Photo by DLBarker, 2017
| Designation: | 3.8in James Rifle |
| Model: | 3.8in Ordnance profile, rifled for James Munitions |
| Identification No: | unknown 08396 |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe |
| Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Built as: | Type 2, Series 3 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) |
| Item: | 2 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpieces and a suitable outfit of cannon balls |
| Request doc.: | 64th Congress, Session I, SB 6625 by Sen Chamberlain |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Delivery Doc: | 64th Congress, Session I, Chap 466, Act of Sep 8, 1916 |
| Document instructions: | Provided further, That each and every article of codemned military equipment covered by this act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War. |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| On loan to: | James B Sample Post no 170 GAR |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1916-pt11-v53.pdf: doc pg 11294; pdf pg 826 |
| Document: | TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Owner Reference No: | unknown |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Fort Madison, IA | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Riverview Park | |
| Ave H at 6th St | ||
| Ft Madison, Iowa, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.6288917-91.3076472 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 303; D86, 17 |
| Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, Ch 13 |
In-House private documents: |
| TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-12-30