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| Designation: | 8in Rodman Gun M1861 |
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| Model: | 8in Columbiad M1861 |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 68: US |
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| Designed by: | Rodman, Thomas Jackson |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| construction no: | 2683 |
| Year : | 1865 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | Not in our records |
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| Item: | two 8in Columbiads |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1898 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 31425, Dec 19, 1898 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Fort Monroe |
| On loan to: | Cory Post no 261 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 55 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | GAR Post 261, Wayne, MI |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Wayne Historical Museum |
| | 1 Towne Square St |
| Wayne, Michigan, USA |
| Lat/Long | 42.2810722-83.3848222 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 230: C98, 04 |
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Last update to record: 2026-03-18
