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Small cannon, the 3-inch Rifled Field Gun, Model 1861 on display at Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas. #203339545
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Pictured is a small cannon, the 3-inch Rifled Field Gun, Model 1861. It is on display at Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas. This cannon was the lightest, strongest, and most accurate muzzle-loading artillery piece used by the United States Army. Fort Davis usually had two to four of these guns.