Courtesy Google Earth - Street View, 2018
| Designation: | 3.8in James Rifle |
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| Model: | 3.8in Ordnance profile, rifled for James Munitions |
| Identification No: | Ames 009: US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe |
| Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA |
| Year : | 1861 |
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| Built as: | Type 2, Series 3 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | 2 condemned bronze fieldpieces, with carriages and suitable outfit of cannon balls |
| Year: | 1909 |
| Delivery Doc: | 60th Congress, Session II, Chap 319, Sec 40: Act of Mar 4, 1909 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | to be place on the state house grounds |
| On loan to: | Donate to the State of Louisiana |
| Comments: | in front of ROTC building |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Louisiana State Aerospace Studies/Military Science Bldg |
| | SE Corner of Tiger Stadium off Stadium Dr |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
| Lat/Long | 30.4107083-91.1825972 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 303: D86, 02 |
| Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, Ch 13 |
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Last update to record: 2025-04-14
