Photo by John Frick, 2025
| Designation: | 6.4in Parrott Rifle M1861 |
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| Model: | 6.4in (100pdr) Parrott Rifle, Army M1861 |
| Identification No: | West Point 167: US |
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| Designed by: | Parrott, Robert Parker |
| Built at: | West Point Foundry |
| Cold Springs, New York, USA |
| construction no: | 568 |
| Year : | 1864 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) |
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| Item: | one 100-pdr Parrott Gun |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1898 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 24100, Jan 1898 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Halbert Post no 198 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 55 |
| Document: | TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Owner Reference No: | WPF 167 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | City of Grand Ledge, MI |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Veterans Memorial Park at Oakwood Cemetery |
| | Oakwood St at Whitney St |
| Grand Ledge, Michigan, USA |
| Lat/Long | 42.7555167-84.7336611 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 217: C72, 32 |
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In-House private documents: |
| TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
Last update to record: 2026-06-10
