
Tredegar Iron 6-Pounder / 3-inch rifle
Further insight comes from study of Tredegar cast iron 6-pounder smooth bores and 3-inch rifles. Joseph Reid Anderson, the astute owner of the Tredegar Iron Works, evidently foresaw critical shortages of copper and tin. As early as 1861 he began to take advantage of almost unlimited quantities of Confederate iron ore. Several 6-pounder smooth bore cannons were produced at least through July of 1862. On 26 December 1861 Colonel Josiah Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance of the Confederate States, wrote to Tredegar, “All 6-pounder guns are to be bored and rifled 3-inch. Our Tredegar reproduction can be ordered in either the 6-pounder smooth bore or a rifled version of 3-inch bore.
The Tredegar Foundry Collection C.S.A.
3-inch (Rifled) | 3.67 (smooth)
65.5"
900 lbs | 980 lbs
No. 1 Field Carriage - Call for Pricing | No. 1 Field Carriage cast in Aluminum - (call for pricing) | No. 1 Field Carriage cast in Ductile Iron - (Call for pricing)
Gray Iron with steel liner (Smooth bore) | Gray Iron with steel rifle liner - (3-inch bore)
3-inch Rifled - (Call for Pricing) | 6-Pounder smooth bore - (Call for Price
3-inch (Rifled) | 3.67 (smooth)
65.5"
900 lbs | 980 lbs
No. 1 Field Carriage - Call for Pricing | No. 1 Field Carriage cast in Aluminum - (call for pricing) | No. 1 Field Carriage cast in Ductile Iron - (Call for pricing)
Gray Iron with steel liner (Smooth bore) | Gray Iron with steel rifle liner - (3-inch bore)
3-inch Rifled - (Call for Pricing) | 6-Pounder smooth bore - (Call for Price