Civil War Era Ordnance Patents

Selected Ordnance Patents

The following list of Confederate, United States and Great Britain Patents during the period of 1855 until 1879 is by no means complete. It is listed here as a starting point for those interested in the technical details of military ordnance.

Selected Confederate Ordnance Patents
For a detailed list of all Confederate Patents

Most of the Confederate Patent records were believed to be destroyed
by fire on or around April 2, 1865 when Richmond, VA was evacuated.

CS Patent Number

Date

Patentee

Item Patented

1909/03/1861James Hill Harkut (*Carcut)
Correct is CarkeetManufacture of Cannon2309/19/1861
(could be 09/29/1861)Ed GotthielPercussion fuses 3510/15/1861Daniel OswaltBreech-loading cannon6101/08/1862J. Nichols and J. Bennett, assignors to F. SmithSubmarine Battery7001/07/1862R. ArcherPercussion Fuse8403/21/1862Charles E. Stuart, J.C. Owing and J.H.C. TaylorInstrument for Sighting Cannon9205/01/1862C.A. McEvoyFuse9305/23/1862C.A. McEvoyFuse10609/25/1862Lucien HopsonProjectile109

09/29/1862

J. A. LeToudalInstrument for leveling cannon11310/11/1862William S. WinfieldProjectile12111/08/1862 (*11/05/1862)D.R. WilliamsBreech Loading Cannon12311/15/1862C.A. McEvoyFuse12511/20/1862M. BridgesBreech Loading Cannon13212/30/1862Joseph A. YatesMachinery for Traversing Guns 13301/03/1863Alonzo C. ChinnProjectile13501/07/1863C.A. McEvoyFuze14301/26/1863R.H. BarrettProjectile16004/15/1863Thomas H. BaconProjectile16805/04/1863F.D. LeeSpar Torpedo17405/25/1863William Le Roy BrowneFuze17606/05/1863Isidor P. GirardyFuze17806/10/1863Asa GeorgeRevolving Fire Arm18207/15/1863Albert Bloomer, assignor to W.N. SmithFuze Gauge and Cutter18507/22/1863Phillip E. LoveProjectile18708/05/1863A. BarbarinTorpedo19108/22/1863H. ConnerProjectile19208/22/1863H. ConnerBreech loading cannon19708/31/1863Robert Creuzbaur (*Creugbaur)Torpedo19809/21/1863Z. McDanielTorpedo20009/15/1863E.C. SingerTorpedo20209/21/1863Z. McDanielTorpedo20309/24/1863B.H. WashingtonMachine for Casting Friction Tubes21110/25/1863 (*10/28/1863)C. WilliamsSubmarine Apparatus21310/31/1863 B.H. WashingtonMachine for Cutting and Serrating Friction Wire21411/05/1863B.H. WashingtonMachine for Finishing Cannon21811/23/1863 B.H. WashingtonMachine for Casting Cannon22301/06/1864R.H.S. ThompsonProjectile22601/27/1864John ScottProjectile23102/26/1864C.E. Smart, Owings, and TaylorInstruments for Fixing Sights to
Cannon23202/29/1864George W. PowellBreech loading cannon23603/30/1864J.C. Patton and E. CuthbertTorpedoes24505/20/1864A. BarbarinTorpedo24807/11/1864William MoonClock Torpedo25308/25/1864James D. LaytonProjectile25509/06/1864C. WilliamsTorpedo25609/07/1864C. WilliamsTorpedo25710/05/1864Richard M. HarveyTorpedo26010/26/1864J.C. PattonTorpedo262 11/10/1864D.M. Somers and H. DabneyProjectile

* precedes an alternate version in CSA Patent Office Reports

 

Selected United States Patents

US Patent Number

Date

Patentee

Item Patented

1257403/20/1855 William M.B. HartleyMaking Hollow Shot1279505/01/1855Eben Hoyt, Jr.Projectile1280105/01/1855Wilderich Jos. Von KammerhueberProjectile1281005/08/1855Philip BaconBlasting Fuze1313806/26/1855Abraham Powell, Jr.Shell Fuze1346908/21/1855Augustus McBurthShell1367910/16/1855Andrew HotchkissProjectile1379911/13/1855Sylvanus SawyerShell1413301/22/1856William W. HubbellShell1431502/26/1856Charles T. JamesType I - Projectile1446003/18/1856John LippincottShell-Fuze1450303/25/1856William W. HubbellShell1474204/22/1856Thomas SmithProjectile1557708/19/1856Nathan ScholfieldBomb-Lance1576009/23/1856A.M. GeorgeShell1599910/28/1856John B. Read - PatentProjectile1607611/11/1856William TaggartProjectile1675303/03/1857Malcom ShawProjectile1675503/03/1857John M. SigourneyProjectile1731205/19/1857Christopher C. BrandBomb-Lance1740705/26/1857Rufus SibleyBomb-Lance1788607/28/1857John L. McConnelProjectile1793508/04/1857Theodore T.S. LaidleyProjectile For Rifled Cannon1804908/25/1857Theodore T.S. LaidleyProjectile For Rifled Cannon1840110/13/1857James H. MerrillProjectile1842410/13/1857Samuel DriverShell1856811/10/1857Henry BatesBomb Lance1870711/24/1857John B. ReadProjectile1886612/15/1857Nathan ScholfieldShell-Fuze1950503/02/1858William W. HubbellShell2177310/12/1858Lorenzo B. OlmstedShell2346804/05/1859J. Burrows HydeProjectile2353805/12/1859William H. ArnoldProjectile2437106/14/1859Robert BrownBomb-Lance2595111/01/1859John W. CochranProjectile2596711/01/1859John HolroydProjectile2601611/08/1859John W. CochranProjectile2601711/08/1859John W. CochranProjectile2633712/06/1859John W. CochranShell2690401/24/1860William W. HubbellShell2724502/21/1860Benedict SwainShell2808405/01/1860William W. HubbellProjectile2927207/24/1860Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectile2957308/14/1860Cranston & BatesBomb-Lance2999509/11/1860William RiceShell3012309/25/1860John W. CochranProjectile3109901/15/1861S.C. AbbotShell3229305/14/1861Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectile3268907/02/1861John GaultProjectile3270207/02/1861James McIntyreShell3298608/06/1861John A. DahlgrenProjectile3308908/20/1861William F. KetchumShell3309908/20/1861Robert P. ParrottProjectile3310008/20/1861Robert P. ParrottProjectile3337810/01/1861Charles F. BrownShell3349510/15/1861John P. SchenklShell Fuze3354110/22/1861Anthony PfundProjectile3366211/05/1861Robert P. ParrottShell-Fuze3371811/12/1861Isaac P. TiceProjectile3374611/19/1861Elisha MattesonProjectile3375411/19/1861Addison M. SawyerProjectile3383512/03/1861G.W. GardnerShell-Fuze3386312/03/1861James A. WoodburyProjectile3403112/24/1861Charles H. SayreProjectile3404012/24/1861Sylvanus SawyerFuze-Hood3405801/07/1862Benjamin B. HotchkissShell3405901/07/1862William W. HubbellShell-Fuze3409101/07/1862B.S. Alexander ProjectileFor Rifled Ordnance3420601/21/1862Obadiah HopkinsDefending Redoubts3420701/21/1862Charles T. JamesProjectile3423301/28/1862Thomas K. AndersonSlow Match3424201/28/1862Connel & HallShell3426801/28/1862John P. RollinsShell3428501/28/1862David M. MeffordProjectile3430202/04/1862George C. JonesShell Ordnance3449302/25/1862William H. HavensProjectile3459603/04/1862Charles W. SmallProjectile3460203/04/1862Elmer TownsendShell3462603/11/1862Alfred B. ElyProjectile3462803/11/1862John GaultProjectile3468503/18/1862John M. HathawayShell3469303/18/1862Terrence F. ReillyProjectile3478803/25/1862Smith & StetsonShell-Fuze3479803/25/1862Morris S. WickershamShell3495004/15/1862Charles T. JamesProjectile3496504/15/1862Charles T. JamesProjectile3497904/15/1862Christian PetersShell3510304/29/1862Mansfield, Morse & MansfieldProjectile3515305/06/1862Benjamin B. HotchkissShell3527705/13/1862Charles W. IsbellShell3550306/10/1862William E. BrowneShell3552006/10/1862Houghton & DenisonShell3552106/10/1862Charles T. JamesType II Projectile3554406/10/1862Michael RitnerSabot For Projectiles3558706/17/1862A.B. CooleyProjectile3559306/17/1862John J. DresbackShell-Fuze3561106/17/1862Benjamin B. HotchkissShell-Fuze3565906/17/1862Alfred BerneyImproved Composition For Filling3573406/24/1862John GaultProjectile3579507/01/1862Robert WeirMarine Torpedo3582407/08/1862J.L. HenryProjectile For Rifled Ordnance3582507/08/1862William W. HubbellProjectile For Rifled Ordnance3589707/15/1862John P. SchenklShell-Fuze3596507/22/1862Woodbury & GraySabot For Projectiles3597707/22/1862Roys & LilliendahlRocket3600107/29/1862T. Goodrem & C. JacksonProjectile3603707/29/1862Benjamin F. SturtevantShell-Fuze3603807/29/1862Benjamin F. SturtevantShell-Fuze3603907/29/1862Benjamin F. SturtevantShell-Fuze3611608/05/1862Benjamin F. SturtevantProjectile3613208/12/1862John AbsterdamCoating Projectiles3617208/12/1862Sylvanus & Addison SawyerShell-Fuze3623608/19/1862John P. SchenklShell Fuze3629508/26/1862William W. HanesShell3632909/02/1862Francis AlgerShell-Fuze3644909/16/1862William BoekelProjectile3646509/16/1862Benjamin B. HotchkissShell-Fuze3646809/16/1862 William KingsleyShell-Fuze3655309/30/1862Francis AlgerShell-Fuze3656609/30/1862William W. HubbellConcussion Fuze For Shells3666410/14/1862James McIntyreShell3668610/14/1862Mills L. CallenderShell3677310/28/1862A.H. EmeryProjectile3680610/28/1862W.S. SmootShell-Fuze3682010/28/1862Smith GroomExplosive Canister Shot3685811/04/1862William F. RipponShell3687911/04/1862J.N. BirdIndia Rubber Wad For Projectiles3693411/11/1862Alfred BerneyShell3695911/18/1862Henry K. KenyonRotating Projectile3720012/16/1862Samuel R. RussellShell-Fuze3726012/23/1862Wilson H. SmithProjectile3727201/06/1863William BoekelMolding Ordnance3727501/06/1863John W. CochranPercussion Fuze3735201/06/1863Henry F. MannProjectile3736101/06/1863Michael RitnerSabots And Wads3752001/27/1863Horace ResleyShell3755701/27/1863Charles W. StaffordProjectile3756502/03/1863James M. ConnelShell3756602/03/1863James M. ConnelShell3766102/10/1863Louis D. GerardinShell3767502/17/1863John W. CochranShell-Fuze3775602/24/1863Benjamin B. HotchkissShell-Fuze3777102/24/1863Charles PerleyRocket3783003/03/1863John J. SchillingerShell-Fuze3789103/17/1863John B. AtwaterProjectile3790603/17/1863A.H. EmeryProjectile3794003/17/1863Pascal PlantRocket3797903/24/1863Benjamin S. RobertsProjectile3832204/28/1863Willis E. MooreCartridge3835204/28/1863George WrightCasting Fuzes3835904/28/1863C.W. Smith, G.H. Babcock, & B.B. & C.A. HotchkissShell-Fuze3842405/05/1863Levi ShortImproved Composition For Filling Shells3844105/05/1863Loftis WoodShell3849105/12/1863Job JohnsonShell3869905/26/1863Addison M. SawyerIgniting Time Fuze For Shells3879706/02/1863J.L. HenryShell-Fuze3899406/23/1863Isaac P. TiceShell-Fuze3903306/30/1863Chase & ToyBlasting Fuze3911207/07/1863Alfred BerneyProjectile3917907/07/1863Charles W. StaffordSabot For Projectiles3918007/07/1863Charles W. StaffordProjectile3921607/14/1863Horace E. DimickProjectile3925407/14/1863Thomas HardingShell3926707/21/1863Francis AlgerShell-Fuze3928207/21/1863George P. GansterProjectile3936907/28/1863Clifford ArickProjectile3942708/04/1863Charles W. StaffordShell3959308/18/1863Joseph N. SmithElongated Projectile For Firearms3961208/18/1863Mills L. CallenderMarine Torpedo3963608/25/1863George H. FeltSignal Rocket3968208/25/1863John P. SchenklShell-Fuze3974609/01/1863Jonathan P. PerryExplosive Compound For Shells3985809/08/1863Solomon D. WollisonApparatus For Throwing Projectiles3989709/15/1863Patrick S. DevlanImproved Composition For Packing Projectiles3993009/15/1863Lemuel P. JenksSabot For Hot Shot3994009/15/1863William McCordProjectile3994209/15/1863J. McMurtryProjectile3997709/15/1863Charles A. WaterburyProjectile4004109/22/1863J. Burrows HydeRocket4005409/22/1863William MaginnShell4009209/29/1863William H. DibbleCartridge4014209/29/1863Halvor HalvorsonProjectile4019810/06/1863Charles W. StaffordShell4035010/20/1863James McIntyreShell-Fuze4038510/20/1863Owen G. WarrenProjectile4039610/27/1863Thomas H. BurrowesShell4046811/03/1863Samuel Gardiner, Jr.Shell4053811/03/1863Halvor HalvorsonShell4082812/08/1863A.H. EmeryShell-Fuze4085612/08/1863Lucius E. ReynoldsProjectile4088512/08/1863William F. PattersonShell-Fuze4088812/08/1863Joseph N. SmithShell4095812/15/1863Daniel E. SomesProjectile4111201/05/1864James D. WiloughbySubmarine Explosive Projectile4112701/05/1864Wilson H. SmithProjectile For Rifled Ordnance4117301/05/1864Gaetano AmiciRocket4122001/12/1864Henry HelmShell4157702/09/1864Edward HarrisonImproved Inflammable Composition For Filling Projectiles4161502/16/1864Ganster & SchuylerShell-Fuze4166802/23/1864John AbsterdamProjectile4184403/08/1864Thompson D. HartExplosive Shell4188203/08/1864William S. WilliamsCanister Shell4193703/15/1864Robert P. ParrottShell-Fuze4196003/15/1864Ralph GrahamExplosive Shell4218504/05/1864George P. GansterShell-Fuze4226804/12/1864William BoekelProjectile4236304/19/1864George P. GansterShell-Fuze4261405/03/1864William S. WilliamsProjectile4266005/10/1864Benjamin B. HotchkissShell-Fuze4281805/17/1864John GrovesShell4301706/07/1864George P. GansterAttaching Sabot To Spherical Projectiles For Ordnance4302706/07/1864Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectiles For Rifled Ordnance4302906/07/1864Job JohnsonExplosive Projectile For Ordnance4380108/09/1864Charles W. SmithShell-Fuze4383508/16/1864B.C. ConverseProjectile4392208/23/1864Martin McDevittShell-Fuze4399308/30/1864Benjamin B. HotchkissShell-Fuze4402308/30/1864Charles W. StaffordShell-Fuze4406109/06/1864Clifford ArickShell-Fuze4435309/20/1864B.H. TrippShell4454610/04/1864Anson MerrymanShell-Fuze4458110/04/1864James McIntyreShell-Fuze4458810/11/1864Clifford ArickShell-Fuze4466910/11/1864Wilson H. SmithProjectile4467010/11/1864Wilson H. SmithProjectile4486111/01/1864William F. GoodwinShell-Fuze4502111/15/1864John F. CleuProjectile4502211/15/1864John F. CleuImproved Enameled Projectiles4502311/15/1864John F. CleuSabot For Projectile4502411/15/1864John F. CleuShell-Fuze4503511/15/1864William F. GoodwinShell-Fuze4512811/22/1864Clifford ArickShell Fuze4514011/22/1864Chase & ToyBlasting Fuze4538112/06/1864George WrightShell-Fuze4546212/13/1864J.L. HenryProjectile4547412/20/1864John F. CleuCase-Shot4556712/20/1864Charles W. StaffordSabot For Projectiles4580601/10/1865John S. AdamsShell-Fuze4595101/17/1865Frederika SchenklPacking For Projectiles4598501/24/1865Edwin EstabrookShell4649002/21/1865Thomas G. OrwigProjectile4707803/28/1865Clifford ArickProjectile4721304/11/1865Albert J.S. MolinardProjectile4754405/02/1865Benjamin B. HotchkissShell4758605/02/1865Frederic ToggenburgerShell-Fuze4765105/09/1865H.W. LibbeyShell4772505/16/1865Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectile4775405/16/1865Wilson H. SmithProjectile4777605/16/1865William Wood & John LayMarine Torpedo4780305/23/1865John A. CurranShell-Fuze4800505/30/1865Lewis E. WilliamsShell4816706/13/1865George P. GansterConcussion Fuze For Explosive Shells4837106/27/1865William CousinsProjectile4864207/11/1865Henry BartonCompound Explosive Shell4932608/08/1865Lemuel WellsShell4977309/05/1865Orazio LugoCartridge5035710/10/1865Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectile5053510/17/1865Joseph H. HiscockShell5069210/31/1865Edward A. DanaSabot For Projectile5071110/31/1865William W. HubbellShell5078311/07/1865John AbsterdamCovering Projectiles5167912/26/1865A. F. & J. H. AndrewsImproved Safety-Fuze5231401/30/1866Isaac P. NoyesExplosive Shell5576106/19/1866Lewis W. BroadwellProjectile5579606/19/1866Samuel H. HaycockProjectile5671207/31/1866John W. CochranProjectile5787009/11/1866John Crane & Jesse FoxShell5878310/16/1866James M. CurrieProjectile6056712/18/1866Taliaferro P. ShaffnerCharging Shells6111701/08/1867Thomas TaylorImprovements In Alloys For Sabots Of Projectiles7249412/24/1867Benjamin B. HotchkissCombined Time And Percussion Fuze For Explosive Shells7832205/26/1868Pertuiset, Mundel & De FleronIgniting Explosive Projectiles8228409/22/1868Charles F. BrownProjectile8271410/06/1868A.O.H. HardensteinExplosive Projectile8463512/01/1868Jacob LongProjectile8749803/02/1869R.H. JonesProjectile8801203/23/1869William A. CobbProjectile8868904/06/1869John AbsterdamProjectile9016405/18/1869Thomas D. GibsonProjectile9163306/22/1869J.W. HillProjectile9464709/07/1869John D. RichardsProjectile9513709/21/1869Abiather F. PotterProjectile9659511/09/1869John JobsonExplosive Projectile10347705/24/1870Joseph LinkProjectile10410806/14/1870John G. ButlerProjectile10790910/04/1870James G. HopeProjectile10960011/29/1870Ellis DrakeProjectile11214402/28/1871Benjamin B. HotchkissProjectile11480705/16/1871Edward C. HancockImprovement In Projectiles11717207/18/1871Thomas HillImprovement In Projectiles11931309/26/1871John G. ButlerProjectile12201412/19/1871J. Henry HelmImproved Projectile & Sabot12382802/20/1872Samuel E. JonesImprovement In Projectile For Fire Arms12779606/11/1872John RigneyImprovement In Projectiles13290311/12/1872Edward A. DanaImprovement In Sub-Caliber Projectiles13718603/25/1873Ellis DrakeCombined Percussion And Time Fuzes For Shells13749104/01/1873John T. SennExplosive Shells13890705/13/1873Frank A. MarkleyCompound Explosive Projectiles14239409/02/1873James G. HopeProjectiles16056903/09/1875John G. ButlerProjectile For Ordnance16157903/30/1875William H. Van GiesonProjectile For Rifled Ordnance21775607/22/1879Almon L. VarneyProjectile

Selected Ordnance Patents From Great Britain

Abridgments Of Specifications.  Class 9
Ammunition, Torpedoes, Explosives, And Pyrotechnics

Below is a partial listing of the pertinent patents from Great Britain from 1855 until 1866:

Great Britain Patent Number

Date

Patentee

Item Patented

20501/26/1855R. MalletProjectiles, Ordnance48603/05/1855Andrew HotchkissProjectiles, Ordnance60403/17/1855Bashley BrittenProjectiles90304/23/1855Joseph WhitworthOrdnance, Small Arms, And Projectiles130406/07/1855J.A. ReynoldsProjectiles174008/01/1855Bashley BrittenProjectiles241010/29/1855Joseph WhitworthArtillery And Firearms263011/22/1855Alexandre TolhausenBombs And Other Projectiles292212/26/1855Sylvanus SawyerProjectiles138106/10/1856A.V. NewtonProjectiles143006/17/1856F.C. BakewellProjectiles153907/01/1856John C. HaddanProjectiles265611/11/1856J.H. JohnsonProjectiles83903/25/1857C. Cowper (J.M. Sigourney)Projectiles101204/09/1857John C. HaddanProjectiles164506/12/1857Joseph WhitworthOrdnance, Firearms, And Projectiles36202/24/1858J. HendersonProjectiles77904/10/1858Sir William George ArmstrongFuzes For Projectiles232910/19/1858Joseph WhitworthGuns, Gun Carriages, And Ammunition249711/08/1858William HaleRockets61103/09/1859Sir William George ArmstrongRifled Ordnance And Its Projectiles68503/18/1859Sir William George ArmstrongIgniting Explosive Projectiles195908/29/1859Joseph WhitworthOrdnance, Firearms, And Ammunition227110/06/1859G.A. SmithProjectiles227910/06/1859W. BensonProjectiles251711/04/1859R.A. Brooman (J.W. Cochran)Projectiles299012/30/1859Joseph WhitworthProjectiles38402/13/1860John C. HaddanProjectiles56703/01/1860Bashley BrittenProjectiles92104/13/1860O. VandenburghProjectiles157806/29/1860William HaleProjectiles187208/02/1860John C. HaddanProjectiles195808/13/1860T. GreenwoodProjectiles58503/08/1861Bashley BrittenProjectiles For Rifled Ordnance97104/19/1861John P. SchenklPacking For Projectiles210408/23/1861Joseph Whitworth & William HulseSights For Small Arms285211/13/1861Sir William George ArmstrongFuzes For Projectiles324512/27/1861J. McIntyreProjectiles51002/25/1862Joseph WhitworthProjectiles122004/25/1862William HaleRockets166306/02/1862Joseph WhitworthShells179806/18/1862John H. JohnsonImprovements In Projectiles30502/03/1863T.A. Blakely & J. VavasseurProjectiles48402/21/1863Norman WiardProjectiles128605/22/1863Theophilus A. BlakelyRifling Guns, Etc.300512/01/1863E.M. BoxerFuzes For Projectiles308712/08/1863Theophilus A. BlakelyProjectiles For Ordnance25701/30/1864John C. HaddanFire-arms, Artillery, And Projectiles151706/18/1864E.M. BoxerProjectiles185607/26/1864Bashley BrittenProjectiles110304/20/1865William HaleRockets121105/01/1865J. Blackie (T. Taylor)Fuzes For Projectiles155206/06/1865G. Haseltine (B.B. Hotchkiss)Projectiles159506/13/1865G. Haseltine (John P. Schenkl)Fuzes For Projectiles275710/26/1865A. KruppProjectiles327512/19/1865Charles A. McEvoyFuzes For Projectiles155506/05/1866Charles A. McEvoyProjectiles; Fuze For Projectiles203508/07/1866Charles A. McEvoyTorpedoes And Explosive Mines