When it comes to the mystery of the missing seacoast mortar, we took our questions to Rear Adm. Samuel Cox (Ret.), the Director of Naval History and Heritage Command.

A cast iron replica of a Civil War-era, 13-inch seacoast mortar cannon is now proudly on display in one of Bay City's oldest parks. Crews on Friday, June 17, were busy installing one of the two ...

Day, a maelstrom of bullets, bombs, and mortar fire tore open the morning skies. Amidst the frenzied bedlam of battle, Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis led D Company of the 6th Green Howards ...

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) — A 1,300-pound hunk of iron on display at Fort Ticonderoga certainly has gotten around, despite its heft. The well-traveled artifact, half of a mortar that split ...

There is also a naval deck gun built by a British company for the Spanish navy, and a Civil War Dictator Mortar cannon. Additionally, they are trying to restore a more than 90-year-old flagpole ...

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. - A 1,300-pound hunk of iron on display at Fort Ticonderoga certainly has gotten around, despite its heft. The well-traveled artifact, half of a mortar that split in 1776, is a ...

When beachcombers found two small cannons that likely came from the 1846 wreck of the Navy's USS Shark on the north Oregon coast, the state assumed it had some priceless artifacts. And for now, it ...

NEW NAVAL GUN EXERCISES.; Sub-Calibre Practice with Big Cannon Among the Warships. March 23, 1896 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from March 23, 1896, Page 10 ...

When it comes to the mystery of the missing seacoast mortar, we took our questions to Rear Adm. Samuel Cox (Ret.), the Director of Naval History and Heritage Command.

The well-traveled artifact, half of a mortar that split in 1776, is a featured piece in the fort's new exhibit, "The Last Argument of Kings: The Art and Science of 18th-century Artillery," which ...