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Designation: 3in Ordnance Rifle M1861
Identification No: Phoenix 619: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Phoenix Iron Co
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1863
Inspector: Theodore Thadeus Sobieski Laidley (TTSL) 61-5
foundry no.:668*
weight: 816 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 3in guns with carriages, caissons, and equpments
Year: 1909
Delivery Doc: 60th Congress, Session II, Chap 319, Sec 9: Act of Mar 4, 1909
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: Donate to the Gen O.O. Howard Post 110 GAR



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: OO Howard Post no 110, GAR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Big Horn County Library
430 W C St
Basin, Wyoming, USA
Lat/Long44.381285-108.041528 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 278: D18, 47

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Last update to record: 2025-10-11

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