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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: October 4, 2009
Caption: Magnolia Cemetery east cannon dated 1863
Additional Description: J.R.A. or J.R.A. & Co.: Joseph Reid Anderson or his firm. Initials are generally coupled with "T.F.," Tredegar Foundry (q.v.). Cannon foundry Tredegar Foundry: Major weapons manufacturer for U.S. and state governments 1848-61, and for the Confederacy during the war. Owned by Joseph Reid Anderson. Markings may be "J.R.A. & Co.," but more likely "T.F.," generally without Anderson's initials prior to the war and with them on Confederate pieces. the firm also was called Tredegar Iron Works, but Tredegar Foundry was by far the most commonly used name.
Submitted: October 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p80455
File Size: 0.121 Megabytes

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