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== Similar weapons == The [[Field artillery in the American Civil War#3-inch rifle|3-inch ordnance rifle]] and the [[Siege artillery in the American Civil War#4.5-inch siege rifle|4.5-inch siege rifle]] were frequently misidentified as Rodmans. Neither gun was hollow cast. The 3-inch ordnance rifle was made of hammer-welded wrought iron, and the 4.5-inch siege rifle was conventionally cast. This error was not limited to those ignorant of artillery; in November 1864 Brig. Gen. [[John Milton Brannan]], chief of artillery in the Union Department of the Cumberland, described the armament of the Chattanooga forts as including several 3-inch and 4.5-inch Rodman guns.<ref>OR, series 1, volume 45, part 1, page 921</ref> First Lieutenant Henry S. Hurter of the [[1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery]] wrote in his report to Oscar Malmros, Adjutant General for the State of Minnesota, "On the 5th of March captain Clayton exchanged the old guns, two 12-pound howitzers, and two 6-pound rifled guns, caliber 3.67, for four new rifled 3-inch Rodman's guns." The letter was written on November 11, 1864, in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/2011/10/27/1st-minnesota-light-artillery-in-the-atlanta-campaign-may-sept-1864/ |title=This Week in the Civil War |access-date=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608130444/http://thisweekinthecivilwar.com/2011/10/27/1st-minnesota-light-artillery-in-the-atlanta-campaign-may-sept-1864/ |archive-date=2015-06-08 }}</ref>
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