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US FIELD ARTILLERY LIMBER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD
US FIELD ARTILLERY LIMBER
US FIELD ARTILLERY LIMBER. One of the best to be found in private hands. Limber came from Augusta, Georgia the site of the Confederate Augusta Arsenal & Powder Works. A limber was a two-wheeled carriage, which was used to transport the cannon and its carriage. The iron ring (lunette) on the cannon trail was attached to an iron pintle at the rear of the limber to form a four-wheeled unit. The limber also carried an ammunition chest (a.k.a. limber chest), tar bucket, leather or canvass water buckets, and a tarpaulin. Six horses were usually required to pull the limber and cannon. CONDITION: Good to very good wood and iron hardware. Retains 50% of orig paint. 4-56035 JM206 (15,000-35,000)