Photo by DLBarker, 2025
| Designation: | 3.75in Blakely Rifle |
| Identification No: | none |
| Designed by: | Blakely, Captain Theophilus Alexander |
| Built at: | Fawcett, Preston, & Company |
| Liverpool, England, UK | |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | Confederate Cannon captured byt the 45th Illinois Infantry |
| Request doc.: | 54th Congress, Session I, H8313 by Mr Hitt |
| Year: | 1896 |
| Delivery Doc: | 54th Congress, Session I, Chap 119, Act of Apr 24, 1896 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Rock Island |
| On loan to: | Grant Park |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1896-pt8-v28.pdf, pg 956 |
| Comments: | Confederate Cannon captured by the 45th Illinois Infantry |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Grant Park | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Grant Park | |
| 625 Park Ave | ||
| Galena, Illinois, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 42.413369-90.427074 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 301: D81, 1 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-09-14