Photo by John Frick, 2025
| Designation: | 4.2in Parrott Rifle M1861 |
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| Model: | 4.2in (30-pdr) Army Parrott Rifle M1861 |
| Identification No: | West Point 226: US |
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| Designed by: | Parrott, Robert Parker |
| Built at: | West Point Foundry |
| Cold Springs, New York, USA |
| construction no: | 927 |
| Year : | 1863 |
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| Inspector: | Theodore Edson (TE) 1861, 63 |
| foundry no.: | 927 |
| weight: | 4,190 lbs |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | one 30-pdr Parrott Gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1896 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 15728, May 24, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Rock Island |
| On loan to: | Yates Post no 81 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 50 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | Yates Post 81 GAR |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Effingham County Courthouse |
| | N 4th St at Jefferson Ave |
| Effingham, Illinois, USA |
| Lat/Long | 39.1215222-88.5418278 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 184: C9, 58 |
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Last update to record: 2025-12-09
