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Designation: 3in Ordnance Rifle M1861
Identification No: Phoenix 194: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Phoenix Iron Co
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1862
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 condemned cannon and 5 cannon balls
Request doc.: 54th Congress, Session I, H8012 amended by Mr Spalding
Year: 1896
Delivery Doc: 54th Congress, Session I, Chap 225, Act of May 21, 1896
Document instructions: two 3in Iron Guns provided, Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 55
Provider: Sec Navy
On loan to: COL Myron Baker Post no 33 GAR
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1896-pt8-v28.pdf, pg 946



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Morenci, MI
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Oak Grove Cemetery
12440 Lime Creek Hwy
Morenci, Michigan, USA
Lat/Long41.732406-84.220553 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 275: D18, 65

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Last update to record: 2025-12-29

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