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| Designation: | 3.8in James Rifle |
| Model: | 6-pdr Gun M1841, rifled for James Munitions |
| Identification No: | Alger 149: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1857 |
| Built as: | Type 1 |
| 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 |
| Request doc.: | 63rd Congress, Session II, SB 5495 by Sen Chamberlain, amended |
| Year: | 1914 |
| Delivery Doc: | 63rd Congress, Session III, Chap 178, Act of Mar 4, 1915 |
| Document instructions: | amended by Sen Sheppard for Sen Thompson |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| On loan to: | James Shields Post no 57 GAR |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1914-pt14-v51.pdf: doc pg 13773; pdf pg 209 |
| Document: | TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Owner Reference No: | 149 |
| Comments: | marked "SP" |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Wellington, KS | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Memorial Auditorium | |
| 208 N Washington Ave | ||
| Wellington, Kansas, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 37.2670250-97.3982278 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 292: D58, 38 |
| 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: 2024-12-07