3.2 INCH Limber


3.2 Inch Limber
Above: Spanish-American War Era limber for the US 3.2 Inch Gun.  The limber is very similar to American Civil War Limbers but has an iron frame.  The limber’s color is Olive Drab, correct for US Artillery in the Civil War and 1890s
. "Chatham Artillery"(later called 118th FA) used the 3.2 Inch Gun and Limber in the1890s.

3.2 Inch Limber

Above: 3.2 Inch Limber with the box open. The round brass caps mounted under the box are for holding friction primers. 

Above:  3.2 Inch Limber with Single Trees mounted on the Double Tree.  The Neck Yoke is sitting to the front.  The Limber Pole is missing and the wheels are for the US Escort Wagon and are not the correct ones for the Limber.

3.2 Inch Limber Box

Above: The slots to hold shells are evident in this photograph.  Several original wood training rounds were even still in place when we found this original limber.

Above: Under-Frame for the 3.2 Inch Limber with an Escort Wagon Axel.

Horse Tack for 3.2 Inch

Above: Horse harness with typical McClellan saddle for 3.2 Inch Limber. 

3.2 Inch Tube

3.2 Inch Gun Tube

3.2 Inch Gun

3.2 Inch Carriage

Above: Chatham Artillery with horse teams, in a period photograph, with 3.2 Inch Field Guns and Limbers on parade in Forsyth Park, Savannah, GA

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