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Designation: 4.5in Ordnance Rifle M1861
Model: 4.5in Ordnance (Siege) Rifle
Identification No: Fort Pitt 022: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1862
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: one 4.5in Iron Gun
Request doc.: via Secretary of War
Year: 1897
Delivery Doc: Ordnance Dept Ltr 20334, Apr 22, 1897
Provider: Sec War
Arsenal: New York
On loan to: GAR Post no 104
Reference: Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 58



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Rhinebeck Cemetery
3 Oriole Mills Rd
Rhinebeck, New York, USA
Lat/Long41.921246-73.911481 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 188: C14, 07

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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