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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: March 16, 2009
Caption: Rifled 6-pdr Model 1841 Field Gun
Additional Description: This 6-pdr Field Gun, cast by Ames Company Foundry in Massachusetts in 1853, was rifled either before or at the beginning of the war. Over the breech is the inscription "Rifled by C. Alger, Boston, Mass." The gun was inspected by Louis A. de Barth Walbach when initially built, and weighed 883 pounds. The gun was given 10 groove rifling, but retained the 3.67-inch bore diameter.
Submitted: August 8, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73117
File Size: 1.335 Megabytes

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