US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 415 and 416 at Vicksburg
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US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 415 and 416 at Vicksburg

Two US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles flank a plaque noting the service of the 12th Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery. I believe these to be registry numbers 415 and 416, though none of the photos I took of the muzzles are great. Both rifles were manufactured in 1862 and both are marked as weighing 816 pounds as manufactured.

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US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 108 and 336 at Vicksburg
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US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 108 and 336 at Vicksburg

Two US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles are displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park along with two 12-Pounder Howitzers near a sign describing the service of Yost’s Independent Ohio Battery. According to the sign, two 3-Inch Rifles and two 12-Pounders which had been captured at the Battle of Champion’s Hill were turned over to Company F, 32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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Blakely and Ordinance Rifle at the old Beaufort Arsenal
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Blakely and Ordinance Rifle at the old Beaufort Arsenal

A US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle (left) and a 3.5-Inch Blakely Rifle are displayed at the Old Beaufort Arsenal in Beaufort, South Carolina. The two cannons are:

  • 3.5-Inch Blakely marked "Blakely's Patent, No. 50, Fawcett, Preston, & Co., Liverpool, Makers, 1862. Ripley categorized this Blakely as a “Type 4”.

  • US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Number 265 manufactured in 1862 at the Phoenix Iron Company.

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