Photo by Jim Bender, 2019

Designation: 3in Ordnance Rifle M1861
Identification No: Phoenix 9 - -: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Phoenix Iron Co
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1866
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government


Comments: base and knob deformed due to cannonball strike




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Mt Zion Cemetery Civil War Memorial
Old Mill Rd at S Reading Rd
Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
Lat/Long40.182609-76.191423 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 280: D18, 63

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Last update to record: 2020-11-11

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