Photo by Mary Carol Potts, 2023

Designation: 3.8in James Rifle
Model: 3.8in Ordnance profile, rifled for James Munitions
Identification No: Ames 063: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe
Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA
Year : 1862
Built as: Type 2, Series 4
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US National Park Service
Document: email: Mary Carol Potts; Mar 2023


Comments: on loan until 2025




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Fee Indoor
Location: Dakota Sunset Museum
205 W Commercial Ave #104
Gettysburg, South Dakota, USA
Lat/Long45.011771-99.958046 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War: Ch 13; pg 154

In-House private documents:

email: Mary Carol Potts; Mar 2023

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Last update to record: 2023-04-16

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