seven to The Hateful Eight 2020-03-19 Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-1-5013-4351-3 enMarch 2022 and in one instance a group of Americans living in England gifted a battery of four Whitworths to the United States government.Scientific American 1861 4 24 378 24960078 Battery of Whitworth Cannon Arrived See also 120-pounder Whitworth naval gun Whitworth 12 pounder gun References Category:Artillery of the United Kingdom Category:American Civil War artillery