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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 16, 2009
Caption: 3.80-inch James Rifle, Type 1
Additional Description: This rifle used the pattern of the older 6-pdr Model 1841 Field Gun, but with a 3.80-inch bore and 15 groove rifling. This piece was cast at Greenwood & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1862. It has the registry number 108 on the muzzle, and the initials "S.B." for the inspector. It weighed 884 pounds.
Submitted: August 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73068
File Size: 1.289 Megabytes

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