Photo by John Frick, 2025
| Designation: | 4.2in Parrott Rifle M1861 |
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| Model: | 4.2in (30-pdr) Army Parrott Rifle M1861 |
| Identification No: | West Point 185: US |
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| Designed by: | Parrott, Robert Parker |
| Built at: | West Point Foundry |
| Cold Springs, New York, USA |
| Year : | 1863 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | two 30-pdr Parrott Guns |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 21413, July 15, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Woodmere Cemetery Association |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 55 |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| http://www.historicfortwaynecoalition.com/ |
| The Big Guns, pg 185: C009, 10 |
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Last update to record: 2026-03-16
