Alamo cannon in pictures

[pff]

On Page 81 of G. Nelson's "Alamo an Illustrated History" are two pictures of a cannon at the Alamo
One shows it lying in the vincinty of the site of the Main gate-taken after 1871..the other after part of the muzzle had been cut off.
Is it still in San Pedro Spring Texas?
QUery:
What possible caliber was it?
Could it have come from any of the following:
1836 Alamo battle
Mexican Army occuaption after 1836 battle
US Army storage depot
CS Storage

[Rich Curilla]

Rick Range and Craig Covner would have the best answer for these questions. Rick, in particular, has been doing major research on all the artillery at the Alamo.

There is no cannon at San Pedro Springs that I have seen, but the guys have pinpointed where they think it was.

[Rich Curilla]

Here is a photo I just came across on the San Pedro Springs - Edwards Aquifer website. The man is identified as Fernando Raven (and not Charles T. Smith who is seen in the photo in George's book) and the photo as being in 1899. No other information is given.


Here is the base for the cannon, also on the website.


Here is the link to the page. The photos are about half way down.

www.edwardsaquifer.net/spspring.html

[edward]

[Rich Curilla]

Si! Both cannon flanking the gate at La Villita are Alamo cannon.

[Rich Curilla]

Here's the biggest Alamo tube. It has been argued that it is the 18 pounder. Others think it was the 16 pounder.


This one is the 12 pound Gunade that was most likely emplaced a third of the way down the west wall from the 18 pounder. Both of these tubes are in the Alamo Cannon Courtyard just north of the convento yard.

Below (insisting on isolating itself) is the cannon Rick Range located several years ago. It has been authenticated and restored and is now on exhibit in the confessional of the Alamo church (the first room on the left as you enter}.

Attachments:

[stuart]

Aug 8, 2014 22:26:06 GMT -5 Rich Curilla said:

Si! Both cannon flanking the gate at La Villita are Alamo cannon.

Just for the record they are what are known as "Long Nines"; 9 pound cannon originally cast as naval guns

[Rich Curilla]

Thanks, Stuart. I was going to say eights, but it was just from my supposed memory. LOL.

[jrboddie]

Here are a few from my collection. Higher resolution available on request.

[edward]

On each side of this entrance there is a canon donated by the Maverick family.

Erastus (Deaf) Smith's step daughter Refugia Duran and her husband Jose Tejeda owned the house in the center of the picture. In 1880 the Tejedas sold their property to Ernest Hessler. The alley became known as Hessler Street. In 1939 a section of La Villita was renovated. This section of La Villita is called Plaza Juarez.

[edward]

Postcard:

[Rich Curilla]

Hmmmmmm. Looks like a Civil War field piece to me. Of course, it could have been remounted.

[Rich Curilla]

In relation to his continuing quest for missing Alamo cannon, Rick Range asked me to post this request for him:


At the 2013 Alamo Society Symposium, someone was telling my friend Gary Wiggins about a man he knew who said that the cannon out at San Pedro Springs Park had been rolled into a ditch and covered over at the time the park was being renovated many years ago, and that the man had said there had been a photograph with notations as to where the cannon was buried.
If you are that person at the symposium who related this or knows who it was, please email me at: [e-mail].
Any information, however small, concerning this could help answer a huge question we have been researching for years.
Thank you very much.
Rick Range

[Rich Curilla]

Another announcement from Rick Range:


Rick Range asked me to post this for everyone interested in Alamo artillery (and of the whole war):


From Rick Range:
I wanted to alert the readers that Alamo Society member James V. Woodrick has just published a comprehensive new book on all the artillery used by both sides during the Texas Revolution. It is entitled Cannons of the Texas Revolution, and incorporates all of his voluminous research into each and every cannon present or brought into Texas during the war and what eventually became of each piece (including the surprising—and previously unknown—ultimate destiny of the Gonzales “Come And Take It” cannon, the “Twin Sisters,” and Santa Anna’s “Golden Standard” of San Jacinto fame). In addition, the guns of Goliad, both those left in the fort and those used by Fannin at Coleto, together with their individual fates, have been definitively determined for the first time after almost 180 years.
Besides Jim’s massive investigation, this book also includes Gregg Dimmick’s extensive work on the artillery of the Mexican forces, as well as our research and (hopefully) final conclusions with regard to the cannon of the Alamo. (Many surprises here—over fifty percent of the guns have proven to be different than what we originally thought both as to caliber and placement within the fort.)
Anyone with an interest in the artillery of the Texas War for Independence and the critical role it played in the conflict will want to own this book. This self-published book can be ordered off of Amazon and Jim is literally giving it away at the cost of production—just fifteen dollars apiece. Every Texas historian will find this to be a valuable resourse.