US 3.2 Inch Model 1885 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

Above: 3.2 Inch Limber with harnessing and M1904 saddles for the wheel team horses.
The traces and mogul springs are also for the M1902/M1918 Limber

Above: Under-Frame for the 3.2 Inch Limber with correct axle

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: The 3.2 Inch M 1885 limber box open

Above: 3.2 Inch Limber with harnessing and M1902 saddles for the wheel team horses

Above: Harnessing and M1902 saddles for the wheel team horses.
The yoke, single trees, traces and mogul springs are for the M1902/M1918 Limber

Above: Harnessing and M1902 saddles for the wheel team horses.
The yoke, single trees, traces and mogul springs are for the M1902/M1918 Limber

Above: Adjustable US Army zinc collar. These are correct for the M 1885 Limber and continued into serve with the M 1902 Limber

Below: Drawing of the horse harness with typical McClellan saddle for 3.2 Inch Limber

Horse Tack for 3.2 Inch

Below: Two 3.2 Inch Guns, Limbers, along with their crew and horse teams from the 61st Company, Coast Artillery, from Fort Baker, Marin County, California, during the first of their two deployments on the Mexican Border in May, 1914, with two of their four 3.2-inch
guns.  Camp Calexico, Imperial County, California. The border is marked by the barbed-wire fence behind them.  William T. Dillon was a member of this unit from 1902 through 1917, and its First
Sergeant from 1910 onwards.  Photo No. 863 by C. R. Nock.
Dillon collection, courtesy of his grandson, Brian Dervin Dillon, Ph.D.

 

Below:  Close up image of the 3.2 inch Limber and wheel team from the 61st CAC

Below:  Another close up image of a 3.2 inch Limber and wheel team from the 61st CAC

Below: Artillery 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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