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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 16, 2009
Caption: Muzzle of 3-inch Rifle
Additional Description: The muzzle of this piece displays the standard markings for an 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, similar to those used on regulation artillery pieces after 1861. The markings indicate the weapon was cast in 1862, by Pheonix Iron Works of Pennsylvania. It is registry number 339, weighing 816 pounds, and inspected by Theodore T.S. Laidley. The registry number matches records of a gun captured by General Custer's cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley in November 1864. So these artillery pieces did move around somewhat after the war.
Submitted: August 1, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p72562
File Size: 1.365 Megabytes

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