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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 28, 2010
Caption: 3.80 inch James Rifle Type 1
Additional Description: A single rifled gun stands to the south of the parking lot, roughly where the Chicago Board of Trade Battery stood during the January 2 fighting. The gun is a James Rifle using the profile of the Model 1841 6-pdr Field Gun, identified by historians as a "Type 1." The gun was produced for the State of Connecticut in 1861 by Ames Manufacturing of Massachusetts.
Submitted: November 10, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p135561
File Size: 0.902 Megabytes

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