The "Land Merrimac" and the beginning of Railway Artillery
WEBSep 29, 2022 · It is generally accepted that the first use of rail artillery occurred on June 29, 1862 at Savage’s Station, Virginia in the American Civil War. That gun was nicknamed the “Land Merrimac” also “Dry Land Merrimac" also “Lee-Brooke Rail Gun.”.
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WEBSep 26, 2023 · Robert E. Lee's "Dry Land Merrimac" is often cited as the world's first railroad battery to see combat. As McClellan advanced up the Virginia. The most significant use of heavy rail batteries by Union forces occurred during essentially siege operations such as the Petersburg campaign of 1864-65.
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WEBJul 10, 2015 · This is John M Brooke's "dry land Merrimac" It was a rifled and banded 32pdr (6.4). There is good reason to believe Brooke had designed a much larger versions for the 7" . Whether constructed I don't know.
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WEBJun 30, 2021 · The Dry Land Merrimac. In June 1862 the Union Army of the Potomac advanced on the Confederate capital of Richmond. General Robert E Lee looked for a means of countering the enemy’s preponderance in heavy siege artillery, which they would be transporting into position by rail.
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WEBThe Railway Battery or Dry Land Merrimac: For weeks before the opening of the recent bloody battles before Richmond hundreds of our citizens daily flocked to look upon and wonder at an ironclad railroad battery that was being swiftly but mysteriously constructed on the railroad near the York River {Richmond & York River RR} depot. Many were the ...
CSS Virginia - Wikipedia
WEBCSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
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WEBJan 24, 2013 · According to one account, the Land Merrimac weighed around 60 tons, making it nearly three times heavier than the locomotive propelling it (while the engine lacked armor, it did have a protective layer of cotton bales fixed to the cab.)
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WEBJun 5, 2024 · It was used during the Seven Day’s Battles at Savage’s Station (ten miles from Richmond VA) in late June. With its help, Lee was able to repulse Federal troops and lift the siege of Richmond. Newspapers dubbed it the “dry-land Merrimac”. civilwarmonths.com.
Historic "Firsts," the Railroad and the Battle of Vienna - Blogger
WEBJun 15, 2011 · Trains were also used offensively during the Civil War, including the "dry land Merrimac" train battery employed by the Confederates at Savage's Station in June 1862. Vienna can rightfully claim a Civil War "first," even if that "first" is not always stated as precisely as it could have been.
Battle between Merrimac and Monitor Ironclad - History Link 101
WEBThe Northern Union Navy received intelligence about the south’s attempt to build an ironclad ship. They put out a call to inventors and engineers for designs of an ironclad ship of their own. John Ericsson suggested a model of an ironclad which was accepted and put into production in New York.