Memphis Napoleons: 12-pdr field guns from Quinby & Robinson

In the spring of 1862 the Memphis based firm of Quinby & Robinson was on the way to become a major cannon manufacturer for the Confederacy.  The firm began casting guns for state and private orders in April 1861 and eventually delivered nearly eighty guns for Confederate requests.  Although they are best known for 6-pdr

Napoleons in Gray: Confederate light 12-pdr Field Guns

Thus far most of my “Napoleonic” posts have focused on guns made for the Federal side of the war.  But as any student of the war knows, the Confederates made light 12-pdr field guns too.  So time I put descriptions of those guns in my posting queue. Recall the Napoleon was the “new toy” in

The Creole Napoleon: Leeds and Company 12-pdr Light Field Guns

There are three oft-repeated lines about Confederate 12-pdr field guns (a.k.a. the Napoleons): Confederate versions have straight muzzles, in contrast to the muzzle swells of the Federal types. The Confederate Army ordered Napoleons after field experience demonstrated the inadequacies of 6-pdr guns and 12-pdr howitzers. Confederate Napoleon production came from government-owned facilities, save Tredegar (which