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Delafield Rifled Field Gun and Carriage
Collector’s Fact
According to Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War by Hazlett, Olmstead and Parks, approximately 13 Delafield Rifle Field Guns were delivered to the State of New York on March 18th, 1862.
He graduated first in his class in 1818 from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers, was the superintendent at West Point in 1838-1845 and 1856-1861, led the “Delafield Commission” sent by Secretary
of War Jefferson Davis in 1855 to study European military strategy, published as “Report on the Art of War in Europe in 1854, 1855, and 1856,” and rose to brigadier general and chief of engineers during the Civil War. After retiring in 1866, he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Thirteen guns were fired in his memory at West Point when he died. Includes a later production wheeled carriage, tools, and muzzle cover/tampion. CONDITION: Fine with a coat of protective black paint, some moderate pitting, and clearly legible markings. Carriage is very good with a coat of protective green paint, some cracks visible at the wheel hubs, otherwise sturdy.
Estimate: 50,000 - 75,000
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