Photo by DLBarker, 2013

Designation: 6.4in Parrott Rifle M1861
Model: 6.4in (100pdr) Parrott Rifle, Navy M1861
Identification No: West Point 271: USN


Designed by: Parrott, Robert Parker
Built at: West Point Foundry
Cold Springs, New York, USA
construction no: 434
Year : 1864
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 3 cannon and 1 seacoast mortar
Year: 1895
Delivery Doc: 53rd Congress, Session III, Chap 115, Act of Feb 21, 1895
Arsenal: Portsmouth Navy Yard
On loan to: Iowa Historical Museum
Document: field notes DLBarker


Comments: served on USS Tallapoosa, steamer, 1863




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Iowa State Capitol
1007 East Grand Ave
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Lat/Long41.5910750-93.6044333 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 218: C73, 09

In-House private documents:

field notes DLBarker

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Last update to record: 2025-12-30

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