Photo by Jim Bender, 2023
| Designation: | 4.5in Ordnance Rifle M1861 |
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| Model: | 4.5in Ordnance (Siege) Rifle |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 064: US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| construction no: | 1349 |
| Year : | 1863 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | two 4.5in Iron Guns |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1899 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 27728, Jan 9, 1899 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Benicia |
| On loan to: | Baker Post no 9 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 57 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | Baker Post 9 GAR |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Frankfort Square |
| | 14th St at 26th St |
| Columbus, Nebraska, USA |
| Lat/Long | 41.429843-97.360016 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 188: C14, 32 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05
