14-pounder James Rifled Gun

These were bronze tubed guns built to the James pattern, with the characteristic 3.8" caliber. These were designed and built as James Rifled guns, as compared to the 12-pounder James Rifles (also in service at Antietam) which were Model 1841 6-pounders, bored out and lined with rifled iron or brass sleeves in the James pattern.

There may have been only six of these guns at Antietam, all in Federal service.

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James-pattern shell, equivalent bolts & shells, solid shot

3.8 inches

1700 yards

65 inches

Bronze tube weight: 918 lb. Maximum range for 3/4-lb powder charge behind a 14 pound solid shot at 5 degrees elevation.

Photograph above is from the Gettysburg, PA battlefield, by Peter Schwartz - the carriage is probably a modern replacement.

See more about this and other Civil War artillery at the comprehensive Civil War Artillery Page, by Chuck Ten Brink or the very nice Basic Facts page from Jack W. Melton, Jr. The NPS has a fine general introduction to Civil War artillery in a 3-page presentation.

Johnson, Curt & Anderson, Richard C., Artillery Hell: Employment of Artillery at Antietam, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1995; and
Schwartz, Peter, Artillery at Gettysburg online.