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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 16, 2009
Caption: 6-pdr Alger Field Gun
Additional Description: Very little is known of the history of this piece. Stamps on the trunnions indicate it was cast in 1844 by Cyrus Alger of Boston, Massachusetts. A foundry or registry number of 18 is stamped on the muzzle. The piece was originally a smoothbore, but later rifled to the James system.
Submitted: July 17, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p70952
File Size: 1.306 Megabytes

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