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I'll have to keep looking to see whatother neat things I can stumble onto. I did have a thought. I don't remember looking at the trunions on this one. I remembered while I was reading this that it was normally on the trunions that I saw "Phoenix Co." stamped on several other ordnance rifles, signifying the Phoenix Iron Company in Phoenixville PA if I am remembering correctly.
You are, of course, quite right about the weight recorded. It was probably the weight of the entire piece. I think once they were on their carriages, they may have weighed about that, especially if it included any essential equipment such as worms and rams.
Right now I am wracking my brains for a half formed memory. I think I saw a rifling pattern quite like that somewhere else on one of my travels. I just can't remember where, but I think it was on a larger gun.
Thanks for all your research. I don't have "Field Artillery in the Civil War"but I am thinking I just found something to put on my Christmas list. This is a topic I find myself becoming more and more interested in. It's rather neat to find out a bit of the stories behind the pieces on display at the parks.
Tim.