US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles of Plaistow, New Hampshire
Two US Army Ordnance Rifles are displayed in Plaistow, New Hampshire. Many thanks to friend-of-the-page Nick Patrick for sending these photos! The two rifles are:
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Number 69 manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company in 1861. The weight as manufactured was 819 pounds.
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Number 683 manufactured by Phoenix Iron Company in 1864. The weight as manufactured was 816 pounds.
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle in Beaufort, North Carolina
A US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle, Number 787, which was originally manufactured as a standard muzzle loader in 1864 at the Phoenix Iron Company, is displayed outside the Carteret County Courthouse in Beaufort, North Carolina
Number 787 was one of about 200 of the type converted around 1903 into saluting guns.
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.
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.
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.
US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles 220 and 348 at Petersburg
Two US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifles, Numbers 220 and 348 - both manufactured in 1862 at Phoenix Iron Company, are displayed at Petersburg National Battlefield near Fort Steadman.
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle at Fort Monroe
A US Army 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle is displayed at Fort Monroe in Virginia.