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10-Pounder Parrott Rifle

 
 
10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 13, 2013
1. 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker
Inscription.
This cast iron rifle with its band of wrought iron reinforcing the breech was a modern weapon of the day. It was effective at moderately long range. The 20-pounder, similar except for size, was the heaviest rifled cannon used at Antietam.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 39° 28.492′ N, 77° 44.734′ W. Marker is in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in Washington County. Marker is on Dunker Church Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located on the Antietam Battlefield, near the Dunker Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sharpsburg MD 21782, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle (here, next to this marker); Lee’s Artillery Battalion (here, next to this marker); Model 1857 12-Pounder Gun-Howitzer (here, next to this marker); Model 1841 6-Pounder Gun (a few steps from this marker); A Converging Storm of Iron (a few steps from this marker); “Load” “Commence Firing” (a few steps from this marker); “I Hate Cannons” (a few steps from this marker); A Savage Continual Thunder (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sharpsburg.
 
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1. Parrott rifle. The gun
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was invented by Captain Robert Parker Parrott, a West Point graduate. He resigned from the service in 1836 and became the superintendent of the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. He created the first Parrott Rifle (and corresponding projectile) in 1860 and patented it in 1861. (Submitted on October 15, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.) 

2. Antietam National Battlefield. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on October 16, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
10-Pounder Parrott Rifle with Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 13, 2013
2. 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle with Marker
10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
3. 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker
10-Pounder Parrott Rifle and Other Cannon image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 13, 2013
4. 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle and Other Cannon
Artillery on the Antietam Battlefield image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 13, 2013
5. Artillery on the Antietam Battlefield
The 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle is the leftmost seen here.
10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker<br>First From the Left image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
6. 10-Pounder Parrott Rifle Marker
First From the Left
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 556 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.   3. submitted on October 15, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.   4, 5. submitted on August 18, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.   6. submitted on October 15, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.

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